. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/INF/16
10 November 1999
(99-4858)
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT
In accordance with the Guidelines for Arrangements on Relations With Non-Governmental
Organizations (WT/L/162) and as a follow-up to the Director-General's recent initiatives on greater
transparency and an enhanced dialogue with NGOs, the list of NGO Position Papers received by the
Secretariat is circulated for the information of Members.
Interested delegations that wish to consult these documents in more detail are requested to
contact Mrs. Susan Barbier, ext. 5677, in the External Relations Division.
The NGO Position Papers listed below were received before 9 November 1999.
Proposal for Reforms to the Agreement on the
Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures
(English only)Center for Science in the Public Interest
Gender Issues in International Trade
(English only)Center of Concern
Introduction to the World Trade Organisation and
the Seattle Ministerial Conference
Consultation and Transparency in the WTO
Food Safety and the WTOTrade, Patents and HealthCompetition and the ConsumerInvestment Rules at the WTOConsumers and the Liberalisation of Services
Electronic Commerce
WTO Rules and Food SecurityConsumer Rights and the Multilateral Trading
System – What needs to be done before a
Millennium Round
(All documents exist in English only)Consumers International
No Renegotiation of WTO Textile Agreement
(English only)European Apparel and Textile OrganisationWT/INF/16
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Modern Sustainable Job Creation
(English only)European Trade Union Confederation
Safe trade in the 21st century
(English only)Greenpeace
Opening the WTO Door for SMEs to Trade
(English only)International Management and Development
Institute
IOE Statement on Trade and Labour Standardsfor the WTO Ministerial Meeting
(English only)International Organisation of Employers
Animal Health Industry's Objectives for the
World Trade Organisation (WTO) New Round of
Trade Negotiations
(English only)World Federation of the Animal Health Industry
Memorandum to Third Ministerial Meeting of
World Trade Organisation(English only)World Federation of Trade Unions
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