The Seventh Ministerial Conference for Trade Ministers of the WTO Member Countries has come to its end, which held in Geneva during the period from 30th November to 2nd December, 2009.
In terms of the negotiations on the Doha development round, which began in 2001 and is still going on, the Ministers agreed for the need to end the round of negotiations in 2010 which will be in the interest of reviving the global economy and move from the recession that was hit by the global financial crisis, with the need to maintain the development dimension of the round.
Egypt was represented at the Ministerial Conference by a High-Level delegation headed by Engineer Rashid Mohamed Rashid, Minister of Trade and Industry.
And the most important documents of the conference are as follows:
1. Meetings Agendas;
- Detailed Agenda.
- Minister’s Agenda.
- Other Meetings and NGO’s Agenda.
- Minister’s Meeting with Zambian Trade Minister Agenda.
2. Speeches;
- Address by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to the African Group Ministerial Meeting.
- Address by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to the Developing countries’ Groups Meeting.
- Address by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to the meeting organized by the Islamic Bank for Development.
- Statement by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid at the Plenary Session Meeting.
- Statement by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid at the first Working Session.
- Statement by H.E. Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid at the second Working Session.
3. Countries Positions on Various Doha Files;
- Australia.
- Brazil.
- European Union.
- India.
- Mexico.
- Turkey.
- United States of America.
4. Actual situation of Negotiations;
- Agriculture.
- Environment.
- Non Agricultural market Access.
- Rules.
- Services.
- Trade Facilitation.
- Intellectual Property Rights.
- Electronic Commerce.
5. Press releases;
- Press Release on Development in the WTO Seventh Ministerial Conference.
- Press Release on the Role of the African Group in the WTO Seventh Ministerial Conference.
- General press release Number one on the Seventh Ministerial Meeting (Arabic Only).
- General press release Number two on the Seventh Ministerial Meeting (Arabic Only).
