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Ministerial declarations and decisions

• Ministerial Declaration
• Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health
• Implementation-related issues and concerns — Decision
• Subsidies — procedures for extensions under Article 27.4 (of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement) for certain developing country members
• Decision on waiver for EU-ACP Partnership Agreement
• Decision on EU transitional regime for banana imports

  See also:
Doha Development Agenda
> Negotiations, implementation and development
> The Trade Negotiations Committee
  

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Meeting summaries  

• Summary of 14 November meetings
  > Chairman's words:
  ‘May I take it that this is agreeable?’ Gavel, applause, congratulations …
• Summary of 13 November meetings
• Summary of 12 November meetings
• Summary of 11 November meetings
• Summary of 10 November meetings

  

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News  

• News items concerning the 4th Ministerial Conference

 

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Background material  

• Briefing notes on the Ministerial and the main issues
• Resource booklet: “The WTO ... Why It Matters”
  (pdf format, 96 pages, 420KB)
• Brochure: “Capacity building and development”
  (pdf format, 19 pages, 202KB)

  

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Statements  

• Statements from member countries
• Statements from observer countries and observer organizations

  

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Inaugural session, Friday 9 November

• Statements

  

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Other official ministerial documents  

• Order of business
• List of participants
• Members' proposals and related documents

 

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Preparations for the Fourth Ministerial Conference.  

 

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The mandate

The Ministerial Conference is the topmost body of the WTO under the governance structure set up by the “Agreement establishing the WTO”.

• Summary of the Agreement establishing the WTO 
• Browse or download the text of the “Download the text of the Agreement Establishing the WTO” from the legal texts gateway