Geneva Week
10 to 14 May 2004
Centre William Rappard
Draft Programme[1]
Sunday, 9 May 2004
15:00 to 18:00 Briefing by AITIC – in Room W at the WTO
Monday, 10 May
10.00 – 10.20 Opening Remarks by WTO Director-General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
(Room D)
10.20 – 10.40 Introductory Remarks by the Chairman of the General Council, AmbassadorShotaro Oshima (Room D)
10.40 – 11.00 Introduction to Geneva Week Mr. Alberto Campeas, Director, DevelopmentDivision (Room D)
11.00 – 13.00 Development Issues in the Doha Development Agenda Negotiations –- Focus on the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD), CTD Special Session, CTDDedicated Session and the Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology Development Division (Room D)
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Trade and Environment/Technical Barriers to Trade – Ms. Vesile Kulacoglu, Director, Trade and Environment Division (Room D)
16.30 – 17.00 Trade Policy Review Mechanism – Mr. Clemens Boonekamp, Director, TradePolicies Review Division (Room D)
17:00 – 18:00 Dispute Settlement Body – Status of the Negotiations – Ms. Kerry Allbeury, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division (Room D)
18.00 - 19:30 Reception hosted by WTO Deputy Director-General, Dr. Kipkorir Aly Azad Rana (Salle des Pas Perdus)
Tuesday, 11 May
10.00 – 13.00 Attendance at the Dispute Settlement Body Special Session (Council Room I)[2] or the Committee on Trade and Development (Room W) or the Negotiating Group on Market Access (Council Room II)
13:00 – 15.00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Negotiating Group on Rules – Mr. Victor do Prado, Counsellor, Rules Division (Room D)
16:30 – 18:00 Services Negotiations – Mr. Rolf Adlung, Counsellor, Trade in Services Division (Room D)
Wednesday, 12 May
10.00 – 13:00 Attendance at the CTD Dedicated Session on Small Economies (Room D) or the Negotiating Group on Market Access (Room CR)
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15.00 – 16.30 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – Mr.AdrianOtten, Director, Intellectual Property Division – (Room D)
16.30- 18.00 Trade and Development – Least-Developed Countries: the SubCommittee on Least-Developed Countries and the Integrated Framework - Development Division (Room D)
Thursday, 13 May
10.00 – 13.00 Attendance at the Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance – (Room W)
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break
15.00 – 17.00 Dr. Alan Winters – Presentation of his recent research - "The Cost of Doing Business in Small Economies" (Room D)
17:00 – 18:00 Mr. Pierre Encontre - UNCTAD Secretariat - Briefing on work related to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (Room D)
Friday, 14 May
10:00 - 12.00 Agriculture – Mr. Frank Wolter, Director, Agriculture and Commodities Division (Room D)
12:00 - 13:00 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – Ms. Gretchen Stanton, Counsellor,
Agriculture and Commodities Division (Room D)
13:00 -15:00 Lunch break
15.00 – 16.30 Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products – Ms. Carmen Luz Guarda, Director, Market Access Division (Room D)
16:30 – 17:00 Pacific Island Forum – Presentation (Room D)
17.00 17:30 Closing Session (Room D)
Note:
· Training on the use of the Integrated Database/WTO website and other online resources will take place between 14.00 and 15.00 everyday in the computer training centre located near the visitors' entrance (ground floor).
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[1] The programme may be modified following any changes in the schedule of regular WTO Committee meetings.
[2] In accordance with the Doha Ministerial Declaration, paragraph 48, attendance is open to: (i) all Members of the WTO; and (ii) States and separate customs territories currently in the process of accession and those that inform Members, at a regular meeting of the General Council, of their intention to negotiate the terms of their membership and for whom an accession working party is established.