WTO members had been preparing for the Ministerial Conference almost since the end of the Third Ministerial Conference in Seattle (1999).

• Background paper on the preparatory process for the Doha Ministerial.
• Meetings and consultations, 5 October 2001, in MS Word format, 1 page, 43KB.

News of the preparations back to top

• SPS Committee settles one implementation issue, 24 October 2001.
• Agriculture Committee settles three implementation issues, 27 September 2001.
• TRIPS Council discusses drafts for declaration, 21 September 2001
• Remarks by the Director-General at an informal General Council meeting on 20 September 2001.
• Statement by the Director-General at an informal General Council meeting on 30 July 2001.
• Comments by the Director-General at the General Council on 18 July 2001.