WT/GC/W/842  
 
21 February  2022 
(22-1615) Page: 1/2 
General Council  
23-24 February 2022    
 
 
PROPOSED AGENDA  
1. TURKMENISTAN – REQUEST FOR ACCESSION PURSUANT TO ART. XII 
(WT/ACC/TKM/1)  
 
2. REPORT BY THE CHAIR OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE AND REPORT BY 
THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
 
3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BALI, NAIROBI AND BUENOS AIRES OUTCOMES – 
STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR  
 
4. WORK PROGRAMME ON SMALL ECONOMIES – REPORT BY THE CHAIR OF THE 
DEDICATED SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT  
 
5. TWELFTH SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE – STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR  
 
6. WTO  RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC – REPORT BY THE CHAIR  
 
7. TRIPS COUNCIL MATTERS  
 
A. STATUS REPORT ON THE CONSIDERATIONS BY THE TRIPS COUNCIL ON THE REVISED 
"PROPOSAL FOR A WAIVER FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 
FOR THE PREVENTION, CONTAINMENT AND TREATMENT OF COVID -19" 
(IP/C/W/669/REV.1) – STATEMENT BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS  
 
8. WTO ACCESSIONS: 2021 ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL 
(WT/ACC/40 – WT/GC/243) – STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR -GENERAL  
 
9. A SMOOTH TRANSITION P ACKAGE IN FAVOUR OF MEMBERS GRADUATING FROM 
THE LDC CATEGORY  
 
A. LDC GROUP'S INTERIM ARRANGEMENT SUBMISSION ON LDC GRADUATION – 
COMMUNICATION FROM CHAD ON BEHALF OF THE LDC GROUP  (WT/GC/W/829)  
 
B. TRADE RELATED CHALLENGES OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES A ND WAY 
FORWARD: A DRAFT FOR MC DECISION – COMMUNICATION FROM CHAD ON BEHALF 
OF THE LDC GROUP (WT/GC/W/807)  
 
10. IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM IN 
PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL MC12 – COMMUNICATION FROM ARGENTINA; 
AUSTRALIA; BRAZ IL; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CANADA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; 
COSTA  RICA; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; 
EUROPEAN UNION; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; HONG KONG, CHINA; ICELAND; 
ISRAEL; JAPAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; LAO PEOPLE'S 
DEMOCRATIC REP UBLIC; LIECHTENSTEIN; MEXICO; REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA; 
MONGOLIA; MONTENEGRO; MOROCCO; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; PANAMA; PERU; 
PHILIPPINES; QATAR; SINGAPORE; SWITZERLAND; THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS 
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU; THAILAND; TURKEY; 
UKRAINE; UNITED  KINGDOM; URUGUAY AND VANUATU (WT/GC/W/841/REV.1)  
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  11. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND MORATORIUM ON IMPOSING 
CUSTOMS DUTIES ON ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS – REQUEST FROM INDIA AND 
SOUTH AFRICA  
 
12. PAPER TITLED "THE LEGAL STATUS OF 'JOINT ST ATEMENT INITIATIVES' AND THEIR 
NEGOTIATED OUTCOMES" BY INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA 
(WT/GC/W/819/REV.1)  
 
13. PROPOSED SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY DECLARATION FOR THE TWELFTH WTO 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE: RESPONDING TO MODERN SPS CHALLENGES – THE 
AFRICAN GR OUP; ACP GROUP; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BELIZE; BRAZIL; 
BURKINA  FASO; CABO VERDE; CANADA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; 
CÔTE  D'IVOIRE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EL SALVADOR; THE GAMBIA; 
GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; JAPAN; MEXICO; NEW ZEALAND; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; 
PERU; SENEGAL; SINGAPORE; TAJIKISTAN; TOGO; THE UNITED STATES; UKRAINE; 
URUGUAY AND VIET NAM (WT/GC/W/835/REV.1 -  G/SPS/GEN/1758/REV.10)  
 
14. STRENGTHENING THE WTO TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVITY – 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE AFRICAN GROUP; CUBA AND INDIA 
(WT/GC/W/778/REV.4)  
 
15. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO WTO BODIES  
 
16. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON  
 
OTHER BUSINESS  
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