22Nd Geneva Week
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20 April2011
22nd Geneva Week
2 to 6May 2011
Centre William Rappard
Programme[1]
Monday, 2May
10.00 – 10.15Opening Remarksby the WTO Director-General, Mr. Pascal Lamy
10.15 -10.30Opening Remarks by the Chairman of the General Council, AmbassadorYonov Frederick Agah
10.30–10.45Questions and Answers
10.45 – 11.00Introduction to the 22ndGeneva Week, Development Division
11.00 – 12.45Briefing on the Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture and the SubCommittee on Cotton,Ambassador David Walker
12.45 – 13.00Official 22ndGeneva Weekphoto session
13.00 – 15.00Lunch break
15.00 – 16.30Briefing on the Negotiating Group on NAMA,Ambassador Luzius Wasescha
16.30 – 17.15Consultations on the implementation of the WTO's Biennial Technical Assistance and Training Plan 2010-2011and preparation of the 2012-2013 plan,Mr.Maarten Smeets, Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation
17.15 – 18.00Current Trade and Development Issues: Status of the negotiations on special and differential treatment and preparations for the UN LDC-IV Conference,Development Division
18.00 – 19.30Reception for Geneva Week participants – Hosted by Deputy DirectorGeneral Mrs.Valentine Rugwabiza (SalledesPasPerdus)
Tuesday, 3May
9.00 10.00Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 13.00Attendance at the General Council*
13.00 – 15.00Lunch break
15.00 – 16.00Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Agriculture Division
16.00 – 17.00The Standards and Trade Development Facility, STDF Unit
17.00 – 18.00Technical Barriers to Trade, Trade and Environment Division
Wednesday, 4May
9.00 –10.00Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 11.00Briefing on the Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation,Ms.Nora Neufeld,Trade Policy Review Division
11.00 – 12.00Briefing on the Council for Trade in Services in Special Session, Services Division
12.00 – 13.00Briefing on the Negotiating Group on Rules,Anti-dumping, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Fisheries Subsidies,Rules Division
13.00 – 15.00Lunch break
15.00 – 18.00Exchange of viewswith ACP Focal Points on selected issues in the negotiations
Thursday, 5May
9.00 10.00Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 13.00Workshop on participating in the Dispute Settlement Mechanism as a Small Developing Member including developments in the DSU review negotiations – AmbassadorRonald Saborío Soto, ACWL and ICTSD
13.00 – 15.00Lunch break
15.00 – 16.00Briefing on the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session, Trade and Environment Division
16.00 – 18.00 Attendance at the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries*
Friday, 6 May
9.00 10.00Period for participants to attend or organize their own consultations with Members and/or Secretariat staff
10.00 – 11.00Aid-for-Trade Briefing on preparations for the Third Global Review, Development Division
11.00 – 13.00Cooperation and development: South-South development assistance for non-resident countries, CUTS
13.00 – 14.30Lunch break
14.30 – 15.00The good news: WTO information resources are a click away, WTO Library Unit
15.00 – 16.00Briefing on TRIPS Special Session and TRIPS-related issues, Intellectual Property Division
16.00 – 17.00Acceding to the WTO - understanding the accessions process for both acceding countries and Members,Mr. Chiedu Osakwe,Accessions Division
17.00 – 17.30Evaluation and Closing of the 22ndGeneva Week,Development Division
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* For WTO Members and Observers only.
[1] This programme may be modified following changes in the schedule of WTO Committee meetings and availability of WTO Secretariat staff.
* For WTO Members and Observers only.