NON
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS): WORKING
PAPERS
NGO position papers received by the WTO Secretariat
The NGO position papers listed below were received before 11 September 2003.
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Establishment of a Multilateral System of Notification and the
Registration of Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits
pursuant to TRIPS Article 23 (4) (English only — also available electronically, pdf format, 94,6KB) |
MARQUES (Association of European Trade Mark Owners) — UK |
Statement from ecumenical organisations addressed to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Ministers of Trade gathered in Cancún, Mexico, fro the 5th Ministerial Conference of the WTO from 10-14 September 2003 (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 79KB) | World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World Alliance of Reformed Churches and Conference of European Churches — Switzerland |
Press release: Business from different parts of the globe united in support of WTO multilateral trading system (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 33KB) | Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) — Belgium |
The Doha Development Agenda — Market Access for Non-Agricultural
Products — The Position of the European Textile and Clothing
Industries (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 254KB) Updated Non-Tariff Barriers in the Textile and Clothing Market for Selected Countries (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 347KB) |
European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX) — Belgium |
Statement prepared by the Trade Task Force of the International
Business Council — The Doha Development Agenda: the Road to Cancún (English and Spanish) |
World Economic Forum (WEF) — Switzerland |
Background Paper on the World Trade Organization's Negotiations
and Issues Regarding Information and Communications Technology (ICT) (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 970KB) International Trade Negotiations and ICT Products and Services (English only — also available electronically, pdf format, 189KB) |
World Information Technology Services Alliance (WITSA) — USA |
European Services Businesses call upon all WTO Members to ensure
success in Cancún (English only — also available electronically) Why do we need the WTO Ministerial in Cancún to be a success? (English only — also available electronically, Powerpoint presentation, 86KB) |
European Services Forum (ESF) — Belgium |
Fair Trade: A Balance of Intellectual Property, Competition and
Other Rights (also available
electronically: English, pdf format, 221KB / Spanish pdf format, 172KB) |
Asociacion Interamericana de la Propiedad Industrial (ASIPI) — Brazil |
The Challenges of Cancún: More Liberalization, More
Multilateralism, More Development — Less Distortion, Less
Discrimination, Less Poverty (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 155KB) |
EuroCommerce — Belgium |
The Commonwealth and the WTO: Strategies for a Successful Doha
Round (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 191KB) |
Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) — United Kingdom |
Gafta Position on the WTO Doha Round Negotiations (English only) |
The Grain and Feed Trade Association (Gafta) — United Kingdom |
Towards a Fairer World Trading System (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 120KB) |
International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT) — United Kingdom |
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Issues for the 5th WTO
Ministerial Conference (also available electronically; pdf format:
English, 139KB / French, 149KB / Spanish, 147KB / Italian, 142KB / Portuguese, 127KB) |
Médecins sans Frontičres (MSF) — France |
The Cancún Ministerial Conference: Our Last Opportunity to Level
the Playing Field (English only) |
Non-Aligned Movement Business Council — Malaysia |
Cancún Agenda: Trade and Investment: The Way Forward for
Developing Countries (English only) Cancún Agenda: Environmental Requirements and Developing Countries' Exports: Lessons for National, International and Regional Action (English only) Cancún Agenda: TRIPs and Development: Implications and an Agenda for Action (English only) |
Research and the Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS) — India |
Cancún Moving Forward Together (English only — also available electronically, pdf format, 139KB) |
Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) — Belgium |
Labor Standards and the World Trade Organization (English only — also available electronically, Word format, 102KB) Enhancing the Benefits for Developing Countries in the Doha Development Agenda Negotiations (English only — also available electronically, pdf format, 145KB) |
William Davidson Institute — USA |
Memorandum from World Federation of Trade Unions to 5th
Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organizations (English only) |
World Federation of Trade Unions ( WFTU) — Czech Republic |
Briefing Series on the following subjects: (English only — also
available electronically) > Agriculture (pdf format, 18KB) > Cancún and Beyond (pdf format, 137KB) > Ecolabelling (pdf format, 17KB) > Environmental Goods and Services (pdf format, 17KB) > Environmental Governance (pdf format, 17KB) > Fishing Subsidies (pdf format, 18KB) > Transparency in Government Procurement (pdf format, 18KB) > Green Protectionism (pdf format, 17KB) > Investment (pdf format, 18KB) > Observer Status Precaution (pdf format, 19KB) > Stick to the Rules for Sustainable Trade (pdf format, 27KB) |
WWF International — Switzerland |