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WT/MIN(13)/INF/9  
 
10 October 2013  
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Ministerial Conference 
Ninth Session 
Bali, 3-6 December 2013    
 
NOTE TO DELEGATIONS 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPEAKERS IN THE PLENARY SESSION 
As at past Ministerial Conferences, the Plenary Session of the Ninth Ministerial Conference will 
provide an opportunity for Ministers to make general statements under an Agenda item entitled 
"Overview of Activities of the WTO", in line with  the Procedures adopted by the General Council on 
15 November 1995 (WT/L/105). These prepared statements will be delivered in accordance with the List of Speakers which will open for inscription on 21 October 2013 . 
 
1  INSCRIPTION 
Inscriptions for the List of Speakers will take pl ace via an online system, similar to the one used 
for the registration of participants at the Ministerial Conference. Delegation Coordinators are 
invited to consult the online registration system (see WT/MIN(13)/INF/6) where they will find the 
necessary information. Inscriptions will take place on  the basis of a choice of half-day preferences. 
While every effort will be made to accommodate delegations' first preferences, delegations are 
kindly requested to show some flexibility in the light of a limited number of slots available in the Speakers' List. The Secretariat, in conjunction with the Ministerial Conference Chairman, will 
subsequently establish the List of Speakers, and Dele gation Coordinators will be notified by e-mail 
later in the process of the exact date and time their Minister will be invited to deliver their 
statement.  
2  DELIVERY OF STATEMENTS 
Ministers wishing to make a statement will be requ ested to do so from a lectern on the podium in 
Room Nusa Dua 5. In order to facilitate the sequence of speakers, seats close to the podium will 
be reserved for the next speakers. Speakers will be invited by WTO Secretariat staff to move to 
these reserved seats while the preceding statements are being made.  The Chairman's List of Speakers for each half-day session will be made available to the delegations 
concerned, by the Plenary Office in the BNDCC. The Chairman will expect the cooperation and 
understanding of all delegations in the event of  unexpected and last-minute changes that may 
have to be made to the List. 
 
3  LENGTH OF STATEMENTS 
Interventions in the Plenary Session are limited to 3 minutes per speaker. A so-called traffic light 
system will be in operation to facilitate adherence to the allotted time period. Longer statements 
can be submitted to the WTO Secretariat for subsequent circulation, as set out below.  4  DISSEMINATION OF STATEMENTS 
As at past Ministerial Conferences, all public documents emanating from the Ministerial Conference 
will be posted on the Ministerial Conference Website at http://www.wto.org/mc9 . 
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  Ministers' statements submitted to the Secretariat well in advance of the speaking time will be 
posted on the Website in their original language and form shortly after delivery. In this respect, delegations are requested to transmit statements, in Microsoft Word format only, to the Secretariat via e-mail to the following address: MC9Statements@wto.org . 
 
All statements in the Plenary Session will subsequently be circulated as Conference documents in the three WTO official languages, including statements longer than those delivered. Statements by 
Ministers not wishing to take the floor in the Plenary Session can also be submitted to the WTO 
Secretariat for circulation.   
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