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WT/MIN(15)/INF/9  
 
6 November 2015  
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Ministerial Conference 
Tenth Session 
Nairobi, 15-18 December 2015    
 
 NOTE TO DELEGATIONS 
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SPEAKERS IN THE PLENARY SESSION 
As at past Ministerial Conferences, the Plenary Session of the Tenth 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 9 November 2015 . 
 
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. Delegations are reminded that the 
MC10 Delegation Coordinator has to be nominated in order to register a Speaker for the Plenary Session. MC10 Delegation Coordinators are invited to  consult the online registration system (see 
WT/MIN(15)/INF/5) where they will find the necessar y information. Inscriptions will take place on 
the basis of a choice of half-day preferences. W h i l e  e v e r y  e f f o r t  w i l l  b e  m a d e  t o  a c c om m o d a t e  
delegations' first preferences, delegations are kindly requested to show some flexibility in the light of a limited number of slots available each day in the Speakers' List. The Secretariat, in 
conjunction with the Ministerial Conference Chairp erson, will subsequently establish the List of 
Speakers, and MC10 Delegation 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 Tsavo Plenary Meeting Room located in the Kenyatta International Convention Centre 
(KICC). 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 Chairperson's List of Speakers for each half-day session will be made available to the delegations concerned, by the Plenary Office in the KICC. The Chairperson 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/mc10 . 
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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: MC10Statements@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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