RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(09)/SR/1 
20 January 2010 
 (10-0289) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Seventh Session Geneva, 30 November – 2 December 2009  
 
  
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE FIRST MEETING 
 
Held at the Geneva International Conf erence Centre (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
 
on Monday, 30 November 2009, at 3 p.m.  
  Chairpersons
:  His Excellency Andrés Velasco (Chile) 
  Her Excellency Doris Leuthard (Switzerland)  
A.
 OPENING SESSION ........................................................................................................................1  
B. PLENARY SESSION .......................................................................................................................1  
1. Adoption of the Agenda......................................................................................................... ...2 
2. Statement on the Organization of Work.................................................................................2  
3. Overview of WTO Activiti es (Agenda Item 1) .......................................................................3  
 
A. OPENING SESSION  
1. The Chairman  called the meeting to order, and declared the Seventh Session of the Ministerial 
Conference open.  As Chairman of the Conference,  he then delivered an address (WT/MIN(09)/9). 
2. The Director-General of WTO , Mr. Pascal Lamy, then delivered an address 
(WT/MIN(09)/10). 
3. The Chairman of the General Council , and Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO, 
H.E. Mario Matus, then delivered an address (WT/MIN(09)/11). 
4. The Secretary-General of UNCTAD , Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, on behalf of the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, then delivered an address (WT/MIN(09)/12). 
5. The Director-General of WIPO,  Mr. Francis Gurry, then delivered an address 
(WT/MIN(09)/13). 
6. The Executive Director of the ITC , Ms Patricia Francis, then delivered an address 
(WT/MIN(09)/14), which concluded the Opening Session. 
B. PLENARY SESSION  
7. The Chairman thanked the three Vice-Chairs of the Ministerial Conference who would assist 
him for the following few days:  Her Excellency Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard, Minister of 
Economic Affairs of Switzerland;  Her Excellency Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister for Trade of 
Indonesia; and His Excellency Rasheed Mohamed Rash eed Hussein, Minister for Trade and Industry 
of Egypt.  The Chairman further noted that Her Excellency Federal C ouncillor Leuthard and His WT/MIN(09)/SR/1 
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  Excellency Mr. Rasheed were due to  return to their respective capita ls for official business matters 
during the Conference.  In light of this, he proposed  that the Ministerial Conference agree to elect His 
Excellency Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister for Fo reign Affairs of Norway and Mr. Felix Mutati, 
Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry of Za mbia to take up the Vice-Chairs functions of 
H.E. Mrs. Leuthard and H.E. Mr. Rasheed following their departure. 
8. The Ministerial Conference so agreed
. 
1. Adoption of the Agenda 
9. The Chairman  drew attention to the provisional Agenda for the Ministerial Conference in 
document WT/MIN(09)/W/2 and propo sed that the agenda be adopted. 
10. The Ministerial Conference adopted  the following agenda as proposed in WT/MIN(09)/W/2: 
 "1. Overview of Activities of the WTO  
  2. Action by Ministers    3. Date and Venue of the Seventh Session    4. Election of Officers."  2. Statement on the Organization of Work 
11. The Chairman
 recalled that, at the General Counc il meeting in May 2009, Members had 
agreed that the theme of this Ministerial Confer ence was "The WTO, the Multilateral Trading System 
and the Current Global Economic Environment".  At the same meeting, Members had also agreed that 
this would be a regular Ministerial Conference,  that is, one not structured around negotiating 
processes, but rather a Ministerial Conference whic h would provide an opportunity for discussion and 
direction at Ministerial level across all the WTO's activities.  Members also agreed that full 
participation, transparency and inclusiveness – the "FIT" principle – would apply to both the 
preparations for and the conduct of the Ministerial Conference. 
12. He informed the Conference that the Plenary Session would start in the afternoon and would 
continue on 1 and 2 December.  As in the past, the Plenary Session would provide an opportunity for 
Ministers to deliver prepared statements.  In pa rallel to the Plenary Session, there would be two 
Working Sessions, on 1 and 2 December, whose ai m was to provide an interactive forum for 
Ministers to engage in a discussion on two broad s ub-themes:  "Review of WTO activities, including 
the Doha Work Programme", for the first Working Session and "The WTO's contribution to recovery, 
growth and development" for the second Working S ession.  Item 1, of the Agenda, "Overview of 
WTO activities", would be taken up in the Plenary Session at the present meeting and would continue 
on 1 and 2 December.  Item 2 of the Agenda, "Acti on by Ministers", together with Item 3 "Date and 
Venue of the Eighth Session" and Item 4 "Election of Officers", would be taken up at the Closing 
Session on 2 December.  Under Item 2, Ministers would consider the draft texts for decision on TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints and on E-Commerce, which had been forwarded to 
Ministers by the General Council.  As agreed by Members in the General Council and as indicated in 
the Information Note in document WT/MIN(09)/INF /7, interventions in both the Plenary Session and 
the two Working Sessions should be limited to three minutes per speaker.   
13. The Ministerial Conference took note
 of the statement.  WT/MIN(09)/SR/1 
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  3. Overview of WTO Activities (Agenda Item 1) 
14. The following statements were made: 
Singapore H.E. Mr. Hng Kiang Lim 
Minister for Trade and Industry  WT/MIN(09)/ST/1 
Switzerland H.E. Mrs. Doris Leuthard 
Federal Councillor Minister of Economic Affairs WT/MIN(09)/ST/2 
United States H.E. Mr. Roland Kirk 
United States Trade Representative WT/MIN(09)/ST/3 
Qatar H.E. Dr. Khalid Al-Attiyah 
Minister of the State for International 
Cooperation Acting Minister of Business and Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/4 
Mexico H.E. Mr. Gerardo Ruíz Mateos 
Minister of the Economy WT/MIN(09)/ST/5 
Hong Kong, China H.E. Mrs. LAUNG Rita 
Secretary for Commerce and Economic 
Development WT/MIN(09)/ST/6 
European Communities
1 Ms Catherine Ashton 
EU Trade Commissioner WT/MIN(09)/ST/12 
Sweden H.E. Mrs. Ewa Björling 
Minister for Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/131 
Australia Hon. Simon Crean (MP) 
Minister for Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/13 
Brazil H.E. Ambassador Celso Nunes Amorim 
Minister of the External Relations WT/MIN(09)/ST/11 
 
15. The Chairman  then invited Her Excellency Doris Leutha rd to take over the Chairmanship of 
the Session.  
16. The following statements were made: 
Canada Hon. Mr. Stockwell Day 
Minister for International Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/130 
Tanzania Hon. Dr. Mary Nagu (MP) 
Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing WT/MIN(09)/ST/7 
                                                      
1 On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon amendi ng the Treaty on European  Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community (done at Lisbon, 13 December 2007) entered into force.  On 
29 November 2009, the WTO received a Verbal Note (WT /L/779) from the Council of the Eu ropean Union and 
the Commission of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, as of 
1 December 2009, the European Union replaces and succeeds the European Community. 
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  Malaysia Hon. Mustapa bin Mohamed 
Minister of International Trade and Industry  WT/MIN(09)/ST/10 
Cuba H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz 
Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment WT/MIN(09)/ST/36 
Egypt H.E. Mr. Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed 
Hussein 
Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/104 
China H.E. Mr. CHEN Deming 
Minister of Commerce WT/MIN(09)/ST/113 
New Zealand Hon. Tim Groser 
Minister of Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/91 
India H.E. Mr. Anand Sharma 
Minister of Commerce and Industry
 WT/MIN(09)/ST/35 
Indonesia H.E. Dr. Mari Pangestu 
Minister for Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/127 
Kenya Hon. Mr. Amos Kimunya 
Minister for Trade WT/MIN(09)/ST/9 
Burkina Faso Mr. Mamadou Sanou 
Minister of Trade, Business Promotion and Handicrafts on Behalf of the Co Sponsors of 
the Sectoral Initiative in Favour of Cotton  
(C-4) WT/MIN(09)/ST/8 
Panama H.E. Mr. Roberto Henriquez 
Minister of Commerce and Industry WT/MIN(09)/ST/114 
 
   
17. The meeting adjourned
 at 5.45 p.m. 
 
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