NGO participation in Ministerial Conference was largest ever

Just under 800 non-governmental organizations and almost 1,600 of their representatives attended the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, a record in the WTO’s eight-year history.

> NGO information for Cancún
> NGOs which attended previous Ministerials

The numbers have climbed almost eightfold since the first conference in Singapore in 1996. The Doha meeting in 2001 saw a dip in numbers because of limited accommodation.

These are the numbers for the five ministerial conferences:

	No. of eligible NGOs	NGOs represented	No. of registered participants
Singapore 1996	159	108	235
Geneva 1998	153	128	362
Seattle 1999	776	686	approx 1,500
Doha 2001	651	370	370
Cancún 2003	961	795	1,578