WORLD TRADE WT/MIN(98)/INF/13/Rev.2
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ORGANIZATION 17May1998
(98-2014)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Second Session
Geneva, 18,and20May1998
50THANNIVERSARY
19May1998
ORGANIZATION SCHEDULE FOR THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
AND 50thANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION
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18MAY 1998
1 18May Traffic restrictions inplace.
2 9a.m. AMedical Service operational inthePalais, inCWR andinthenew
Council Room.
3 9a.m. Opening ofallfacilities atthePalais desNations.
4 10to11a.m. Arrival ofDelegates attheAssembly HallatthePalais
Ministers enter byDoor 14.Other delegates through Doors 13and15.
5 11to11.50 a.m. Inaugural session oftheConference.
Opening address bytheChairman oftheConference, Mr.Couchepin,
Statement bytheChairman oftheGeneral Council, Ambassador
Weekes,
Statement bytheDirector-General, Mr.Ruggiero.
6 11.50 to12.30 Participants tothelunch (see point 7),proceed totheHotel
Intercontinental.
7 12.30 to2p.m. Lunch hosted byMr.Couchepin attheHotel Intercontinental
(Ministers +1).
Toast byMr. Couchepin; reply byMinister ofSingapore,
Mr.LeeYock Suan.
8 2.30 to5.30 p.m. Working Session onimplementation inthenewCouncil Room atCWR
(delegations only).
There will beavideo link toRoom W, listening room
(delegations only).
Ifneeded, theWorking Session onimplementation may resume on
Wednesday morning before theWorking Session onfuture activities.
9 5.30 to7p.m. Delegates move from CWR tothePalais desNations.
Ministers andDelegates should enter thePalais through Door 13.
10 7.15p.m. Alldelegates should beseated intheAssembly HallatthePalais.
11 7.35p.m. President Clinton will arrive atPalais. Hewill begreeted by
Mr.Couchepin andtheDirector-General.
President Clinton willbewelcomed attheAssembly Hall byshort
statements from Mr.Couchepin andtheDirector-General.
Statement byPresident Clinton.
After hisstatement, President Clinton willleave thePalais.WT/MIN/( 98)/INF/13/Rev.2
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12 10.15 to10.30 a.m. Arrival ofHeads ofState andGovernment atthePalais (Door 14,facing
theCICR), scheduled every 2minutes.
Numbered carpasses according totheWTO protocol (alphabetical
order).
Refreshments willbeserved intheAtrium oftheAssembly Hall.
13 10.15 a.m. Delegates should beseated.
14 10.25 to10.30 a.m. Heads ofState andGovernment enter theAssembly Hall totaketheir
seats infront rowaccording toalphabetical order ofcountries 'names.
15 10.30 to10.40 a.m. Inaugural statement byPresident Cotti.
16 10.40 to10.50 a.m. Statement bytheDirector-General.
17 10.50 to11.35 a.m. Statements byHeads ofState andGovernment inaccordance with
established schedule.
18 11.35 a.m. Delegates willberequested toremain seated untiltheHeads ofState and
Governments leave theAssembly Hall.
19 11.45 a.m. CarNo.1,President Cotti toleave firsttogototheIntercontinental
Hotel; other carswillfollow, according totheir number (seepoint 11).
20 12noon to2p.m. Lunch hosted byPresident Cotti attheIntercontinental Hotel forHeads
ofState andGovernment only. Toast byPresident Cotti, reply by
President Castro.
Personal interpreters ofHeads ofState andGovernment willbeseated
behind them.
There willbeanadjacent room for2senior officials accompanying
Heads ofState andGovernment.
First photo opportunity.
21 2p.m. Heads ofState andGovernment motorcade from Hotel Intercontinental
toPalais desNations, according tocarpass numbers;first car
Director-General, lastcarPresident Cotti.
22 2to2.30 p.m. Ministers and Delegates should enter theAssembly Hall through
Doors 13and15.
23 2.15 to2.45 p.m. Arrival ofHeads ofState andGovernment scheduled every twominutes.
Heads willbewelcomed onarrival bytheDirector-General andWTO
Protocol staff. Entrance byDoor 14.
Refreshments served intheatrium oftheAssembly Hall.
24 2.30 p.m. Delegates andinvitees should beseated.
25 2.45 p.m. Heads ofState andGovernment enter theAssembly Hall totaketheir
seats infront rowaccording torules established byProtocol.
26 2.45 to5p.m. Statement byHeads ofState andGovernment inaccordance with
established schedule.
Closing remarks byPresident Cotti.WT/MIN(98)/INF/13/Rev.2
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27 5p.m. Delegates remain seated while Heads ofState andGovernment leave the
Assembly Room toSalle desPasPerdus where areception willbegiven
bytheDirector-General forHeads ofState andGovernment +1and
theHeads ofDelegation andMinisters.
Access forHeads ofState andGovernment totheSalle desPasPerdus
forthereception willbethrough thesidedoors, adjacent tothePodium.
Director-General welcomes guests attheSalle desPasPerdus.
28 5.15 p.m. Second photo opportunity.
29 5.15 to6.30 p.m. Reception.
30 6.30 to7p.m. Heads ofState andGovernment willleave thereception using the
corridor going along theAssembly Hall ontheright hand sidewhen
exiting theSalle desPasPerdus, thenleave thePalais byDoor 14.
Reverse procedure asforarrival forcars.
31 7p.m. Reception hosted bytheSwiss authorities foralldelegates, NGOs,
journalists, WTO staff, attheMusée del'automobile.WT/MIN/( 98)/INF/13/Rev.2
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32 Time tobedetermined Ifneeded, continuation oftheWorking Session onimplementation inthe
newCouncil Room atCWR (Delegations only). Video linktoRoom W
(listening room, Delegations only). Followed bytheWorking Session
onfuture activities.
33 10to1p.m. Working Session onfuture activities inthenew Council Room
(Delegations only). Video linktoRoom W(listening room, Delegations
only).
34 3to6p.m. Ifneeded, continuation oftheWorking Session onfuture activities,
followed by:
Closing Session [inthenewCouncil Room].
Opening remarks byMr.Couchepin.
Proceedings related tothefollowing issues:
1.Adoption oftheMinisterial text.
2.Decision onthevenue forthenextmeeting.
3.Election ofOfficers.
Closing Statement byMr.Couchepin.
35 [7p.m.] Press Conference by Mr. Couchepin, Director-General and
Ambassador Weekes.
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