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PRESS/289
26 April 2002
(02-2409)
WTO Organizes Public Symposium On Post-Doha Negotiations
The future of the global trading system and the economic, developmental, social and
environmental impact of trade negotiations now underway will be the focus of three days of
discussion and debate from 29 April to 1 May 2002.
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, Jere my Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam
International, former Mexican President Ernesto Ze dillo, Bjorn Lomborg, author of "The Skeptical
Environmentalist", will be among the high-level speakers addressing the WTO's public symposium on
"The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond." La unched by Trade Ministers in Doha, Qatar last
November, the DDA encompasses trade negotiations in seven areas and a broad work programme that
will result in new trade rules for the 21st century.
"The symposium provides a timely opportunity for civil society, governmental officials,
academics and the media to come together to discuss and debate the global challenges posed by the
Doha Development Agenda," WTO Di rector-General Mike Moore said today.  "The organization of
this symposium is in line with paragraph 10 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration instructing us to
'promote a better public understanding of the WTO and to communicate the benefits of a liberal,
rules-based multilateral trading system.'
"Our work program has now begun in earnest and there are many serious and difficult issues
to address - from reducing barriers in agriculture to ensuring adequate and timely technical assistance
for developing countries. I hope this symposium will be used to closely scrutinize some of the more
critical challenges facing today's multilateral trading system, including how the system is financed
and how its functions."
Within the symposium's program, non-governmental organizations will run sessions on topics
of their choice. More than 650 people from WTO Member and Observer governments, otherinternational organizations, universities, non-governmental organisations and the media are expected
to attend the symposium. Twenty different presentations and work sessions are organized over two
and a half days on topics ranging from development issues and food security, to geographical
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"The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond"
Public Symposium
 Centre William Rappard (WTO-building)
Geneva, Switzerland
 29 April to 1 May 2002
Programme
Monday 29 April
• 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Registration of participants
Venue: CR Building
• 10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Opening Session
Venue: CR Room
Speakers:
Mike Moore - WTO Director-General
Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Director of Oxfam International
Ernesto Zedillo - Former President of Mexico
H.E. Sun Zhenyu - WTO Ambassador, People's Republic of China
Bjorn Lomborg - University of Aarhus - author of The Skeptical Environmentalist
Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati – Columbia UniversityTony Juniper - Vice Chairman, Friends of the Earth International
• 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. " Development Opportunities from Doha "
Venue: CR Room
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Moderator: Ernesto Zedillo – former President of Mexico
Discussants:
- Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Director, OXFAM International
- Thomas Aquino -  Under Secretary, Depa rtment of Trade and Industry, Philippines
- Peter Eigen – Chairman, Transparency International
• 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.  "Market Access – What is at stake?"
Venue: Room W
Organizers: WTO
Moderator: José Maria Figueres-Olsen - Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Discussants: 
- Professor Jagdish Bhagwati – Columbia University
- Bijit Bora – Development and Economic Research Division, WTO Secretariat
- Christopher Padilla -  Eastman Kodak Company
- Noreena Hertz – University of Cambri dge – author of The Silent Takeover
• 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Reception for all participants
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Tuesday 30 April – Morning
10:00 – 1:00 p.m.           Parallel Work Sessions
Work Session:  " Trade and Environment after Doha"
Venue: Room CR I
Organizers: WTO
Moderator: Daniel Esty – Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
Discussants:
- Bjorn Lomborg
- Tony Juniper
Work Session: "The WTO: The role of Parliamentarians?"
Venue: Room E
Organizers: WTO
Moderators:
- Dr. Caroline Lucas – Member of the European Parliament
- Dr. Lockwood Smith – Member of Parliament, New Zealand
- Mike Moore- Director-General, WTO
Themes:
- Parliamentarians as the accountable representatives of civil society
- The role of parliamentarians in the multilateral trading system- ensuring monitoring and reporting
- Future ratification by parliaments of the results of the Doha Development Agenda- challenges and
opportunities
Work Session: "Globalization and Trade: a Union's View"
Venue: Room D
Organizers: Global Unions
Moderator : Guy Ryder – General Secretary, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Discussants:
- Giampiero Alha deff – SOLIDAR
- Willie Madisha – Congress of South African Trade Unions
- Mike Waghorne – Public Services International
- Elisabeth Tang – Hong Kong Council of Trade Unions
- Thea Lee - AFL-CIOPRESS/289
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Work Session: "New Issues in the Trading System"
Venue: Room W
Organizers: WTO
Moderator: Richard Eglin – Trade and Finance Division, WTO Secretariat
Discussants on Trade & Investment:
- Prof. V. Balasubramanyam – University of Lancaster
- Konrad von Moltke – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Discussants on Trade & Competition :
- Prof. Frédéric Jenny - France
- Phil Evans – UK Consumer Association
- David Ongolo – Spellman&Walker, KenyaPRESS/289
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Tuesday 30 April – Afternoon
3:00 – 5:30 p.m.             Parallel Work Sessions
Work Session: "Functioning and Financing of the WTO"
Venue : Room CR I
Organizers: WTO
Moderator: C ayton Yeutter –  Hogan & Hartson
Discussants : Arthur Dunkel – former GATT Director-General
- H.E. Edwin Laurent – Ambassador, Eastern Caribbean States Mission to the EU
- H.E. Kåre Bryn – Ambassador of Norway in Geneva
- Stuart Harbinson – Permanent Representative to the WTO, Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion of China
- Luis de la Calle – former Under-Secretary, Mexican Ministry of the Economy
- Rashid Kaukab – South Centre, Geneva
Work Session: "Dumping and the WTO – food security
implications"
Venue : Room CR II
Organizers: Coalition of NGOs1
Moderator: Celine Charveriat – Oxfam International, Geneva office
Discussants :
- Ndiogou Fall – Reseau des Organisations Paysanne s et des Producteurs Agricoles de l'Afrique de
l'Ouest (ROPPA)
- Sophia Murphy – Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, US
Work Session: "Business and the Digital Promise for
Development"
Venue : Room W
Organizers: International Chamber of Commerce - ICC
Moderator: Ayesha Hassan – ICC Secretariat
                                                     
1 Action Aid, Institute for Agricultural & Trade Po licy, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, CAFOD,
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Discussants :
- Philip Wintrebert – AT&T
- Hasan Irfan Khan – ICC Pakistan,
- Laura J.Lane – AOL-Time Warner Inc.
Work Session: "Services at the WTO: Unpacking the new
GATS negotiations"
Venue : Room E
Organizers: Save the Children
Moderator: Vice Yu, - Friends of the Earth International
Discussants :
- Syed Habib Ahmed – Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Geneva
- John Hilary – Save the Children, UK
- Benny Kuruvilla - EQUATIONS, India
- Clare Joy- World Development Movement, UK
Work Session: "The WTO, Poverty Alleviation, and the
Environment"
Venue : Room D
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.!
Organizers: Global Environmental and Trade Study - GETS
Moderator: Daniel Esty - GETS
Discussants :
- Ruosi Zhang – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
- Monica Araya – Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
- Mireille Perrin – WWF InternationalPRESS/289
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Wednesday 1 May
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.           Parallel Work Sessions
Work Session: "An Emerging Southern Agenda on Trade and
Environment"
Venue : Room CR I
Organizers: ICTSD, IISD2
Introduction: - David Runnalls – President, IISD
- Ricardo Melèndez-Ortiz, Executive Director, ICTSD
Presentation:
"Elements of an Emerging Agenda"
Adil Najam – Pakistan Institute for Environment-Development Action Research
"The Nature and Prospects of the post-Doha Debate on Trade and Environment in the WTO"
Ambassador K.G. Anthony Hill, ICTSD
Discussants: - A. de Aguiar Pariota – Mission of Brazil, Geneva.
Work Session: "Trade and Soci al Development: A Southern
Viewpoint"
Venue : Room E
Organizers: Consumer Unity & Trust Society
Moderator: Further information will follow
Discussants :Further information will follow
Work Session: "Lessons Learned from Relations Between
International Organizations and Civil
Society
                                                     
2 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; International Institute for Sustainable
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Venue : Room W
Organizers: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderator:
John Audley – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Discussants :
- Janine Ferretti -  North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Aimee T. Gonzalez – WWF International
- John Garrison – World Bank Group
Work Session: "Doha's impa ct on TRIPS: Balancing
Geographical Indications protection"
Venue : Room CR II
Organizers: International Trademark Association - INTA
Moderator: Clark Lackert – INTA
Discussants :
- Anne Richard – Confederation Generale des Producteurs de lait de brebis et des industriels de
Roquefort- Hans Bender – Danish Dairy Board
- Luis de Javier – Miguel Torres SA
- Dominic Keating – US Mission to the WTO, Geneva
- Antonio Berenguer -  DG Tr ade, European Commission
Work Session: "Internal Transparency and Decision-
making processes at the WTO: Critical
Issues and Recommendations"
Venue : Room D
Organizers: Focus on the Global South
Moderator: ashid Kaukab – South Centre, Geneva
Discussants :
- H.E. Nathan Irumba – Am bassador of Uganda, Geneva
- Aileen Kwa – Focus on the Global South- Sabrina Varma – South Centre
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11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Closing session
Venue: Room CR I
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