INF/TE/IDP/CN/14  
 
17 May 2023 
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  Original: English  
 
 
DIALOGUE ON PLASTIC S POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC S 
TRADE  
CONVENING NOTICE  
The following convening notice is being circulated at the request of the Dialogue Coordinators 
(Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco) . 
 
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1. The Dialogue will hold its next plenary meeting in hybrid mode on  
Thursday , 25 May 2023, from 10 a.m. Geneva time.  All WTO Members are invited to attend the 
meeting. Please see technical arrangements in Annex I.  
2. Delegations are invited to continue to complete the two Dialogue surveys .1 Coordinators aim 
to close the surveys by 31 May 2023.  
3. Delegations are invited to a ctively share their perspectives, in particular with regards to the  
coordinators  vision for "concrete, pragmatic, and effective outcomes … at the latest by MC13" . 
4. Draft agenda  
1) Introductory remarks by coordinators  
 
2) Coordinators presentation on their updated vision for MC13 outcomes  
 
a. Briefing by the WTO Secretariat on the State of Play of Dialogue discussions . 
b. Presentation by Coordinators and o pen discussion on the vision for MC13 outcomes . 
 
3) Technical briefings  
 
a. Briefing by  Mr. LU Wenming, Deputy Director General of the International Bamboo 
and Rattan Organization (INBAR), the Bamboo as a Substitute for Plastic Initiative to Reduce 
Plastic Pollution and Address Climate Change . 
b. Briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N ations (FAO) on 
their plastic -related work . 
c. Briefing by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) on the 
study  Plastic Waste Trade: the Hidden Numbers . 
 
4) Concluding remarks by coordinator s 
 
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1 Namely:  
Aid for Trade Global Review and Needs Assessment  Survey . 
Dialogue AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish . 
Dialogue AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
Dialogue AfT global review and needs assessment s urvey - Formstack  – English .  
 
Trade -related Plastic Measures ( TrPMs ) Survey . 
Dialogue Survey on TrPMs (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish .  
Dialogue  Survey on TrPMs (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
Dialogue Survey on TrPMs - Formstack  – English .  INF/TE/IDP/CN/14  
 
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Annex I - Technical Arrangements  
 
Please note that this meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (room D and via Zoom).  
 
1  REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
Delegates wishing to participate virtually via the Zoom platform, including capital -based officials,  
must register through this link:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdOytqTgoGtYM9oZIQ0 -RP61H -
BVPZjMa  
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the 
meeting.  
 
If prompted for the following information when accessing the meeting, please enter:  
 
Meeting ID: 881 3557 3202  
Meeting Passcode: 356203  
 
Before the meeting:  
 
• We are available 1/2 hour before the meeting to test your connection with you.  
 
• On behalf of the interpreters please follow these recommendations:  
➢ Use a wired internet connection (or very stable WiFi).  
➢ Use a  computer/laptop, not a phone or tablet.  
➢ When participating remotely, at first choice, use an external USB tabletop microphone 
or a lapel microphone  or second choice a USB Headset.  
➢ Avoid using your computer's built -in microphone or cell -phone earbuds.  
➢ Always turn on your camera before speaking.  
➢ Turn off  all notifications.  
This will ensure that everyone can hear and understand your message fully.  
 
During the meeting:  
 
• If technical difficulties result in delegations being unable to intervene virtually und er a given 
agenda item, the opportunity to take the floor will be given at an appropriate juncture before 
the meeting closes. Should the technical problem persist, delegations may contact the 
meeting coordinators ( idp@wto .org) during the course of the meeting, either to send their 
statement for it to be read out during the meeting, or to request that the attendees be 
informed of their interest in the item under consideration and their intention to circulate 
their written s tatement after the meeting.  
 
2  ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM  
For the health protection of all, and to respect the sanitary measures in place , masks remain 
recommended  in common areas and meeting rooms . 
 
3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are strongly encouraged to send their written statements  
(including power point presentations accompanying texts)  to the Secretariat ( idp@wto.org ) before 
the meeting starts. Statements will als o be gratefully received during the meeting  (idp@wto.org ). 
 
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