PRESS RELEASE
PRESS/274
15 February 2002
(02-0818)
STATEMENT FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL MIKE MOORE WELCOMING
THE DECISION TAKEN TODAY BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL
"I'm very pleased the General Council has today approved the list of chairpersons to head
WTO bodies. This is another hurdle cleared in our efforts to meet the mandate and tight deadlines set
for us by Ministers in Doha.
"The outstanding work of the General Council Chairman Stuart Harbinson in brokering the
agreements on the list of Chairpersons, means that the post-Doha momentum continues in the WTO.
"In three short months, our member governments have agreed on a substantial budget
increase, a venue for the next Ministerial Conference (Mexico), the structure for the Doha
Development Agenda negotiations and now the roster of chairpersons to lead those negotiations.
"I am grateful to everyone involved in this process of agreeing on these important elements of
our work."
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