INF/TE/IDP/CN/12  
 
7 March  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  
Monday , 13 March  2023, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Geneva time.  All WTO Members are invited 
to attend the meeting. Please see technical arrangements in Annex I.  
2. The statements from Members and stakeholders which were delivered at the Dialogue  
pre-plenary meeting dated 1 6 February  2023, will be available as room docume nts on the Dialogue 
webpage.   
3. Delegations are invited to continue to complete the two Dialogue surveys .1 Coordinators aim 
to close the surveys by 31 May 2023.  
4. Delegations are invited to actively share their perspectives, in particular with regards to the 
next steps  to implement the Dialogue's Ministerial Statement call to achieve "concrete, pragmatic, 
and ef fective outcomes … at the latest by MC13"  by answering the guiding question below .  
5. Draft agenda  
a. Opening segment  
i. Introductory remarks by coordinators . 
ii. Introductory  remarks by Deputy Director -General Jean -Marie Paugam . 
iii. Introductory remarks by former Director General and current World Wildlife Fund  
(WWF) Special Envoy Marco Lambertini . 
b. Briefing by faci litators on the technical discussions held in the workstreams on 
reduction, crosscutting issues and trade in goods and services, including 
technology, in the February  pre-plenary meeting  
 
1 Namely:  
Aid for Trade Global Review and Needs Assessment  Survey . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
IDP AfT global review and needs assessment survey - Formsta ck – English .  
 
Trade -related Plastic Measures ( TrPMs ) Survey . 
IDP Survey on TrPMs (Es) - Formstack  – Spanish .  
IDP Survey on TrPMs (Fr) - Formstack  – French . 
IDP Survey on TrPMs - Formstack  – English .  INF/TE/IDP/CN/12  
 
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  c. Open discussion on the following guiding question s preceded by a presentation by 
the coordinators  on their visio n for a possible pathway to MC13  
What are the preferred options to implement the Dialogue's  2021 Ministerial Statement 
(WT/MIN(21)/8/Rev.2 ), in particular Ministers call to achieve "concrete, pragmatic, and effective 
outcomes … at the latest by MC13"  
a. What structure  and format  could a Ministerial Statement at MC13 take, and  what 
content could it includ e? 
b. How can  we draw from the substantive tech nical work developed in the Dialogue,  to 
develop outcomes that reflect the ambition and purpose of the Ministerial 
Statement?  
c. What are and can be the Dialogue contributions that reflect our shared ambition, 
including for voluntary pledges for actions?  
Other relevant information:  Coordinators will maintain an evolving compilation of 
suggestions  (INF/TE/IDP/RD/120 ) presented by Members and Stakeholders for options, 
in line with the Ministerial Statement ambition, priorities and purpose.  
d. Concluding remark s by coordinators  
 
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  Annex I - Technical Arrangements  
Please note that this meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (room S1 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/tZ0vceitrj4jE9T75OT4 -5i-
Wg3yDBBPSbT5  
 
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: 892 6150 5990  
Meeting Passcode: 6691 45 
 
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 you r 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 resu lt in delegations being unable to intervene virtually under 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 consi deration and their intention to circulate 
their written statement 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 to 
the Secretariat ( idp@wto.org ) before the meeting starts. Statements wil l also be gratefully received 
during the meeting  (idp@wto.org ). 
 
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