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NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS):  WORKING PAPERS

NGO position papers received by the WTO Secretariat

In accordance with the Guidelines for Arrangements on Relations With Non-Governmental Organizations (WT/L/162) and as a follow-up to the Director-General's recent initiatives on greater transparency and an enhanced dialogue with NGOs, the list of NGO Position Papers received by the Secretariat is circulated for the information of Members.

Interested delegations that wish to consult these documents in more detail are requested to contact Mrs. Prisca Nicolovici, ext. 5677, in the Information and External Relations Division.

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The list of NGO Position Papers, received and circulated to Members, is available below.

NGOs wishing to send Position Papers to the WTO Secretariat may do so to the following address:

Information and External Relations Division
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154 Rue de Lausanne
1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland

Only Position Papers related to the activities of the WTO will be included in the list. The title of the Position Papers must be provided in all three official WTO languages. Monthly newsletters, brochures, announcements etc. will not be included in the list.

The WTO Secretariat reserves the full right not to include on the list, material which does not fulfil these requirements and to adjust these arrangements at any given time.

In accordance with the Guidelines for Arrangements on Relations With Non-Governmental Organizations (WT/L/162) and as a follow-up to the Director-General's recent initiatives on greater transparency and an enhanced dialogue with NGOs, the list of NGO Position Papers received by the Secretariat is circulated for the information of Members.

NGO position papers received during 2011

Energy sector environmental innovation: Understanding the roles of technology diffusion, intellectual property rights, and sound environmental policy for climate change
(English only — also available electronically)

World Energy Council

Principles on Rules of Trade and Investment
(English only — also available electronically)

World Energy Council

David Orden, David Blandford and Tim Josling, WTO disciplines on agricultural support, Cambridge University Press, 2011 Comments by Jacques Berthelot
(English only — also available electronically)

Solidarité

 

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2010
NGO position papers received during 2010

2008
31 December

2007
19 December | 1 October | 10 July | 1 May | 30 March | 28 February | 31 January

2006
29 September |31 July |3 July | 6 June | 30 April | 31 March | 28 February | 31 January

2005
13 December | 2 December | 25 November | 18 November | 31 October | 4 October | 15 August | 4 July | 18 May | 2 May | 11 January

2004
30 November | 20 September | 28 July | 14 June | 1 April | 1 March | 19 January

2003
10 November | 1 October | 11 September | 18 August | 18 July | 29 May | 1 April | 3 February

2002
6 December | 11 November | 5 August | 8 July | 1 May | 1 February

2001
19 November | 28 September | 31 July | 1 June | 19 April | 26 January

2000
2 October | 1 August | 30 June | 28 April

1999
30 December | 26 November | 24 November | 23 November | 19 November | 9 November | 11 October | 23 July | 31 May | 29 March | 29 January

1998
27 November | 22 October