Geneva
WTO Ministerial Conference 1998
The
Second WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland between
18 and 20 May 1998.
ICTSD
Cafe-Croissants & Workshop
during
the Ministerial, ICTSD held Informal meetings meant to facilitate direct,
open and constructive exchange and interaction between trade representatives
and non-governmental organizations, including academic and business
representatives concerned with trade and sustainable development
18
May- Title: TRIPs and Sustainable Development
Speakers: Mr. Nuno de Carvalho, WTO; Mr. David Downes, CIEL; Mr.
James Love, Center for Study of Responsive Law; Mr. B.K. Keayla, National
Working Group of Patent Laws, India
19
May
- Title: Trade, Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Speakers:
Ms. Gretchen Stanton, WTO; Mr. Rudy Buntzel, Protestant Farmers
Association; Mr. Jayson Cainglet, Resource Center for People's Development;
Mr. Laurens Smits, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Netherlands
20
May - Title: Competition Law and International
Trade
Speakers: Mr. Robert Anderson, WTO; Mr. Jayanti Durai, Consumers International,
UK; Mr. Pradeep Mehta, CUTS
19
May- WORKSHOP - NGO/WTO
Contact Group Consultation
The NGOs Contact Group produced a document on "mechanism
for public access and participation to WTO trade policy making".The
meeting was convened to discuss the idea of establishing a Contact Group
between civil society and WTO. in the follow up of the meeting, the
group produced a statement that was submitted
to the WTO.
BRIDGES
Weekly Trade News
Digest Coverage of the Ministerial
The 18 May 1998 and 25
May 1998 issues of the Weekly Trade News Digest carried articles
on sustainable development aspects of the Ministerial Meeting.
BRIDGES Montly:
Special Seattle Ministerial issues
The April-May 1998 issue of the English-language monthly publication
"BRIDGES" (PDF)
(HTML)carry information and comments
on the WTO Ministerial, as well as articles on the recent panel ruling
on the Shrimp-Turtle case, on TRIPs and biodiversity, and on multilateral
action on trade in pesticides.
