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WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/LLDC/W/9
17September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3703)
Sub-Committee onLeast-Developed Countries
JOINT WTO-UNCTAD NGO SYMPOSIUM
ONTRADE OFTHE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Note bytheSecretariat
1. TheWTO andUNCTAD areorganizing anNGO Symposium inthecontext oftheHigh-Level
Meeting onIntegrated Initiatives forLeast-Developed Countries 'Trade Development. TheSymposium
willtakeplace on25and26September 1997. Details ofthevenue andagenda, andalistofNGOs
invited toparticipate intheSymposium areattached tothisNote. Ascanbeseen, priority hasbeen
attached tosecuring theparticipation ofNGOs from Least-Developed Countries.
2. Theobjective oftheNGO Symposium istobenefit prior totheHigh-Level Meeting fromthe
views ofNGOs onthetopics which willbeaddressed intheThematic Roundtables attheHigh-Level
Meeting, i.e.Building the'capacity totrade'inLeast-Developed Countries andEncouraging investment
inLeast-Developed Countries. TheNGOs thatwillparticipate intheSymposium havebeeninvited
toprepare papers ononeorother ofthese topics, andseveral haveaccepted thisinvitation. Atthe
endoftheSymposium aninformal report including thepapers andtheconclusions ofthediscussions
willbeproduced. Thisreport willbemade available toparticipants attheHigh-Level Meeting.
3. Members areinvited toattend theNGO Symposium. However, space islimited anddelegations
wishing toattend theSymposium arekindly requested tocontact theExternal Relations Division
(Tel. 7395254).
Venue oftheMeeting
Themeeting willtakeplace inroom AoftheEFTA Building located 9-11ruedeVarembé.
Working Sessions
Interpretation inEnglish andFrench willbeprovided
Thursday, 25September
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Organizational matters
9.30-10.00 Opening statements
10.00 -6.00 Building the'capacity totrade'inLeast-Developed Countries
Presentation ofthepapers submitted totheSymposium
DiscussionWT/COMTD/LLDC/W/9
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Friday, 26September
9.00-5.00 Encouraging investment inLeast-Developed Countries
Presentation ofthepapers submitted totheSymposium
Discussion
5.00-6.00 Conclusion oftheSymposium
NB:During these twodaysthere willbeabreak forluncheon between 1.00and2.30. Participants
willbeabletousethecafeteria located intheCICG.WT/COMTD/LLDC/W/9
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NGOs Invited totheSymposium
Name Abbreviation Country
European Solidarity towards Equal
Participation ofPeopleEUROSTEP Belgium
International Coalition for
Development ActionICDA Belgium
International Chamber ofCommerce ICC France
SOLAGRAL SOLAGRAL France
World Association forSmall and
Medium EnterprisesWASME India
Swiss Coalition ofDevelopment
OrganizationsSWISSAID Switzerland
International Centre forTrade and
Sustainable DevelopmentICTSD Switzerland
Global Traders Conference GLOBAL TRADERS
CONFERENCESwitzerland
OXFAM OXFAM United Kingdom
Christian Aid CHRISTIAN AID United Kingdom
Institute forAgriculture andTrade
PolicyIATP United States of
America
Development Workshop Angola
Policy Research forDevelopment
AlternativeUBINIG Bangladesh
Association pourlaSauvegarde de
l'Environnement etle
DéveloppementASED Benin
Promotion duDéveloppement
Industriel, Artisanal etAgricolePRODIA Burkina Faso
Centre deDocumentation,
d'Information etdelaFormation
pourleDéveloppementCEDIFOD Central African
Republic
Association deCoopération etde
Recherche pourleDéveloppementACORD Chad
Conseil national desONG de
Développement duCongoCNONGD Democratic Republic
oftheCongo
LesAmis delaTerre AMITERD DjiboutiWT/COMTD/LLDC/W/9
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Name Abbreviation Country
African Network forDevelopment RADEV Ethiopia
TheAssociation ofNon-
Governmental OrganisationsTANGO TheGambia
Third World Network TWN Ghana
TINIGUENA TINIGUENA Guinea Bissau
Haitian Association ofVoluntary
AgenciesHaiti
Kenya Energy andEnvironmental
OrganizationKENGO Kenya
Association pourlaPromotion de
l'Entreprise àMadagascarAPEM Madagascar
Council forNongovernmental
Organizations inMalawiCONGOMA Malawi
Comité deCoordination desActions
desONG auMaliCCA-ONG Mali
World Vision
International/MauritaniaWORLD VISION
INTERNATIONALMauritania
Mozambican Association forUrban
DevelopmentMozambique
SelfEmployed Womens 'Association SEWA Nepal
Forum desOrganisations Volontaires
Africaines deDéveloppementFOVAD Senegal
Tanzanian Association ofNGOS TANGO Tanzania
Fédération desOrganisations Non
Gouvernementales auTogoFONGTO Togo
Development Network ofIndigenous
Voluntary AssociationsDENIVA Uganda