. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/MIN(05)/INF/11 
29 November 2005 
 (05-5657) 
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 
Sixth Session 
Hong Kong, 13 – 18 December 2005  
 
 
 
STATEMENTS AT PLENARY MEETINGS 
 
Information Note  
 
 
I. DELIVERY OF STATEMENTS 
1. Ministers and other speakers who take the floor at  the meetings of the Ministerial Conference 
will be requested to do so from a lectern on the podium. 
2. In order to facilitate the sequence of speakers, seats close to the rostrum will be reserved for 
the two next speakers.  Speakers will be invited to  move to these reserved seats while the preceding 
statements are being made. 
3. While the Secretariat will make every effort to contact each delegation in advance of its 
upcoming speaking time, it is suggested that all de legations keep track of developments in this 
respect.  The Chairman's list of speakers for each session will be made known as far as possible to 
interested delegations during the meetings.  Th e Chairman expects delegations' cooperation and 
understanding in the event of unexpected, compelling and last-minute changes that may have to be 
made to this list. 
II. LENGTH OF STATEMENTS 
4. Statements must not exceed five minutes, wh ich corresponds to two typed pages in single 
spacing.  Longer presentations in writing may be submitted to the Secretariat for circulation as Conference documents. 
III. DISTRIBUTION OF THE TEXTS OF STATEMENTS 
5. In order to facilitate the task of the Secretaria t, particularly that of the interpreters, the 
Secretary of the Ministerial Conference and the Press Office, delegations are requested to submit to the Secretariat five
 typed copies of texts of statements (a s well as any longer written presentations) in 
one of the official languages as far in advance as possible .  Texts of statements submitted will only be 
circulated after the statements have been made. 
6. Texts should be submitted to the Secretariat e ither in Geneva (Council and TNC Division) or 
at Hong Kong at the Office of the Plenary Sessions, located outside Hall 7A, Level 7, Phase I of the Hong Kong Convention Centre, or in the Plenary Meeting Room (Hall 7A).  Texts should be 
submitted at the latest
 the day before in the case of statements  to be made in the mornings, and before 
1.30 p.m. on the day for statements to be made in the afternoons. 
7. All statements will be circulated as Confer ence documents in the WT/MIN(05)/ST/- series 
after their delivery.  Every effort will be made to circulate them in the three official languages on the 
day following their delivery, both at Hong Kong and at  Geneva.  However, if statements are submitted WT/MIN(05)/INF/11 
Page 2  
 
in writing 24 hours in advance, every effort will be made to circulate them as Conference documents 
in the three official languages imme diately after their delivery.   
8. Statements will not be circulated at plenary sessions, but made available at the Documents 
Centre. 
9. In the documents circulated it will not be po ssible to take account of departures made by 
speakers from their written texts. 
10. In cases where speakers make only brief statements, and at the same time submit a longer 
written presentation to the Secretariat for circ ulation, only the longer communications will be 
circulated as a document, unless otherwise indicated by the delegation concerned. 
11. Unless otherwise indicated in advance by dele gations, the texts of statements or written 
presentations will be made available to th e press immediately after their delivery. 
 
__________