. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(05)/3 
30 November 2005 
 (05-5667) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Sixth Session Hong Kong, 13 – 18 December 2005  
 
 
 
PROPOSED ORDER OF BUSINESS 
 
Plenary Meetings
1 
 
 
Tuesday, 13 December  3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Inaugural session 
 
  – Statement by The Hon. Donald Tsang, 
GBM 
 Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 
 
  – Statement by Mr. John Tsang 
 Secretary for Commerce, Industry and 
Technology of the Hong Kong Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 
 Chairman of the Ministerial Conference  
  – Statement by Mr. Pascal Lamy 
 Director-General of the WTO  
  – Statement by H.E. Ms. Amina Mohamed 
 Ambassador and Permanent Representative 
of Kenya to the WTO 
 Chairman of the General Council  
  – Statement by Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-
General of the United Nations 
 
 
  Opening of the business session 
 
  – Adoption of Agenda 
 
  – Agreement on Organization of Work 
 
                                                     
 
1 The proposed order of business below reflects only the formal plenary meetings of the Conference.  
The schedule of meetings under Item 1 of the Agenda (Gen eral Statements) is based on a speaking time limit of 
5 minutes for each speaker (which corresponds to two typed pages in  single spacing);  longer written 
presentations may be submitted to the Secretariat for ci rculation as Conference documents.  In addition to the 
formal plenary meetings described below, informal consultations will be organized by the Chairperson as necessary.  Information on the informal proce ss will be provided to delegations subsequently. 
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Wednesday, 14 December
 
 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
  
Wednesday, 14 December
 
(cont'd) 8 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. 
  Items Proposed by Members for Inclusion in 
the Agenda (Item 2 of the Agenda)  – Poverty Reduction – Sectoral Initiative in 
Favour of Cotton
2 
 
– EC Compliance with all MFN Rights and 
Interests on Bananas under the Doha Ministerial Decision of 14 November 2001, the Award of Arbitrator of 1 August 2005, 
the Award of Arbitrator of 
27 October 2005, GATT Article XIII, GATT Article XXVIII, and all other WTO Obligations
3 
 
Thursday, 15 December  
 10 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.  General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
 6.10 p.m. – 8 p.m.  Accessions (Item 3 of the Agenda), including 
the Accession of Tonga 
 
Friday, 16 December  
 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
 3.00 p.m. – 6 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
Saturday, 17 December  
 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
 3 p.m. – 6 p.m. General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
Sunday, 18 December  
 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. 
 
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.  General Statements (Item 1 of the Agenda) 
 
Action by Ministers (Item 4 of the Agenda) 
 Date and Venue of the Seventh Session of the Ministerial Conference (Item 5 of the Agenda)  
Election of Officers (Item 6 of the Agenda) 
 Closure of Session  
 
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2 Proposed by Benin also on behalf of Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali. 
3 Proposed by Honduras.