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Ministerial Conference 
Ninth Session 
Bali, 3-6 December 2013   
 
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIFTH MEETING  
HELD AT THE BALI NUSA DUA CONVENTION CENTRE (BNDCC), 
BALI, INDONESIA ON THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER, AT 9 A.M. 
  Chairpersons:  His Excellency Mr François Kanimba (Rwanda)    
      His Excellency Lord Stephen Green (United Kingdom) 
1  OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF THE WTO (AGENDA ITEM 1) 
1.1.  The Chairman called the meeting to order. 
1.2.  The following statements were made: Samoa   Hon. Fonotoe Nuafesili Pierre Lauofo   WT/MIN(13)/ST/115 
    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, 
    Commerce, Industry and Labour 
 Vanuatu   Mr Marokon Alilee                                      WT/MIN(13)/ST/127
    Director-General, Ministry of Tourism, Trade 
    Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business  Venezuela,    Mr William Cañas      WT/MIN(13)/ST/41 
Bolivarian    Vice Minister of Foreign Trade  
Republic of  
Uruguay   H.E. Mr Luis Alberto Porto Rizzo   WT/MIN(13)/ST/54 
    Vice-Chancellor, Under Secretary for Foreign     R e l a t i o n s  
 
Tunisia   H.E. Mr Abdelwaheb Maatar    WT/MIN(13)/ST/55/     Minister of Trade and Crafts    Rev.1)  
Niger    H.E. Mr Alma Oumarou     WT/MIN(13)/ST/33
    Minister of Trade and Private Sector Promotion  
Viet Nam    H.E Mr Nguyen Cam Tu     WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    Vice-Minister of Industry and Trade   
Italy    H.E. Mr Carlo Cale nda     WT/MIN(13)/ST/116 
    Deputy Minister of Economic Development  Bolivia, the    H.E. Mrs Angélica Navarro Llanos   WT/MIN(13)/ST/56 
Plurinational   Ambassador, Permanent Representative 
State of  
Guyana   Hon. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett    WT/MIN(13)/ST/34 
(on behalf of  Minister of Foreign Affairs CARICOM) WT/MIN(13)/SR/5 
 
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 Zimbabwe   Hon. Michael Bi mha     WT/MIN(13)/ST/93 
    Minister for Industry and Commerce 
 
Myanmar   H.E. Mr Win Myint      WT/MIN(13)/ST/     Minister for Commerce of the Republic of the 
    U n i o n  o f  M y a n m a r  
 Netherlands   H.E. Minister Lilianne Ploumen    WT/MIN(13)/ST/35    Minister for Foreign Trade and Development  
    Cooperation 
 Poland   H.E. Mr Andrzej Dycha     WT/MIN(13)/ST/59
    Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of  
    Economy  
Congo   H.E Ms Claudine Munari     WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    Minister of Trade and Supplies   Sri Lanka   Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen     WT/MIN(13)/ST/114 
    Ministry of Industry and Commerce 
 Portugal   H.E. Mr Bruno Maçães     WT/MIN(13)/ST/68/ 
State Secretary for European Affairs   Rev.1) 
 
Benin    H.E. Mr Chakirou Tidjani     WT/MIN(13)/ST/36 
    Director General of Foreign Trade 
    Ministry of Industry, Trade and Small and 
Medium Enterprises 
 
Dominican   H.E. Mr Luís Ramón Rodríguez    WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
Republic Minister of Agriculture  
Djibouti  H.E. Mr Hassan Ahmed Boulaleh   WT/MIN(13)/ST/86 
 Deputy Minister for Trade, SME's, Crafts, 
Tourism and Formalization 
 
Saint Lucia Hon. Alva Baptiste      WT/MIN(13)/ST/110  Minister of External Affairs, International Trade  and Civil Aviation 
 
Cabo Verde H.E. Mr José Luís Monteiro    WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
  Permanent Representative to the WTO 
 
Mauritius Dr The Hon. Arvin Boolell,     WT/MIN(13)/ST/37  Minister of Foreign Affa irs, Regional Integration 
and International Trade  
 Namibia    Hon. Carl Hermann Gustav Schlettwein  WT/MIN(13)/ST/111    Minister of Trade and Industry   
 
Angola   H.E Dr Rosa Escórcio Pacavira de Matos  WT/MIN(13)/ST/38    M i n i s t e r  o f  T r a d e  
 
Cameroon   H.E. Mr Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana  WT/MIN(13)/ST/83     M i n i s t e r  o f  T r a d e  
 
Albania   Mrs Brunilda Paskali     WT/MIN(13)/ST/     Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economic     Development and Trade 
 WT/MIN(13)/SR/5 
 
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  1.3  The Chairman invited H.E. Lord Stephen Green  to take over the Chairmanship of the Session. 
1.4.  The following statements were made:  
 
Finland   H.E. Mr Alexander Stubb     WT/MIN(13)/ST/87 
    Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade 
 Guatemala   H.E Mr Eduardo Sperisen Yurt    WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the  
    W T O   H a i t i     M r  L u c a  E s p e c a       W T / M I N ( 1 3 ) / S T /  
    Director-General of the Ministry of Commerce  
and Industry 
 
Bangladesh   H.E Mr Mahbub Ahmed     WT/MIN(13)/ST/39 
    Secretary, Ministry of Commerce  
Swaziland   Hon. Gideon Dlamini     WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    Minister of Commerce, Industry and Trade  Spain    H.E. Mr Miguel Aria s Cañete    WT/MIN(13)/ST/40 
    Minister of Agriculture, Food and the 
Environment 
 
Senegal   H.E. Mr Alioune Sarr     WT/MIN(13)/ST/42 
    Minister of Trade, Entrepreneurship and the      I n f o r m a l  S e c t o r  
 
Panama    H.E. Mrs Diana Salazar     WT/MIN(13)/ST/43     Vice-Minister of International Trade     Negotiations, Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
 
Burundi   H.E. Ms Victoire Ndikumana    WT/MIN(13)/ST/44     Minister of Trade, Industry, Posts and Tourism 
 
Fiji    Mrs Sovaia Nawaqesara Marawa   WT/MIN(13)/ST/     Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Industry 
    and Trade 
 Cyprus   H.E. Mrs Egli Pantel aki      WT/MIN(13)/ST/45 
    Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Natural Resources and 
Environment  
 
Ecuador   H.E. Mr Miguel Carb o Benites    WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    Ambassador, Permanent Representative      
Guinea   H.E. Mr Mohamed Doumbouya    WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
    M i n i s t e r  o f  T r a d e   Tanzania   Dr Abdallah Omari Kigoda    WT/MIN(13)/ST/48 
    Minister of Industry and Trade 
 Greece   H.E. Mr Notis Mitarchi     WT/MIN(13)/ST/47 
    Vice-Minister for Development and 
Competitiveness 
 
Central African  H.E. Mr Amalas Amlas Harouhn   WT/MIN(13)/ST/49 
Republic   Minister of Trade and Industry  WT/MIN(13)/SR/5 
 
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Bulgaria   Mr Dragomir Stoynev     WT/MIN(13)/ST/60     Minister of Economy and Energy  
Mali    H.E. Mr Modibo Keita     WT/MIN(13)/ST/50 
    National Director of Trade and Competition  
Sudan   H.E. Mr Osman Elsharif     WT/MIN(13)/ST/51 
(Observer)   Minister of Trade  Iran    H.E. Mr Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh  WT/MIN(13)/ST/ 
(Observer)   Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade 
 1.5.  The meeting adjourned at 1.05 p.m. 
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