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	WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, also known as the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the WTO and abbreviated as MC6, was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong from 13th to 18th December 2005.
		The Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, which was held from 13 December to 18 December 2005, is the sixth ministerial conference (MC6) of WTO.
		The new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai North is the main venue for the Conference.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WTO_Ministerial_Conference_of_2005 (5328 words)

	World Trade Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WTO began the current round of negotiations, the Doha round, at the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar in November 2001.
		The inaugural ministerial conference was held in Singapore in 1996.
		The sixth WTO Conference Ministerial was held in Hong Kong from December 13 - December 18, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WTO (4172 words)

	WTO \| Ministerial conferences - Hong Kong 6th Ministerial
		The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong, China, 13—18 December 2005.
		WTO members ended the fourth day of the Ministerial Conference, 16 December 2005 working on texts that are to be inputs for a revised draft ministerial text and circulated in the middle of the next day.
		The Ministerial Conference is the topmost body of the WTO under the governance structure set up by the “Agreement Establishing the WTO”.
	www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/minist_e/min05_e/min05_e.htm (551 words)

	World Trade Organization: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade quick summary:
		May 2005 - Paris talks aimed at finalizing issues for agreement before the December 2005 ministerial conference in Hong Kong are hung over technical issues.
		The wto agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (trips) is an international treaty which sets down minimum standards for most forms...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/world_trade_organization.htm (3700 words)

	WTO's Sixth Ministerial Conference, Hong Kong 2005 - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong could be the last step of the Doha Development Round.
		The preparatory meetings of the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference represents a test of whether WTO members will achieve consensus or if they will have to lower their expectations in Hong Kong.
		Focusing on the draft of the Ministerial Text, the letter targets the text's “lack of inclusiveness” for poor countries and the introduction of “numerical targets and indicators” on liberalization of services.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/idxhongkong.htm (3201 words)

	M Mpahlwa: National Consultative Conference on WTO Ministerial Conference
		We have done this for previous WTO Ministerial Conferences in Seattle in 1999; Doha in 2001; and Cancun in 2003.
		WTO rules are extensive and increasingly intrusive on domestic policy-making.
		As we look to the sixth WTO Ministerial Conference, we believe the overall objective must be to secure an agreement on “modalities” that matches the developmental ambitions agreed in Doha.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/2005/05110115451001.htm (2469 words)

	portland imc - 2005.06.28 - Disarming the WTO
		All our attempts to reform the WTO with this goal have proven to be "mission impossible." The WTO ministerial conferences were parameters for the state of health of the WTO; it went forwards and backwards, up and down.
		Making decisions at a ministerial conference behind closed doors and not being besieged by the media and civil society was also a trick.
		The WTO must also end its pressure on poor countries to liberalize their services from the banking sector and communications to the water supply.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2005/06/320425.shtml (1043 words)

	The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The WTO is ‘member-driven’, with decisions taken by consensus among all member governments.
		When WTO rules impose disciplines on countries’ policies, that is the outcome of negotiations among WTO members.
		The art of achieving agreement among all WTO members is to strike an appropriate balance, so that a breakthrough achieved among only a few countries can be acceptable to the rest of the membership.
	www.sdnpbd.org /sdi/issues/economy/ldc_dhaka/hongkong/whois_wto.htm (1178 words)

	JUNK WTO
		We demand that Malacanang and its representatives who will act as the Philippines’ negotiators during the WTO ministerial meeting divulge to the public the positions they will take on the crucial issues to be discussed during the meet,” she said.
		Resist WTO is spearheading a series of activities against the upcoming WTO 6th Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong from December 11-15, 2005; but there will also be activities in Manila to coincide with the People’s Action Week (PAW) in Hong Kong.
		The Resist WTO spokesperson said that developing countries such as the Philippines, the supposed negotiations that take place during the WTO’s ministerial conferences are bogus.
	junk-wto.blogspot.com (8147 words)

	WTO Ministerial Conference - Hong Kong 2005 — gcap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		2005 was to have been the year to make a significant breakthrough on poverty.
		The conclusion of a genuine development round at the WTO Ministerial presents the greatest potential for women and men in developing countries to trade themselves out of poverty and reverse the ever-widening gap in wealth between the developed and developing world.
		GCAP is the recipient of the 2005 International Achievement Award for Excellence in Communication given by Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency.
	www.whiteband.org /specialIssues/WTO/NewsListingSection/switchLanguage?set_language=en (471 words)

	The World Trade Organization - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The WTO framework, signed in Geneva as a continuation of the Doha round, seem to be a breakthrough for fairness in international trade.
		In preparation for the UN Conference on Trade and Development in June 2004, NGOs drafted a proposal challenging the neo-liberal agenda of the WTO and suggested the UN as an alternative body to regulate global trade.
		The WTO's anti-democratic procedures have ensured that genetically engineered fish will not be up for discussion at the ministerial conference in Sacramento, despite their harmful impact on wild fish stocks.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/bwi-wto/indexwto.htm (9685 words)

	Choike - Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference - Hong Kong 2005
		The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong, China from 13 to 18 December 2005.
		After the intense negotiations -and protests- at Hong Kong, the WTO claims a global trade deal is still possible by the end of this year.
		Agriculture negotiations at the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial 2005
	www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/eventos/13.html (1136 words)

	Choike - Key issues towards the WTO Ministerial Conference
		The failure to reach agreement on the outline of a “first approximation” at last July’s WTO General Council meeting has placed WTO members in a very critical situation in the run up to the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC6) in Hong Kong December 13-18, 2005.
		Given the short time frame, lack of transparency and inclusiveness in WTO processes, and the complexity of the negotiating agenda, it is expected that the negotiations will be extremely intense with even more pressure being exerted on members to reach agreement.
		Developing countries, particularly those with small delegations, are at a disadvantage since they lack the capacity to attend the numerous parallel meetings at different levels, and evaluate and articulate their own positions in order to effectively influence the outcome of the negotiations in their favor.
	www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/informes/3442.html (1615 words)

	ICTSD - WTO Ministerial Section - Events
		This section is provided for the purposes of highlighting activities undertaken during the 2005 WTO Ministerial Conference by groups other than ICTSD.
		This Ministerial side event will discuss the University Professor Training Programme on the WTO and Sustainable Development, a project developed by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and the WTO Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation.
		The purpose of the workshop is to clarify the important relationships between the WTO agricultural negotiations on food aid disciplines (Hong Kong) and the impending Food Aid Convention negotiations (London).
	www.ictsd.org /ministerial/hongkong/events.htm (1465 words)

	July 2005 - General Council of the People
		The purpose was to enable the presence of civil society to hold WTO members accountable and to ensure that the interests of developing countries, peoples around the world and the environment are not furthered trampled in the stampede of trade liberalisation.
		At the WTO itself, negotiations went nowhere while there were ongoing concerns about the direction and transparency of the negotiating process.
		The WTO is hoping to conclude the current round of the negotiations, the Doha Round, next year.
	www.e-alliance.ch /wto_gc_july05.jsp (877 words)

	World Trade Organization Matter @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Apart from these three councils, six other bodies report to the General Council reporting on issues such as trade and development, the environment, regional trading arrangements and administrative issues.
		The panels meet in secret and are not required to alert national parliaments that their laws have been challenged by another country.
		In this meeting, countries agreed to phase out all their agricultural export subsidies by the end of 2013, and terminate any cotton export subsidies by the end of 2006.
	www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/World_Trade_Organization (2702 words)

	Statement by the Honourable Billie A. Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, ...
		We want special and differential treatment, including longer time periods for implementing Agreements and commitments; measures to increase trading opportunities for our countries; provisions requiring WTO members to safeguard the trade interests of developing countries; and support to help developing countries build the infrastructure to implement trade rules, and to manage trade disputes.
		Small vulnerable economies require flexibility and policy space for implementing provisions and commitments under the WTO body of agreements; longer transitional periods; market access for products and services of particular export interest to these economies; support for their regional integration efforts; and significant technical and financial assistance to mitigate administrative, human and institutional limitations.
		Countries which are currently part of the problem must become part of the solution and resolve their differences to the mutual advantage of all WTO Members.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/pressreleases/pres221_05.jsp (764 words)

	CFP 2005 > PANOPTICON'05
		Micah was involved in organizing the WTO protests in Seattle, and the participatory media movement known as the Independent Media Center (http://www.indymedia.org).
		As a result, Denise is involved in organizing a conference in late November 2005 in Uganda to establish an African IP Forum.
		Devin decided to attend law school after participating in the massive demonstrations during the 1999 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, where he acted as a street medic and also as a logistical coordinator for the Independent Media Center, which was founded in the months before the demonstrations.
	www.cfp2005.org /Speakers.html (11865 words)

	Asia Society - Calendar
		As Hong Kong prepares to host the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2005, the international trade system faces major challenges.
		The substantial gains from trade liberalization since World War II have been overshadowed by the failure of WTO talks in Cancun in 2003, expanded use of bilateral agreements, and a strong anti-globalization movement focused on trade, the environment, labor and other issues.
		As chief spokesman for the WTO since 1996, Keith Rockwell works closely with the Director-General and is responsible for coordination of media activities and WTO publications.
	www.asiasociety.org /events/calendar.pl?rm=detail&eventid=15333 (181 words)

	China Travel
		A Boao Forum for Asia Tourism Conference is soon to be held in Guilin, a major scenic tourist destination in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
		By 2005, the plan aims to cut the amount of sulfur dioxide emission by one fifth from the level of 2000 in the four municipalities of Chongqing, Beijing, Shanghai and Tianji
		China will send a manned craft into space before 2005 and preparations for the mission to the moon exploration are under way, a senior space official said yesterday in Beijing.
	www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm (15456 words)

	WTO \| Ministerial conferences - Hong Kong 6th Ministerial, 2005 - Webcasting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ministerial conferences - Hong Kong 6th Ministerial, 2005 - Webcasting
		From this page it is possible to view webcasting (Internet broadcasting) of the public sessions of the WTO Ministerial Conference from 13 to 18 December 2005.
		Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya to the WTO Chairman of the General Council
	www.wtomc6.gov.hk /eng/webcasting/webcasting.html (379 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WTO - Sixth Ministerial Conference, December 2005, Hong Kong (China)
		The Ministerial Conference is the organization’s highest-level decision-making body.
		La Conferencia Ministerial es el órgano decisorio de más alto nivel de la Organización.
	www.fao.org /faoterm/link_dett.asp?pub_id=157241 (149 words)

	Oxfam International - Finding the Moral Fiber: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cotton has been at the top of the WTO’s agenda for the past two years.
		In July 2004, WTO members committed to ambitious and expeditious cotton subsidy reforms.
		Oxfam calls for the implementation of the Brazil-US cotton panel ruling and a timetable for the elimination of all trade-distorting cotton subsidies by the time of the Hong Kong WTO ministerial conference in December 2005.
	www.oxfam.org /en/files/bp69_cotton_ruling.pdf/view (132 words)

	WTO General Council
		The WTO General Council is the body that runs the WTO in the two-year intervals between Ministerial Conferences.
		It appears that there is a shift of real decision making within the WTO to the lower profile General Council, leaving the Ministerial as more of a formality.
		A Geneva People's Alliance was formed of NGOs, civil society organisations, faith groups and social movements with a base in Geneva in order to coordinate events, and facilitate the involvement of groups coming from outside Geneva.
	www.e-alliance.ch /wto_gc.jsp (255 words)

	USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) — Issues and Policies
		The Hong Kong Ministerial will be the next regularly scheduled leaders session for the World Trade Organization (WTO).
		The Ministerial seeks to begin concluding the Doha Development Agenda negotiations started in 2001.
		WTO Doha Round: Agricultural Negotiating Proposals (Congressional Research Service; November 2005)
	www.fas.usda.gov /itp/wto/hongkong/hongkong.asp (381 words)

	ICTSD - WTO Ministerial Section - Home
		Since the first WTO Ministerial Conference in 1996, ICTSD has been providing its audience with tools to gain a better understanding of the issues that emerge at the crossroads between trade and sustainable development during the lead-up, duration, and aftermath of the Conferences.
		Here you can find information reated to past, current and/or upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference proceedings.
		ICTSD's WTO Ministerial archives contain information, news and analysis from all past WTO Ministerials.
	www.ictsd.org /ministerial (113 words)

	hong kong \| Directory of Givmi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China 13-18 December 2005: Official web pages...
		The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong...
		Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy and foreign relations.
	www.givmi.com /s-hong+kong.html (451 words)

	Understanding global trade and human rights
		Report & resource guide for national human rights NGOs in view of the 2005 WTO Ministerial Conference
		It outlines the primary issues, focuses on aspects of WTO agreements that are seen as requiring an interrogation from a human rights perspective, and provides a set of practical strategies that can assist civil rights actors in effectuating human rights-conscious trade policies.
		The report asks: ‘ Given that States members of the WTO often neglect their human rights commitments when negotiating trade agreements, would it be better for human rights concerns to be explicitly, systemically built-in to the WTO?’.
	www.eldis.org /static/DOC19386.htm (305 words)

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