| Date |
Title |
| 01.08.02 |
Mike
Moore's farewell: “Our greatest motivation is the people we
serve”
Director-General Mike Moore, who completes his term on
31 August 2002, said in his farewell speech to the
General Council on 31 July 2002 that “our greatest
motivation is the people we serve”, underlining that “confidence
in the system is restored...our outstanding success in
launching a new round of trade negotiations in Doha last year
has opened up enormous possibilities to advance the conditions
of people throughout the world”.
|
| 25.06.02 |
Doha
Agenda will define trade relations and development for this
century
Work on the Doha Agenda will fold neatly into the
priorities of the New Partnership for Africa's Development and
will play an important role in the upcoming World Summit on
Sustainable Development, WTO Director-General Mike Moore said
in a speech to the Executive Board of the UNDP on June 25,
2002 in Geneva.
|
| 11.06.02 |
Transition
economy members can enjoy prosperity and peace, Moore tells
ministers
WTO
membership and trade liberalization foster prosperity,
stability and peace, Director-General Mike Moore told a WTO
Ministerial Trade Conference for Central and South East Europe
in Zagreb, 11 June 2002.
|
| 21.05.02 |
WTO
organizes first WTO ministerial trade conference for Central
Asia and Caucasus
Central
Asian and Caucasus countries face challenges and opportunities
in integrating into the multilateral trading system. This is
the focus of discussions at a ministerial-level trade
conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, 21 and 22 May 2002.
|
| 07.05.02 |
Doha
Development Agenda: the role of Regional Development Banks
Director-General
Mike Moore will host an informal dialogue on the
implementation of the Doha Development Agenda with the Heads
and Representatives of six regional development banks, the
World Bank, and the New Partnership for African Development on
3 May 2002 at the WTO.
|
| 22.04.02 |
Moore
stresses development role of trade at WTO symposium
Director-General
Mike Moore, in opening the Public Symposium on Doha
Development Agenda and Beyond at the WTO on
29 April 2002, stressed the role of trade
liberalization in boosting the world economy, fighting poverty
and promoting sustainable development.
|
| 22.04.02 |
Russia
membership talks entering decisive and final phase — Moore
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech at the Fifth Annual Russian Economic
Forum on 19 April 2002 in London, said that Russia's
accession talks are “entering a decisive and final phase”,
adding that “it would be a great failure of leadership if
this accession is not completed in time for the Mexico
Ministerial next year”.
|
| 17.04.02 |
Helping
poorer members is key to successfully concluding negotiations
— Moore
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech to the opening session of the Evian
Group Meeting on 12 April 2002 in Montreux,
Switzerland, said one key to success in concluding the new
trade round is helping poorer members to integrate into the
trading system and participate fully in the negotiations.
|
| 21.03.02 |
WTO
is working on an Arab Region Strategy, Director-General Moore
tells Qatar meeting
Increased
technical assistance activities, improved communication and
WTO-related information to Arab countries, an unofficial
Arabic language website on the WTO, and Secretariat support of
Arab countries negotiating membership are key parts of the WTO’s
strategy for the region, Mike Moore told a Qatar Conference on
Democracy and Free Trade, in Doha, 26 March 2002.
|
| 21.03.02 |
Moore
calls for increased trade liberalization to help finance
development
Director-General Mike Moore, on 21 March 2002,
told the UN International Conference on Financing for
Development in Monterrey, Mexico that trade liberalization can
make a huge contribution to the generation of resources for
the financing of development.
|
| 18.03.02 |
Workers
benefit from trade liberalization — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech to the ILO's Working
Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization on 18 March
2002, underlined that workers as a group will be better off
from trade liberalization, adding that the WTO is keeping up
the momentum on the Doha Development Agenda.
|
| 11.03.02 |
WTO governments pledge 30m Swiss francs to help developing
countries in new trade round
WTO member governments promised, on 11 March 2002, to double the targeted 15 million Swiss
francs to help developing countries participate in the Doha Development Agenda.
Director-General Mike Moore described this as a “remarkable outcome” that will help “ensure
that the world’s most vulnerable countries have a more effective voice in the new Trade Round”.
|
| 27.02.02 |
Technical
assistance key to Doha Agenda success — Moore
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech at a
meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank Trade and
Finance Ministers in Washington D.C. on 27 February 2002,
stressed that one key to the success of the Doha Development
Agenda will be “technical assistance and capacity building
— helping developing and least-developed countries to
integrate into the multilateral trading system and participate
fully in the negotiations”.
|
| 25.02.02 |
Moore
asks business to help build “a world without walls”
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech to the US Chamber of Commerce in
Florida on 25 February 2002, called for “corporate courage”
in fighting negative forces against market liberalization to
help build “a world without walls”.
|
| 20.02.02 |
Moore
cites “good start” to Doha Development Round
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech to the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Geneva on
20 February 2002, cited the “good start” made in the new
trade negotiations with “a new budget, a venue, a
negotiating structure, chairpersons of negotiating bodies, in
place within three months of the Doha launch”.
|
| 23.01.02 |
Moore
underscores parliamentarians' role in new negotiations
Director-General Mike Moore, in an address to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg
on 23 January 2002, stressed that parliamentarians “need to
engage in the critical issues” related to the new trade
negotiations.
|
| 14.12.01 |
WTO
Secretariat reorganizes for Development Round
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech on 14 December 2001 said, “WTO has
been given an important new negotiating mandate by Ministers”.
|
| 28.11.01 |
Doha
success marks a turning-point for the world trading system —
Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech before the
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council in Hong Kong, China on 28
November 2001, said the Doha Ministerial was “an
extraordinarily successful meeting ... that will be remembered
as a turning point in the history of the WTO and the trading
system and in relations between developed and developing
countries within that system”.
|
| 10.10.01 |
World
economy needs a boost from Doha — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 9 October 2001
before the Foreign Affairs Commission of the French National
Assembly in Paris, stressed that “the state of the world
economy demands that we use the Ministerial Conference as an
opportunity to boost global confidence”.
|
| 05.10.01 |
Moore
lauds opening of legal aid centre for developing WTO members
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the
opening of the Advisory Centre for WTO Law on 5 October 2001,
said it marked “the first time a true legal aid centre has
been established within the international legal system, with a
view to combating the unequal possibilities of access to
international justice as between States”.
|
| 25.09.01 |
Moore
urges African support for new Round
WTO
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the 4th Ordinary
Session of the OAU/AEC Conference of African Ministers of
Trade on 22 September 2001 in Abuja, Nigeria, urged support
for the launching of a new Round in Doha with “development”
at its core. He cited a study estimating a $155 billion gain
for developing countries from further trade liberalization,
which is over three times what they get annually in aid.
|
| 13.09.01 |
Moore
opens 3rd Geneva Week for non-resident members
Director-General
Mike Moore in a speech on 10 September 2001 opening the Third
Geneva Week for WTO members and observers without offices in
Geneva said that he is forming an internal secretariat
task-force on small economies.
|
| 17.07.01 |
New
Round can deal with barriers to African exports — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 16 July 2001 at
the ECOSOC's High-Level Policy Dialogue in Geneva, said that
“a new round with development at its core” can deal with
current barriers to Africa's exports.
|
| 06.07.01 |
Moore
calls for “civilized discourse” with NGOs
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 6 July 2001
opening the first WTO Symposium on Issues Confronting the
World Trading System, said “civilized discourse” with NGOs
will help the WTO do a better job. He said such gatherings
with NGOs and civil society should become a regular feature of
WTO activities.
|
| 05.07.01 |
Development
argument for new Round “compelling” — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 5 July 2001 at
Winconference 2001 in Interlaken, Switzerland, stressed that
“poor countries need to grow their way out of poverty” and
that broad negotiations could deal with many obstacles facing
their products in rich countries, including high tariffs in
agriculture, textiles, clothing and leather. |
| 20.06.01 |
WTO
chief announces Arab region strategy ahead of Doha conference
The WTO is preparing a strategy for the Arab region, to
raise awareness, improve information flows, help Arab
delegations in Geneva, and prepare Arab countries for a new
trade round that could potentially be launched at the
forthcoming Ministerial Conference in Doha, Director-General
Mike Moore announced on 20 June 2001.
|
| 08.06.01 |
Moore
calls on parliamentarians to support new Round
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at
Inter-Parliamentary Union's first meeting on international
trade on 8 June 2001 in Geneva, warned that failure to launch
a new Round this year “could jepardize the multilateral
trading system itself” and that “the biggest losers would
be the poor and the weak”.
|
| 17.05.01 |
New
Round is surest way to prevent further LDC marginalization —
Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 17 May 2001 in
Brussels at the Third UN Conference on Least Developed
Countries, said the WTO is “delivering” on assistance to
the poorest countries, including significant market-access
improvements for their exports. But better than a piecemeal
approach, he said, would be to launch a new Round this year,
which would be “the surest way to prevent further
marginalization of LDCs from the world economy”.
|
| 11.05.01 |
WTO
Secretariat organizes workshop on technical assistance in
trade facilitation
WTO delegations and experts from international agencies,
governments and the private sector will be discussing
technical assistance and capacity building in trade
facilitation in a workshop
being organized by the WTO Secretariat for 10-11 May 2001 in
Geneva.
|
| 08.05.01 |
Positive
signs for Round launch in Doha — Moore
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a speech on 5 May 2001 in Geneva at the
Conference on the role of the WTO in global governance, said
“the building blocks of new round are almost in place”. He
said “the missing ingredient is the political will from
members to compromise” although he detected “many positive
signs” of new flexibility.
|
| 23.04.01 |
“The
world needs a new WTO Round” — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in two speeches in Berlin
on 23 April 2001, underlined the importance of launching a new
Round this year. Before the German
Foundation for International Development, he said that
developing countries “with a positive agenda and strength in
numbers can ensure the next round has a strong focus on
developmental concerns”. Before the German
council on foreign relations, Berlin, he stressed that the economic
case for a new Round is “compelling”.
|
| 19.04.01 |
Moore
welcomes news of settlement of South Africa drug lawsuit
Director-General
Mike Moore, in a statement on 19 April
2001, welcomed news of the settlement achieved between the Government of South
Africa and pharmaceutical companies. “The settlement shows that the WTO
Agreements, such as TRIPS, contain the necessary flexibility to meet the health
needs of developing countries,” he said.
|
| 10.04.01 |
Greater
involvement of parliamentarians in WTO work urged
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at a European
Parliament seminar in Brussels on 10 April 2001, called for
greater involvement of parliamentarians in the work of the
WTO. He also underlined the democratic nature of the
organization, in which all agreements are reached by consensus
of the 140 member governments and every country has a veto.
|
| 30.03.01 |
Moore
and Putin upbeat on Russia’s membership bid
Joining the WTO is Russia’s top priority, President
Vladimir Putin told WTO Director-General Mike Moore when the
two met in Moscow on 30 March 2001. Mr Moore said Moscow’s
membership bid has been re-energized by new legislation, but
important issues remain.
|
| 19.03.01 |
Poor-country
issues must be at heart of new Round — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the
Ministerial Roundtable on Trade and Poverty in Least-Developed
Countries in London on 19 March 2001, said that a “a new
Round (of trade negotiations) is the surest way to prevent the
further marginalization of LDCs from the world economy and to
deal with problems that they may have with existing WTO
agreements”. He said that the new Round “must have
implementation issues at its heart” and encompass other
issues that are important to developing countries. |
| 12.03.01 |
Moore
sees “positive signs” for Round launch in Doha
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the European
Business School London on 12 March 2001, said there are
already “many positive signs” from members, including
leading traders the US and the EU, for launching a new Round
at the Doha Ministerial in November. He said developing
countries increasingly understand that “the greatest threat
to their economies is not globalization, but marginalization”. |
| 22.02.01 |
“Agriculture's
stake in WTO trade negotiations”
Agricultural outlook forum 2001, Washington |
| 05.02.01 |
Moore
bats for a new trade round
Director-General
Mike Moore underscored the potential benefits of a new round for all
members in speeches before Australia's
National Press Club (5 February 2001) and Australia-Israel
Chamber of Commerce (2 February 2001). He said a new round would
facilitate the current negotiations on agriculture and services, keep
and further open markets in an economic slowdown, and deal with
concerns of developing countries.
|
| 25.01.01 |
Moore
welcomes new market opening for LDCs
Director-General Mike Moore, on 23 January 2001,
briefed least-developed country members on
concrete market access measures taken recently by
Canada, New Zealand and Norway for LDCs, adding
that the EC, Japan and the US have announced or
proposed significant measures. He promised to
intensify his efforts in further improving trade
opportunities for LDCs. |
| 19.01.01 |
Moore
underlines trade's development role
Director-General Mike Moore, at an informal
meeting of the WTO General Council on 18 January
2001, reported that the focus of WTO's
cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank is
assisting developing and least-developed
countries take greater advantage from
international trade. He underlined that these
countries need more open markets and technical
assistance. |
| 11.01.01 |
New
round needed to counter threat of protectionism
— Moore
WTO Director-General Mike Moore stressed that
“further trade negotiations are an insurance
policy against pleas for protection when
economies turn down” in a speech at the
Partnership Summit on 11 January 2001 at
Hyderabad, India. |
| 08.12.00 |
Round
will boost agriculture negotiations — Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at a
meeting on “WTO Negotiations: Agriculture
and the Developing Countries” on 6 December
2000 in Paris, said that developing countries are
focusing on opening more markets, particularly
for processed goods, and disciplining export
subsidies in the ongoing agriculture
negotiations. He underlined the “importance
of a broader WTO Round” in ensuring the
success of these negotiations. |
| 07.12.00 |
Moore:
2000 a year of challenge and consolidation for
the WTO
Director-General
Mike Moore, in introducing his annual
report
(42 pages; 518 KB) to members on 7 December 2000,
called 2000 a year of “challenge and
consolidation” for the WTO. He cited the
challenge of continuing to “work hard for a
consensus on a broader negotiating agenda”,
adding that “the goodwill that has been
created over the past year gives us an
opportunity to take our system forward and
deliver benefits to all our peoples”. |
| 28.11.00 |
Regional
initiatives cannot be a substitute to the WTO
— Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech in
Buenos Aires on 28 November 2000, said that
“while regionalism can be a positive force
and provide an important complement to the
multilateral system, it cannot be a substitute
— this means above all that we need to push
hard for a new round which is the surest way to
ensure that regional and multilateral interests
converge.” |
| 15.11.00 |
Libreville
2000 — Meeting of African trade ministers
Closing Statement by Mr. Mike Moore,
Director-General World Trade Organization, at the
Meeting of African trade ministers, Libreville
13-15 November 2000. |
| 13.11.00 |
Africa's
concerns should be on the new round's agenda
— Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech at the
opening of the Libreville 2000 Meeting of African
trade ministers on 13 November 2000, underlined
that “we need a new round of trade
negotiations with Africa at the table and with
Africa's great concerns on the agenda”. |
| 06.11.00 |
The
WTO: New Issues; A New Round: When and How?
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in a speech on 6
November 2000 before the Link Foundation in
London, said that achievements this year have
rebuilt confidence in the WTO after Seattle and
have improved the climate for further trade
talks. |
| 06.11.00 |
Transition
economies and the WTO
The WTO has an important role to play in helping
ex-communist countries overcome daunting economic
challenges and create successful market
economies, WTO Director-General Mike Moore said
on 6 November 2000. He was addressing a
conference on “Completing Transition”
at the Joint Vienna Institute. |
| 31.10.00 |
Moore
cites e-commerce potential for development
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in his opening
remarks to the to the ITC
Briefing Session on E-Commerce Conference on 31 October 2000,
cited the development potential of e-commerce for
“linking distant markets and creating new
ones”. He stressed that “we at the WTO
aim to do our best to promote rather than hinder
the development of the Internet and to help the
poor as well as the rich benefit from it”.
The ITC is inviting the public to participate in
an e-trade
virtual forum on 20-23 November 2000. |
| 26.10.00 |
“The
Backlash Against Globalization?”
Liberal International, Ottawa |
| 24.10.00 |
Moore
calls for cooperation on trade-environment issues
WTO
Director-General Mike Moore, on 24 October 2000,
called for greater cooperation and understanding
between the WTO and environment agreements to
help “maximize synergies and reduce
potential tensions”. He also urged
sensitivity to the needs of developing countries
and vigilance against hidden protectionism. UNEP
Executive-Director Klaus Töpfer said a coherent
relationship between the WTO and these agreements
will be “a vital element in creating a
sustainable global economy”. |
| 20.09.00 |
Moore
welcomes US Senate vote on China
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, in a statement
issued on 20 September 2000, welcomed actions by
members that would facilitate the rapid accession
of China into the WTO. |
| 11.09.00 |
Moore
cites need for dialogue and cooperation in
financial services
WTO Director-General Mike Moore, on 11 September
2000 in Basel, Switzerland, said international
dialogue and cooperation are critical for
confidence and stability in the financial systems
of the world. |
| 25.08.00 |
Reflections
on the global trading system
Speech by Mike Moore, Director-General of the
World Trade Organization, at the Symposium on
Global Economic Integration, Jackson Hole, United
States, 25 August 2000. |
| 14.08.00 |
Trade
lifts people out of poverty
Director General Mike Moore in a speech to the
Chamber of Commerce in Christchurch, New,
Zealand, on August 14, 2000, cited
“overwhelming evidence” that openness
to trade boosts economic growth and raises living
standards for everyone. |
| 26.07.00 |
In
Praise of the Future
Director-General Mike Moore in his speech on 26
July 2000 in Malmo, Sweden, called on young
socialists to embrace openness and stressed that
there is “no contradiction between being on
the Left and supporting free trade and the
WTO”. |
| 16.06.00 |
Trade,
Poverty and The Human Face of Globalization
Speech by Mike Moore, Director-General of the
World Trade Organisation Reuters/Carnegie Public
Policy Series - London School of Economics |
| 23.05.00 |
The
National Foreign Trade Council's World Trade
Dinner
"History demands we welcome China into the
world trading order," said Director-General
Mike Moore in a keynote speech at the National
Foreign Trade Council's World Trade Dinner in New
York on 22 May 2000.
|
| 06.05.00 |
The
post-Seattle trade agenda
Speech by the Director-General Mike Moore
Director-General to the International Chamber of
Commerce 33rd World Congress Budapest, May 5th
2000.
|
| 04.05.00 |
Globalisation
and the Social Market Economy
Speech by Mike Moore Director-General of the
World Trade Organisation
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Frankfurt, May 4th
2000 |
| 03.05.00 |
WTO
now in much better shape with new
agreements--Moore
Director-General Mike Moore, at a press
conference on 3 May 2000, lauded as "major
steps forward" for the organization the
creation of a mechanism to address problems of
developing countries in implementing WTO
provisions and the announcement by major
importing members of pledges to open their
markets to the poorest members |
| 13.04.00 |
Moore
urges trade package for poorest countries
Director-General
Mike Moore, in his address to the US National
Press Club in Washington, D.C. on 13 April 2000,
reiterated his call for a trade package for the
least-developed countries. He also cited benefits
to other countries of China's membership in the
WTO |
| 07.03.00 |
After
Seattle – The WTO and Developing Countries
Formal Evidence to the International Development
Committee of the House of Commons and Remarks to
the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas
Development of the House of Commons.
|
| 21.02.00 |
Prospects
for the Developing Countries in the Next Round
Address to the Development Committee of the
European Parliament.
|
| 16.02.00 |
The
WTO is back on track - "Back On Track for
Trade and Development"
Keynote address by Mike Moore Director-General,
WTO UNCTAD X, Bangkok. |
| 15.02.00 |
Indonesia
must promote justice and human progress
Statement to Centre for Strategic and
International Studies, Jakarta. |
| 09.02.00 |
"Open
societies do better"
Statement by Mike Moore Director-General, World
Trade Organization, at the 11th
International Military Chiefs of Chaplains
Conference. |
| 10.01.00 |
"Revisiting
the multilateral trading system"
Director-General Mike Moore's keynote address to
the Confederation of Indian Industry at the
"Partnership Summit 2000", New Delhi. |
| 27.01.00 |
Director
General Mike Moore has just returned to the
Geneva Headquarters of the WTO after a series of
meetings with Ministers and senior officials.
Director-General's Press Statement.
|
| 07.12.99 |
"It
is vital to maintain and consolidate what has
already been achieved."
Statement by Mike Moore Director-General, WTO. |
| 02.12.99 |
Speech
Notes to Legislators Assembly
Address given by Rt Hon Mike Moore,
Director-General,
World Trade Organization |
| 01.12.99 |
Statement
by Mike Moore at President Bill Clinton's Lunch,
WTO's Seattle Ministerial Conference. |
| 30.11.99 |
Seattle
conference doomed to succeed
Opening Address to the WTO's 3rd
Ministerial Conference by Rt Hon Mike Moore. |
| 30.11.99 |
New
Zealand's Trade Minister, Lockwood Smith, Tapped
for Key Ministerial Chairmanship
WTO's Seattle Ministerial Conference. |
| 11.11.99 |
National
Conference on the Millennium Round, Rome
Speech delivered by WTO Director-General Mike
Moore today (11 November) at the National
Conference on the Millennium Round in Rome.
|
| 29.10.99 |
Seattle:
What's at Stake?
Speech delivered by Mike Moore, Director-General
of the World Trade Organization to the
Transatlantic Business Dialogue, Berlin. |
| 29.09.99 |
Address
to the Ministerial Meeting of Least-Developed
Countries, United Nations, New York
Statement by Mike Moore Director-General, WTO. |
| 27.09.99 |
Development
Committee of the World Bank
Speech delivered by Mike Moore, Director-General
of the World Trade Organization. |
| 28.09.99 |
House
Ways and Means Committee
Statement of Mike Moore Director-General, WTO. |
| 28.09.99 |
Executive
Session of the Senate Finance Committee
Statement of Mike Moore Director-General, WTO. |
| 28.09.99 |
"Challenges
for the global trading system in the new
millennium"
Speech delivered by Mike Moore, Director-General
of the World Trade Organization, to the Council
on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C.
|
| 23.09.99 |
Africa
and the multilateral trading system: challenges
and opportunities
Address by Mike Moore, Director-General, World
Trade Organization at the Conference of African
Trade Ministers, Algiers. |
| 21.09.99 |
"The
future of international trade in services"
Speech by Mike Moore, Director-General, at the
The Third Debis Services Conference, Berlin.
|
| 20.09.99 |
Conference
on Developing Countries' Interests in a
Millennium Round
Introductory remarks by Mike Moore,
Director-General, WTO, Geneva, 20-21 September
1999.
|
| 14.09.99 |
Trade
for development - the way ahead
Address to the Group of 77 Ministerial Meeting,
Marrakesh, Tuesday 14 September 1999.
|
| 12.09.99 |
Address
Via Video-Conference - A challenge to APEC
business
Address given by Rt Hon Mike Moore,
Director-General,
World Trade Organization |
| 24.08.99 |
Launch
of Report into: APEC 10 years & beyond
Address given by Rt Hon Mike Moore MP to the
House of Representatives, Parliament Buildings,
Wellington
|
| 01.07.99 |
The
WTO: The Challenge Ahead
Address given by Rt Hon Mike Moore MP to The New
Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Legislative Council
Chambers, Parliament House
|
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| Speeches
given by Renato Ruggiero 1995–1999 |
