RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(01)/SR/2
10 January 2002
(02-0118)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Fourth Session
Doha, 9 - 14 November 2001
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SECOND MEETING
Held at the Sheraton Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar
on Saturday, 10 November 2001, at 9 a.m.
Chairpersons: H.E. Mr. Youssef Hussain Kamal (Qatar)
(for announcement on organization of work)
The Honourable Mrs. Tebelelo Seretse (Botswana)
(for general statements)
Subjects:
1. Announcement on organization of work
2. General statements (agenda item 1)
1. Announcement on organization of work
The CHAIRMAN informed the Ministerial Conference that he would conduct an informal
consultative process to finalize the texts before Ministers, starting that same morning.  He hadtherefore requested the Honourable Mrs. Tebelelo Seretse (Botswana), Vice-Chairperson to chair the
rest of the present session.
2. General statements (agenda item 1)
The CHAIRMAN invited Ministers and speakers wishing to make statements under this
agenda item to do so in a single presentation which could also address the two reports that had been
introduced by the Director-General and the Chairman of the General Council at the opening of the
Session on 9 November 2001.
He recalled that Rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure for Sessions of the Ministerial Conference
provided the possibility for the Chairperson to lim it the time for statements, with the consent of the
meeting.  As indicated in an Information Note contained in document WT/MIN(01)/INF/13 circulated
to Members on 31 October 2001, statements should be limited to a maximum of five minutes.  In
order to provide equitable opportunity to all Member s to express their views in the plenary meetings,
he proposed that Members agree to limit all statements to a maximum of five minutes.  Delegationsthat so wished, could circulate longer presentations to the Ministerial Conference in document form.
The Ministerial Conference so agreed.WT/MIN(01)/SR/2
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The following statements were made:
Singapore H.E. Brigadier-General George Yeo
Minister for Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/1
Switzerland H.E. Mr. Pascal Couchepin
Federal Counsellor for EconomyWT/MIN(01)/ST/2
United States H.E. Mr. Robert B. Zoellick
United States Trade RepresentativeWT/MIN(01)/ST/3
European Communities
CommissionMr. Pascal Lamy
Commissioner for TradeWT/MIN(01)/ST/4
Belgium on behalf of the
Presidency of the
European UnionH.E. Mrs. Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck
Minister of State for Foreign AffairsWT/MIN(01)/ST/5
Pakistan H.E. Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood
Minister for Commerce, Industries and
  ProductionWT/MIN(01)/ST/6
South Africa H.E. Mr. Alexander Erwin, MP
Minister of Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/7
Philippines The Honourable Manuel Roxas II
Secretary of Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/8
Japan H.E. Mr. Takeo Hiranuma
Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/9
India The Honourable Murasoli Maran
Minister of Commerce and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/10
Germany H.E. Dr. Axel Gerlach
State Secretary, Federal Ministry of
  Economics and TechnologyWT/MIN(01)/ST/11
Brazil H.E. Mr. Celso Lafer
Minister of Foreign RelationsWT/MIN(01)/ST/12
Canada The Honourable Pierre S. Pettigrew
Minister for International TradeWT/MIN(01)/ST/13
United Kingdom H.E. Baroness Liz Symons
  of Vernham Dean
Minister of State for Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/14
France H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius
Minister for Economy, Finance
  and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/15WT/MIN(01)/SR/2
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Argentina H.E. Mr. Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia
Ambassador, Foreign Trade RepresentativeWT/MIN(01)/ST/16
Mexico H.E. Mr. Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista
Secretary of EconomyWT/MIN(01)/ST/17
Hong Kong, China Mr. Chau Tak Hay
Secretary for Commerce and IndustryWT/MIN(01)/ST/18
Australia The Honourable John Fahey, MP
Minister for Finance and AdministrationWT/MIN(01)/ST/19
Italy The Honourable Antonio Marzano
Minister for Productive ActivitiesWT/MIN(01)/ST/20
Morocco H.E. Mr. Mustapha Mansouri
Minister for Industry, Commerce,
  Energy and MinesWT/MIN(01)/ST/21
Luxembourg H.E. Mr. Charles Goerens
Minister for Cooperation and  Humanitarian ActionWT/MIN(01)/ST/22
Tanzania The Honourable Iddi Mohamed Simba
Minister of Industry and Trade
  on behalf of Least-Developed CountriesWT/MIN(01)/ST/23
and Corr.1
IMF
(Observer)Mr. Horst Köhler
President of the IMF,
  presented on his behalf by
  Mr. Jesús Seade, Senior AdvisorWT/MIN(01)/ST/24
World Bank
(Observer)Mr. James D. Wolfensohn
President of the World Bank
  delivered on his behalf by
  Mr. Ujri Dadush,
  Director, Economic Policy GroupWT/MIN(01)/ST/25
The meeting adjourned at 1.10 p.m.
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