WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOWT/INF/47/Rev.1
9 April 2002
(02-1895)
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SYMPOSIUM ON "THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND BEYOND"
Revision
Please find attached a further revised draft programme (English only) of the public symposium which
will take place in Geneva from 29 April to 1 May 2002.
The WTO Secretariat has so far received more than 300 requests for registration from a broad cross-
section of representatives from government trade officials, non-governmental organizations including many
national and international business groups, and academics. At present, however, few parliamentarians have
registered to attend the symposium. Members are reminded that a work session entitled "The WTO: The Role ofParliamentarians" is scheduled to take place at the WTO on the morning of Tuesday 30 April and areencouraged to inform their respect ive parliamentarians in capitals.
SYMPOSIUM SUR "LE PROGRAMME DE DOHA
POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT ET AU-DELÀ"
Révision
Veuillez trouver ci-joint le projet de programme révisé (anglais seulement) du symposium public qui se
tiendra à Genève du 29 avril au 1er mai 2002.
Le Secrétariat de l'OMC a reçu jusqu'ici plus de 300 demandes d'inscription émanant d'un large
éventail de fonctionnaires s'occupant des question commerciales, de représentants d'organisations nongouvernementales, y compris de nombreux groupes professionnels nationaux et internationaux etd'universitaires.  Actuellement, toutefois, peu de parlem entaires se sont inscrits pour participer au symposium.
Il est rappelé aux Membres qu'une séance de travail sur l'OMC et le rôle des parlementaires doit avoir lieu àl'OMC dans la matinée du mardi 30 avril et les Membres sont invités à en informer les parlementaires de leur
capitale.
SIMPOSIO SOBRE "EL PROGRAMA DE DOHA
PARA EL DESARROLLO Y MÁS ALLÁ"
Revisión
Se adjunta el proyecto de programa revisado (en inglés solamente) del simposio público que tendrá
lugar en Ginebra del 29 de abril al 1º de mayo de 2002.
Hasta el momento la Secretaría ha recibido más de 300 solicitudes de inscripción procedentes de una
amplia variedad de funcionarios públicos encargados de asuntos comerciales y de representantes deorganizaciones no gubernamentales, incluidos muchos  grupos de hombres de negocios nacionales e
internacionales, y de instituciones académicas.  Pocos parlamentarios se han inscrito sin embargo hasta ahora en
el simposio.  Se recuerda a los Miembros que está previs to que en la mañana del martes 30 de abril se celebre en
la OMC una reunión de trabajo titulada "La OMC:  el papel de los parlamentarios", y se les alienta a queinformen de ello a sus parlamentarios en las respectivas capitales.WT/INF/47/Rev.1
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"The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond"
WTO Symposium
 Centre William Rappard (WTO-building)
Geneva, Switzerland
 29 April to 1 May 2002
Draft programme
Monday 29 April
8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Registration of participants CR Building
10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Opening Session  CR Room
Mike Moore - WTO Director-General
Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Director of Oxfam InternationalErnesto Zedillo - Former President of MexicoH.E. Sun Zhenyu - WTO Ambassador, People's Republic of ChinaBjorn Lomborg - University of Aarhus - author of The Skeptical Environmentalist
Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati - University of Colombia
Tony Juniper - Vice Chairman, Friends of the Earth InternationalWT/INF/47/Rev.1
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2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Development Opportunities from Doha CR Room
Moderator: Ernesto Zedillo
Discussants: Jeremy Hobbs
Thomas Aquino, Under Secretary, De partment of Trade and Industry,
Philippines
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Market Access – What is at stake? Room W
Moderator: José Maria Figueres-Olsen - Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Discussants : Professor Jagdish Bhagwati
Bijit Bora, WTO Secretariat
Christopher Padilla, Eastman Kodak Company
6:30 - 8.30 p.m. Reception  New building
Tuesday 30 April - Morning
Individual work sessions, organized by WTO or part icipating organizations, will run in parallel. More
detailed information on the individual workshops will be available soon.
10:00-1:00 p.m.
(WTO)
Trade and
Environmentafter Doha
Room CR I
Moderator:
Daniel Esty – Yale
Center for
Environmental Law
and Policy
Discussants:
- Bjorn Lomborg10:00–1:00 p.m.
(WTO)
The WTO: The
role of Parlia-mentarians?
Room CR II
Themes:
- Parliamentarians
as the accountable
representatives of
civil society- The role of
parliamentarians in
the multilateral10:00-1:00 p.m .
(Global Unions)
Bridging the Gap
between Tradeand Social Issues
Room D
Moderator
Guy Ryder – ICFTU
General Secretary
Discussants:
- Giampiero
Alhadeff –10:00-1:00 p.m.
(WTO)
New Issues in the Trading
System
Room W
Moderator:
Richard Eglin – WTO Secretariat
Discussants on
Trade & Investment:
- Prof. V. Balasubramanyam –WT/INF/47/Rev.1
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- Tony Juniper trading system-
ensuring monitoring
and reporting
- Future ratification
by parliaments ofthe results of the
Doha Development
Agenda- challenges
and opportunitiesSOLIDAR
- Willie Madisha –
COSATU
- Mike Waghorne –
PSI- Elisabeth Tang –
HKCTU
- Representative of
AFL-CIOUniversity of Lancaster
- Konrad von Moltke – IISD
Discussants on Trade and
Competition:
- Prof. Frédéric Jenny
- Phil Evans – UK Consumer
Association
- David Ongolo –
Spellman&Walker, Kenya
Tuesday 30 April - Afternoon
3:00-5:30 p.m.
(WTO)
Functioning and
Financing of the
WTO
Room CR I
Moderator:
Clayton Yeutter –
Discussants:
- H.E. Kåre Bryn –
Ambassador Norway
- Mr. Stuart Harbinson
– Permanent
Representative, Hong
Kong Special Adm.Region of China3:00-5:30 p.m.
(Coalition of NGOs1)
Dumping and the
WTO – food security
implicatio ns
Room CR II
Further information
will follow4:00-6:00 p.m.
(Global Environmentand Trade Study -
GETS)
The WTO, Poverty
Alleviation, and the
Environment
Room D
Moderator:
……..
Discussants:
- Mrs. Rousi Zhang –
Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences- James Cameron
- Anthony Hill
- Daniel Esty - GETS3:00-5:30 p.m.
(International Chamber
of Commerce)
Further information
will follow
Room W
                                                     
1 Action Aid, Institute for Agricultural & Trade Policy, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, CAFOD,
German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Oxfam International, Consumers InternationalWT/INF/47/Rev.1
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Wednesday 1 May
9:00-11:30 a.m.
(ICTSD, IISD2)
The Emerging
Southern Agendaon Trade andEnvironment
Room W
Further information
will follow9:00-11.30 a.m.
(Consumer Unity &Trust Society)
Linkages: How do
we bridge the gap?
Room E
Further information will
follow9:30-11:30 a.m.
(Carnegie Endowment
for InternationalPeace)
Lessons Learned
from RelationsBetweenInternationalOrganizations andCivil Society
Room D
Moderator:
- John Audley –
Carenegie Endowment
Discussants:
-  Marie Heuze – UN
Information Centre
- David Hunter –Center for
International
Environmental Law
US
- William Reuben –World Bank Group
- Sabrina Varma –
South Centre9:00-11.30 a.m.
(International
Trademark
Association)
Doha's impact on
TRIPS: Balancing
Geographical
Indications
protection
Further information
will follow
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Closing session CR Room
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2 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; International Institute for Sustainable
Development