RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(09)/SR/4 
16 February 2010 
 (10-0882) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Seventh Session Geneva, 30 November – 2 December 2009  
 
  
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FOURTH MEETING 
 
Held at the Geneva International Conf erence Centre (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
 
on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, at 10 a.m.  
 
Chairperson :  His Excellency Mr. Felix Mutati (Zambia) 
 
1. Overview of Activities of the WTO (Agenda Item 1) 
1. The Chairperson  called the meeting to order. 
2. The following statements were made: 
Iceland H.E. Mr. Kristinn F. Árnason 
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Iceland in Geneva WT/MIN(09)/ST/69 
Kyrgyz Republic H.E. Mr. Muktar Jumaliev 
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to 
the WTO WT/MIN(09)/ST/70 
Gabon H.E. Mr. Paul Bunduku-Latha 
Minister Delegate to the Minister of the 
Economy, Trade, Industry and Tourism WT/MIN(09)/ST/71 
Botswana Honourable Baledzi Gaolathe 
Minister for Trade and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/72 
Bulgaria H.E. Mr. Traicho Traikov 
Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism WT/MIN(09)/ST/74 
Paraguay Mr. Francisco Rodríguez 
Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs and 
Integration WT/MIN(09)/ST/73 
Zimbabwe Mr. Michael Chakanaka Bimha 
Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce WT/MIN(09)/ST/90 
Belize H.E. Mr. Alexis Rosado 
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/75 
Netherlands H.E. Mr. Frank Heemskerk 
Minister for Foreign Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/80 
Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Vu Huy Hoang 
Minister for Trade and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/76 WT/MIN(09)/SR/4 
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  Philippines H.E. Mr. Manuel A.J. Teehankee 
Permanent Representative to the WTO WT/MIN(09)/ST/77 
Uganda Honourable Mr. Ne lson Gagawala Wambuzi 
Minister of State for Trade, Minister of State 
for Tourism, Trade and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/78 
Namibia Honourable Clara Bohitile 
Member of Parliament WT/MIN(09)/ST/108 
Djibouti Mr. Ali Ahmed Ali 
Secretary General, Ministry of Trade  
Papua New Guinea Honourable Samuel Abal (MP) 
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration WT/MIN(09)/ST/81 
Ghana Honourable Ms Hanna Tetteh 
Minister of Trade and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/82 
Nepal Honourable Rajendra Mahto 
Minister for Commerce and Supplies WT/MIN(09)/ST/123 
Peru Mr. Eduardo Ferreyros 
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/83 
Ukraine H.E. Mr. Valeriy Piatnytskiy 
Deputy Minister of Economy WT/MIN(09)/ST/84 
Maldives Honourable Mohamed Rasheed 
Minister of Economic Development WT/MIN(09)/ST/85 
Bolivia H.E. Mr. Pablo Guzman 
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and 
Integration WT/MIN(09)/ST/120 
Saint Lucia Honourable Mr. Rufus Bousquet 
Minister of External Affairs, International Trade and Investment WT/MIN(09)/ST/86 
St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines Honourable Mr. Saboto Ceasar 
Senator, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries WT/MIN(09)/ST/87 
Antigua and Barbuda H.E. Mr. Colin Murdoch 
Ambassador, Ministry of Finance and Economy WT/MIN(09)/ST/88 
Saint Kitts and Nevis H.E. Ms Rosalyn Hazelle 
Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs WT/MIN(09)/ST/89 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia Mr. Fatmir Besimi 
Minister of Economy WT/MIN(09)/ST/135 
Guinea H.E. Colonel Mamadou Korka Diallo 
Minister of Trade, Industry and Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise WT/MINI(09)/ST/92  WT/MIN(09)/SR/4 
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  Argentina H.E. Mr. Jorge Taiana 
Minister for Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship WT/MIN(09)/ST/112 
Madagascar Honourable Jean Claude Rakotonirina 
Minister of Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/121 
Serbia (Observer) Mrs. Vesna Arsic 
State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development WT/MIN(09)/ST/129 
Russian Federation (Observer) Mr. Maxim Medvedkov 
Director, Department for Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economic Development, Head of Delegation at the Negotiations on Accession to the WTO WT/MIN(09)/ST/128 
Afghanistan H.E. Mr. Wahidullah Shahrani 
Minister of Commerce and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/138 
 
3. The meeting adjourned
 at 1 p.m. 
  
 
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