WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOWT/INF/47
20 March 2002
(02-1451)
SYMPOSIUM ON "THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND BEYOND"
Please find attached the draft programme (English only) of the Symposium which will take
place in Geneva from 29 April to 1 May 2002.
SYMPOSIUM SUR "LE PROGRAMME DE DOHA
POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT ET AU-DELÀ"
Veuillez trouver ci-joint le projet de programme (anglais seulement) du Symposium qui se
tiendra à Genève du 29 avril au 1er mai 2002.
SIMPOSIO SOBRE "EL PROGRAMA DE DOHA
PARA EL DESARROLLO Y MÁS ALLÁ"
Se adjunta el proyecto de programa (en inglés solamente) del Simposio que tendrá lugar en
Ginebra del 29 de abril al 1° de mayo de 2002.WT/INF/47
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"The Doha Development Agenda and Beyond"
WTO Symposium
 Centre William Rappard (WTO-building)
Geneva, Switzerland,
 29 April to 1 May 2002
Draft programme
Monday 29 April
8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Registration of participants CR Building
10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Opening Session  CR Room
Mike Moore - WTO Director-General
H.E. Amina Chawahir Mohamed – WTO Ambassador, Republic of KenyaJeremy Hobbs - Executive Director of Oxfam International
Ernesto Zedillo - Former President of Mexico
H.E. Sun Zhenyu - WTO Ambassador, People's Republic of ChinaBjorn Lomborg - University of Aarhus - author of The Skeptical Environmentalist
Professor Jagdish N. Bhagwati - University of ColombiaTony Juniper - Vice Chairman, Friends of the Earth InternationalWT/INF/47
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2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Development Opportunities from Doha CR Room
Moderator: Ernesto Zedillo
Discussant : Jeremy Hobbs
Discussant: Thomas Aquino, Under Secretar y, Department of Trade and Industry,
Philippines
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Market Access – What is at stake? Room W
Moderator: José Maria Figueres-Olsen - Executive Director, World Economic Forum
Discussant : Professor Jagdish BhagwatiDiscussant : Bijit Bora, WTO Secretariat
6:30 - 8.30 p.m. Reception  New building
Tuesday 30 April - Morning
Individual work sessions, organized by WTO or part icipating organizations, will run in parallel. More
detailed information on the individual workshops will be available soon.
10:00-1:00 p.m.
(WTO)
Trade and
Environmentafter Doha
Room CR I
Moderator:
Daniel Esty – Yale
Center forEnvironmental Law
and Policy
Discussants:
- Bjorn Lomborg10:00–1:00 p.m.
(WTO)
The WTO: The
role of Parlia-mentarians
Room CR II
Further information
will follow10:00-1:00 p.m .
(ICFTU/PSI1)
Further
information willfollow
Room D10:00-1:00 p.m.
(WTO organized)
New Issues in the TradingSystem
Room W
Moderator:
Richard Eglin – WTO Secretariat
Discussants on
Trade & Investment:
- Prof. V. Balasubramanyam –
                                                     
1 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; Public Services InternationalWT/INF/47
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- Tony Juniper University of Lancaster
- Konrad von Moltke – IISD
Discussants on Trade and
Competition:
- Prof. Frédéric Jenny
- Phil Evans – UK Consumer
Association
- David Ongolo –
Spellman&Walker, Kenya
Tuesday 30 April - Afternoon
3:00-5:30 p.m.
(WTO)
Functioning and
Financing of theWTO
Room CR I
Moderator:
Clayton Yeutter –
Discussants:
- H.E. Kåre Bryn –
Ambassador Norway
- Stuart Harbinson –Permanent
Representative, Hong
Kong Special Adm.
Region of China3:00-5:30 p.m.
(Coalition of NGOs2)
Dumping and the
WTO – foodsecurityimplications
Room CR II
Further information
will follow4:00-6:00 p.m.
(Global Environmentand Trade Study)
The WTO, Poverty
Alleviation, and theEnvironment
Room D
Further information
will follow
                                                     
2 Action Aid, Institute for Agricultural & Trade Policy, Australian Council for Overseas Aid, CAFOD,
German NGO Forum Environment and Development, Oxfam International, Consumers InternationalWT/INF/47
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Wednesday 1 May
9:00-11:30 a.m.
(ICTSD, IISD3)
The Emerging Southern
Agenda on Trade andDevelopment
Room W
Further information will follow9:00-11.30 a.m.
(Consumer Unity & Trust
Society)
Linkages: How do we
bridge the gap?
Room E
Further information will
follow9:30-11:30 a.m.
(Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace)
Lessons Learned from
Relations BetweenInternational Organizationsand Civil Society
Room D
Further information will follow
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. Closing session CR Room
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3 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; International Institute for Sustainable
Development