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5 December 2012
10 to 14 December 2012
Centre William Rappard
Programme[1]
Monday, 10 December
9.00 – 9.20 Opening Remarks by the WTO Director-General, Mr. Pascal Lamy
9.20 – 9.40 Welcoming Remarks by the Chairperson of the General Council, AmbassadorElin Østebø Johansen
9.40 – 10.00 Questions and Answers
10.00 – 10.15 Coffee Break
10.15 – 10.30 Introduction to the 25th Geneva Week, Development Division
10.30 – 11.15 LDC Accession Guidelines, Mr. Taufiq Rahman, Development Division and MrDarlan Marti, Market Access Division
11.15 – 12.00 Duty-Free and Quota-Free Market Access for LDCs and Rules of Origin, Mr.Taufiq Rahman, Development Division and Mr. Darlan Marti, Market Access Division
12.00 – 12.15 Official 25th Geneva Week Photo Session
12.15 – 15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 – 16.00 Implementation of the 2012-2013 Technical Assistance Plan,Mr. Maarten Smeets, Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation
16.00 16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 – 18.00 Preferential Rules of Origin, Mr.DarlanMarti, Market Access Division andMr.Steven Fevrier, Commonwealth Secretariat
18.00 – 19.30 Reception for Geneva Week Participants – Hosted by DDG Valentine Rugwabiza (North Wing Atrium)
Tuesday, 11 December
9.00 – 10.00 Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 13.00 Attendance at the General Council*
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch Break
15.00 – 18.00 Attendance at the General Council*
Wednesday, 12 December
9.00 – 10.00 Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 13.00 Attendance at the General Council* if the meeting continues on Wednesday, 12December
13.00 – 15.00 Briefing lunch on Emerging Issues and Developing Countries, organized by CUTS
15.00 – 16.00 Trade in value added and the Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP), Mr.Hubert Escaith and Mr. Jurgen Rictering, Statistics Group
16.15 – 17.00 State of Play on Accessions, Mr. Chiedu Osakwe, Accessions Division
17.00 – 18.00 The Trade Facilitation Negotiations, Ms. Nora Neufeld, Trade Policy Review Division
Thursday, 13 December
9.00 – 10.00 Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 11.00 Standards and the TBT Agreement, Mr. José-Antonio Monteiro, Trade and Environnent Division and Mr. Graham Cook, Legal Affairs Division
11.00 – 11.45 Environmental Technologies, Mr. Karsten Steinfatt, Trade and Environnent Division,
11.45 12.00 Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.00 State Trading Enterprises, Mr. Raúl Torres and presentation by the participants
13.00 – 15.00 Briefing Lunch for Commonwealth Small States and Developing Countries, organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat
15.00 – 16.00 Trade Remedies, Mr. Raúl Torres, Development Division
16.00 – 16.15 Coffee Break
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* For WTO Members and Observers only.
16.15 – 17.00 The Agriculture Negotiations, Ms. Marie-Bel Martinez-Hommel, Agriculture Division.
17.00 – 18.00 The Aid-for-Trade Questionnaires and the 4th Global Review, Mr. Aimé Murigande, Development Division
Friday, 14 December
9.00 – 10.00 Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 11.30 The Services Plurilateral Agreement Negotiations and the LDC Services Waiver, Mr. Peter Morrison, Services Division, Ms. Caroline McCarthy, Australian Mission, Mr. Hannes Schloemann, WTI advisors and Mr. Niall Meagher, ACWL
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 – 12.30 TRIPS Needs Assessment, Technology Transfer and the TRIPS Agreement, and TRIPS and Public Health Amendment, Mr. Pierre Arhel, Intellectual Property Division
12.30 – 13.00 Update on the Government Procurement Agreement, Mr. Rob Anderson, Intellectual Property Division
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch at the offices of the ACWL
15.00 – 16.00 Recent Developments in WTO Jurisprudence, Ms. Chibole Wakoli, Legal Affairs Division and Mr.JanBohanes ACWL
16.00 – 16.45 Developing Country interests in the DSU Review, Ambassador Ronald Saborío Soto, Chairman, Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body and Mr. Jan Bohanes, ACWL
16.45 – 17.00 Coffee Break
17.00 – 18.00 Evaluation Roundtable and Closing, Development Division
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[1] This programme may be modified following changes in the schedule of WTO Committee meetings and availability of WTO Secretariat staff.