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Provisional Agenda  back to top

This Provisional Agenda refers to the Plenary Session of the Conference. In addition, there will be two Working Sessions as described by the Chairman of the General Council in his statements to the General Council at its meetings of 22 July and 20 October 2009. The Working Sessions will be aimed at providing an interactive forum for Ministers for discussion under two broad sub-themes: “Review of WTO activities, including the Doha Work Programme” for the first day; and “The WTO's contribution to recovery, growth and development” for the second day.

Format of the meeting  back to top

Mr Matus said that “the Conference would take place during a fixed three-day period. The Opening Ceremony would take place on the afternoon of the first day, with Plenary Sessions taking place over the following two days. A brief Closing Ceremony would then take place at the end of the third day.” He added that “the emphasis will be on transparency and open discussion rather than on small group processes and informal negotiating structures”.

> General Council decision adopted on 26 May 2009

Official documents for the Geneva Ministerial  back to top