. /.  RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(09)/SR/6 
20 January 2010 
 (10-0285) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Seventh Session Geneva, 30 November – 2 December 2009  
 
  
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE CLOSING SESSION 
 
Held at the Geneva International Conf erence Centre (CICG), Geneva, Switzerland
 
on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, at 5 p.m.  
 
Chairperson :  His Excellency Andrés Velasco (Chile) 
 
 
1. Action by Ministers (Agenda Item 2) ......................................................................................1  
2. Date and Venue of the Eighth Session of the Ministerial Conference (Agenda 
Item 3) ........................................................................................................................ ................2  
3. Election of Officers (Agenda Item 4).......................................................................................2  
4. Closure of the Session ......................................................................................................... ......2  
 
1. The Chairman  called the meeting to order.  Prio r to taking up the Agenda Items for 
discussion, he thanked the Director-General, the Mi nisters who had assisted him as Vice-Chairs, the 
Chairman of the General Council, the WTO Secr etariat and all the Ministers and delegations 
representing their Governments for their hard work.  He also thanked the Government of Switzerland 
and the City of Geneva for facilitating the hosting of the Ministerial Conference. 
1. Action by Ministers (Agenda Item 2) 
(a) TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints and E-commerce 
2. The Chairman  drew the Ministerial Conference's attention to two draft texts for Decision, on 
TRIPS non-violation and situation complaints (IP /C/52/Add.1, paragra ph 2) and on E-commerce 
(WT/GC/W/613. paragraph 9) and proposed that the Ministerial Conference adopt these Decisions. 
3. The Ministerial Conference adopted  the Decision on TRIPS non-violation and situation 
complaints and the Decision on E-commerce.1  
(b) Reports of the General Council and other WTO Bodies 
4. The Ministerial Conference took note  of the reports of the General Council and other WTO 
bodies that had been forwarded to Ministers for consideration. 
                                                      
1 The Decisions were subsequently circulated in documents WT/L/783 and WT/L/782, respectively. WT/MIN(09)/SR/6 
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  2. Date and Venue of the Eighth Session of the Ministerial Conference (Agenda Item 3) 
5. The Chairman
 recalled that the Rules of Procedure for Sessions of the Ministerial Conference 
(WT/L/161) required that the date of each regular session should be established by the Ministerial Conference at a previous Session.  He further recalled that at the October 2009 General Council 
meeting, Members had agreed that the next Session of the Ministerial Conference would be held at the 
end of 2011 and proposed that Ministers so agreed. 
6. The Ministerial Conference so agreed
. 
3. Election of Officers (Agenda Item 4) 
7. The Chairman  recalled that the Rules of Procedure for Sessions of the Ministerial Conference 
(WT/L/161) also provided for the election of a Chai rperson of the Ministerial Conference and three 
Vice-Chairpersons to hold office from the end of the present Session until the end of the next regular 
Session.  However, since it had not been possible to carry out the necessary consultations on this 
matter, he proposed that, in accord ance with established practice, the Ministerial Conference request 
the General Council to hold consultations with a view  to deciding on the election of Officers of the 
next Ministerial Conference. 
8. The Ministerial Conference so agreed . 
4. Closure of the Session 
9. The Chairman  shared with the Ministerial Conference a summary (WT/MIN(09)/18), which 
he made under his own responsibility as Chairman of the Conference, on the main points that had 
emerged during the meeting. 
10. The Director-General  said that the Ministerial Conference had been intended to be a no-
surprise, user-friendly event, and he believed that this  had been achieved.  In particular, Ministers had 
showed unity at difficult times and had been clear about points of convergence and divergence.  He 
stressed that the WTO was about recognizing diffe rences and addressing them, one by one.  During 
the meeting, Ministers had reviewed a broad range  of activities and had gathered the political energy 
that would be needed to address the gaps that rema ined to conclude the R ound, which remained the 
first priority and the litmus test of Members' co mmitment to the WTO.  He  assured the Conference 
that the WTO Secretariat as a whole, his own team  and the Deputy Directors-General would continue 
to serve Members in achieving the objective of  opening trade for the benefit of all.   
11. The Seventh Session of the Ministerial Conference closed  at 5.50 p.m. 
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