WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/WGTI/INF/2
29 May 2002
(02-2927)
Working Group on the Relationship
between Trade and Investment
WORKSHOPS FOR GENEVA-BASED DELEGATES ON THE DOHA WORK
PROGRAMME ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND INVESTMENT
1. Pursuant to Paragraph 21 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, the WTO Secretariat is inviting
Geneva-based delegates to participate in a series of one-day technical assistance Workshops on the
Doha Work Programme on the Relationship between Trade and Investment.1  The Workshops will be
held in the WTO, back-to-back with scheduled meetings of the Working Group on the Relationship
between Trade and Investment.  The purpose of the Workshops is to assist delegations to prepare
themselves for discussions in the Working Group by deepening their understanding of technicalaspects of the issues covered in Paragraph 22 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration.  Each Workshop
will include a focus on the specific issues scheduled for discussion at the Working Group meeting that
coincides with the Workshop.
2. Each Workshop will be limited to a maximum of 30 participants.  All Geneva-based
delegations will have the opportunity of participating in at least one Workshop over the period untilthe Fifth Ministerial Session.  Separate Workshops will be held using English, French or Spanish as
the working language.  A provisional list of delegations that will be invited to participate in each of
the three Workshops to be held in 2002, and the first Workshop to be held in 2003, is attached.  In
compiling the lists of delegations to participate in the Workshops that will take place using English as
the working language, preference has been given to delegations from developing and least-developed
countries and economies in transition.  Other delegations will be invited to participate in Workshops
that will be held in conjunction with other meetings of the Working Group in 2003.  Delegationsshould feel free to contact the Secretariat (Richard Eglin's office: 022-739-5148) to express a
preference for participating in a Workshop other than the one in which they have been provisionally
placed;  every attempt will be made to accommodate their preferences.
3. The first Workshop will take place on 2 July 2002, preceeding the meeting of the Working
Group scheduled for 3-5 July 2002.  Its particular focus will be on the issues from Paragraph 22 of theDoha Ministerial Declaration which are scheduled for discussion at that Working Group meeting:
"non-discrimination"; "modalities for pre-establishment commitments based on a GATS-type,
positive list approach"; and "development provisions".  The Workshop will be held in English.
Invitations to delegations to participate in this Workshop will be issued shortly.
                                                     
1 These activities are scheduled in WT/COMTD/W/95/Rev.3.  They are being organized in
collaboration with the UNCTAD Secretariat.WT/WGTI/INF/2
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WORKSHOP (ENGLISH-LANGUAGE)
2 JULY 2002
Bahrain
BangladeshBarbados
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
China
CroatiaCyprus
Czech Republic
Egypt
Estonia
GeorgiaGhana
Hong Kong, ChinaHungary
India
Indonesia
Israel
Jamaica
Jordan
KenyaKorea
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic
Lesotho
Latvia
WORKSHOP (FRENCH-LANGUAGE)
13 SEPTEMBER 2002
Albania
Angola
Benin
Brazil
BurundiCameroun
Central African Republic
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
FranceGabon
GreeceGuinea
Haiti
Italy
Luxembourg
MadagascarMauritania
Morocco
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
SwitzerlandTunisia
WORKSHOP (SPANISH-LANGUAGE)
13 NOVEMBER 2002
Argentina
Bolivia
ChileColombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
EcuadorEl Salvador
GuatemalaHonduras
Mexico
NicaraguaPanama
Paraguay
Peru
Spain
UruguayVenezuelaWT/WGTI/INF/2
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WORKSHOP (ENGLISH-LANGUAGE)
EARLY 2003
Lithuania
MalaysiaMalta
Mauritius
Moldova
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
NigeriaOman
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
QatarSingapore
Slovak RepublicSlovenia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Taipei, Chinese
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and TobagoTurkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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