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9th Geneva Week
1 to 5 November 2004
Centre William Rappard
Draft Programme[1]
Monday, 1 November
10.00 – 10.20 Opening Remarks by WTO DirectorGeneral, Dr SupachaiPanitchpakdi
(Room D)
10.20 – 10.40 Introductory Remarks by the Chairman of the General Council, AmbassadorShotaro Oshima (Room D)
10:45 – 11:00 Introduction to the 9th Geneva Week; Mr.AlbertoCampeas, 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, CTD Dedicated Session; Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology Mr.Shishir Priyadarshi, Counsellor, Development Division (Room D)
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break
15:00 – 18:00 Attendance at the Negotiating Group on Rules (Room W) or the AITIC organized session on the state-of-play in the Doha Development Agenda (Room D)
18.00 - 19:30 Reception Hosted by WTO Deputy DirectorGeneral, Mr.FranciscoThompsonFlôres (Salle des Pas Perdus)
Tuesday, 2 November
10:00 – 13:00 Workshop on Technical Barriers to Trade (CR II) or Negotiating Group on Rules (CR I)
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:30 Status of the Negotiations on Agriculture Mr. John Finn, Counsellor, Agriculture and Commodities Division (Room D)
16:30 – 18:00 Status of the Negotiations on Non-Agricultural Market Access – Ms.CarmenLuzGuarda, Director, Market Access Division (Room D)
Wednesday, 3 November
10.00 – 13:00 Attendance at the CTD Dedicated Session on Small Economies (Room D)
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
15.00 – 16.30 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) – Mr.AdrianOtten, Director, IntellectualProperty Division (Room D)
16.30 - 17.15 Trade Facilitation Ms. Nora Neufeld, Legal Affairs Officer, Trade and Finance and Trade Facilitation Division (Room D)
17.15 – 18.00 Regional Trade Agreements – Mrs. María del Carmen Pont-Vieira, Counsellor, Trade Policies Review Division (Room D)
Thursday, 4 November
10.00 – 13.00 Attendance at the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (CR II) or the Seminar on Accessions (Room E) or the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (CR I)
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break
15.00 – 18.00 Period reserved for activity organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat (Room D) or the Seminar on Accessions (Room E)
Friday, 5 November
10:00 - 11.30 Status of the Negotiations on Trade in Services (GATS) – Mr. Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division (Room D)
11:30 - 12:15 Status of the Negotiations on Trade and Environment – Mrs. Vesile Kulaçoglu, Director, Trade and Environment Division (Room D)
12:15 – 13:00 Technical Assistance Plan 2005 – Mr. Maarten Smeets, Counsellor, Institute for Training and TechnicalCooperation (Room D)
13:00 – 15.00 Information Session and Lunch for representatives of LDC Members and for nonresident Members and Observers at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law – AvenueGiuseppeMotta3133
15:00 – 17:00 Time for bilateral or regional consultations
17.00 17:30 Evaluation and Closing Session (Room D)
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[1] The programme may be modified following any changes in the schedule of regular WTO Committee meetings.