GENEVA
WTO MINISTERIAL 1998: STATEMENTS
Statements ,
18 and 20 May 1998
WT/MIN(98)/ST/1 APEC
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT Statement circulated by the
Honourable Dato' Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry of
Malaysia, on behalf of Ministers responsible for Trade from the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Forum
WT/MIN(98)/ST/2
BAHRAIN
Statement
circulated by H.E. Mr. Ali Saleh Al-Saleh Minister of Commerce
WT/MIN(98)/ST/3
KUWAIT
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Abdul Aziz Al-Dakhil, Minister of Commerce and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/4
CROATIA
Statement
circulated by H.E. Mr. Nenad Porges Minister of Economy (as an observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/5
WORLD CUSTOMS
ORGANIZATION Statement Circulated
by Mr. James W. Shaver, Secretary General (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/6
MYANMAR
Statement
circulated by H.E. Major General Kyaw Than Minister for Commerce
WT/MIN(98)/ST/7
CYPRUS
Statement
circulated by H.E. Mr. Nicos Rolandis Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
WT/MIN(98)/ST/8
MACAU
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Vitor Rodrigues Pessoa, Secretary for Economic Coordination
WT/MIN(98)/ST/9
WORLD
BANK Statement circulated by Mr. Masood Ahmed Vice-President and Head of the Poverty
Reduction and Economic Management Network (as an observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/10
DENMARK Statement Circulated
by Mr. Niels Helveg Petersen, Minister for Foreign Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/11
PHILIPPINES Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. Cesar B. Bautista, Secretary of Trade and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/12
AUSTRIA Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. H. Farnleitner, Minister for Economic Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/13
ITALY
Statement
Circulated by Prof. Augusto Fantozzi, Minister of Foreign Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/14
BULGARIA
Statement
circulated by Mr. Valentin Vasilev, Minister of Trade and Tourism
WT/MIN(98)/ST/15
MALTA Statement Circulated
by the Government of Malta
WT/MIN(98)/ST/16
AUSTRALIA
Statement
Circulated by The Honourable Tim Fischer MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/17
ZIMBABWE Statement Circulated
by the Hon. N.M. Shamuyarira, Minister of Industry and Commerce
WT/MIN(98)/ST/18
PERU Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. Gustavo Caillaux, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Integration and
International Trade Negotiations
WT/MIN(98)/ST/19
BOLIVIA
Statement
Circulated by D. Jorge Crespo Velasco, Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment
WT/MIN(98)/ST/20
SOUTH CENTRE
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Branislav Gosovic (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/21
Statement Circulated by the
Ministers of Members of the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau
WT/MIN(98)/ST/23
COSTA RICA
Statement
Circulated by H. E. Mr. Samuel Guzowski, Minister for Trade and the Economy
WT/MIN(98)/ST/24
SLOVENIA Statement Circulated
by Dr. Marjan Senjur, Minister for Economic Relations and Development
WT/MIN(98)/ST/25
IRELAND
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Tom Kitt, Minister for Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/26
HUNGARY
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Dr. Szabolcs Fazakas, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism
WT/MIN(98)/ST/27
HOLY SEE
Statement
Circulated by Mgr. Celestino Migliore, Under-Secretary for Relations with States (As An
Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/28
LATVIA
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Valdis Birkavs, Minister for Foreign Affairs (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/29
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Ján Foltín, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy
WT/MIN(98)/ST/30
URUGUAY
Statement
Circulated by Dr. Didier Opertti, Minister for Foreign Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/31
ECUADOR
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Benigno Sotomayor Jaime, Minister for Foreign Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/32
SWITZERLAND
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Franz Blankart, Secretary of State, Federal Office of External Economic
Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/33
COLOMBIA Statement Circulated
by Dr. Carlos Ronderos Torres, Minister of Foreign Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/34
SPAIN
Statement
Distributed by H.E. Mr. Raimundo Pérez-Hernández y Torra, Ambassador, Permanent
Representative
WT/MIN(98)/ST/35
CHILE
Statement
Circulated by Mr. José Miguel Insulza, Minister for Foreign Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/36
INDIA Statement Circulated
by Mr. Ramakrishna Hegde, Minister of Commerce
WT/MIN(98)/ST/37
and WT/MIN(98)/ST/37/Rev.1 SINGAPORE
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Lee Yock Suan, Minister for Trade and Industry (at the working
session on implementation)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/38
NIGERIA
Statement
Circulated by The Hon. Dr. Emmanuel O. Udogu, Minister of Commerce and Tourism
WT/MIN(98)/ST/39
TURKEY
Statement
Circulated by Dr. Iþýn Çelebi, Minister of State
WT/MIN(98)/ST/40
GERMANY
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Dr. Günter Rexrodt, Federal Minster of Economics
WT/MIN(98)/ST/41
UKRAINE
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, President of the 52nd Session of the UN General
Assembly
WT/MIN(98)/ST/42
KAZAKSTAN
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Kasymzhomart K. Tokayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/43
KENYA
Statement
Circulated by The Hon. J.J. Kamotho, EGH, MP, Minister for Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/44
GEORGIA
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Konstantin Zaldastanishvili, Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic
Relations
WT/MIN(98)/ST/45
NETHERLANDS
Statement
Circulated by Mrs. Anneke Van Dok-Van Weele, Minister for Foreign Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/46
JAMAICA
Statement Circulated by the Honourable Seymour Mullings, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/47
HONG KONG, CHINA
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Chau Tak Hay, Secretary for Trade and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/48
PAKISTAN Statement Circulated
by Mr M. Ishaq Dar, Minister of Commerce and Head of Delegation
WT/MIN(98)/ST/49
SAARC Statement Circulated
by the Commerce Ministers
WT/MIN(98)/ST/50
and WT/MIN(98)/ST/50/Corr.1 INDONESIA Statement Circulated
by Mr. Mohammad Hasan, Minister for Industry and Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/51
NEPAL Statement Circulated
by the Hon.Chiranjibi Wagle, Minister for Commerce (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/52
NICARAGUA Statement Circulated
by Mrs. Azucena Castillo, Junior Minister of the Economy and Development
WT/MIN(98)ST/53
VENEZUELA
Statement
Circulated by Dr. Hector Maldonado Lira, Minister of Industry and Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/54
SAUDI ARABIA Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Osama J. Faqeeh, Minister of Commerce (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/55
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
Statement
Circulated by Dr. Kamil Idris, Director-General (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/56
ESTONIA Statement Circulated
by Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves Minister for Foreign Affairs (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/57
UNITED STATES Statement Circulated
by Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Trade Representative
WT/MIN(98)/ST/58
and WT/MIN(98)/ST/58/Rev.1 ICELAND Statement Circulated
by Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/59
RUSSIAN FEDERATION Statement Circulated
by Mr. Vladimir Karastin, Deputy Minister for External Economic Relations and Trade (As An
Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/60
BANGLADESH Statement Circulated
by Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Minister for Commerce and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/61
NIGER
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Koussou, Minister of Trade and Industry of Niger
WT/MIN(98)/ST/62
UKRAINE Statement Circulated
by Mr. Sergly G. Osyka, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/63
MONGOLIA Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. R. Amajargal, Minister for External Relations
WT/MIN(98)/ST/64
VIET NAM Statement by H.E. Mr.
Truong Dinh Tuyen, Minister of Trade (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/65
GREECE Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. A. Baltas, Vice-Minister
WT/MIN(98)/ST/66
EGYPT Statement by H.E. Dr.
Ahmed A. Goueili, Minister of Trade and Supply
WT/MIN(98)/ST/67
NEW ZEALAND Statement Circulated
by the Honourable Lockwood Smith, Minister for International Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/68
SUDAN Statement Circulated
by H.E. Ahmed Eltigani Salih, (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/69
EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT Statement Circulated
by Hans Peter Lankes, Director, Transition Strategy (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/70
BELARUS Statement Circulated
by H.E. Mr. Mikhail A. Marinich, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/71
and
WT/MIN(98)/ST/71/Rev.1 THAILAND Statement Circulated
by H. E. Dr. Supachai Panitchapakdi, Deputy Prime Minister of Commerce of Thailand
WT/MIN(98)/ST/72
ORGANIZATION
OF AFRICAN UNITY/ AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY Joint Statement
Circulated by Ministers of Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/73
CANADA Statement Circulated
by the Honourable Sergio Marchi, Minister for International Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/74
COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
AFRICA Statement Circulated by the Honourable Enoch Kavindele, Chairman of the Council
of Ministers (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/75
NORWAY
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Knut Vollebæk, Minister of Foreign Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/76
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Commission
of the European Communities Statement Circulated by Sir Leon Brittan Q.C.,
Vice-President of the European Commission
WT/MIN(98)/ST/77
LIECHTENSTEIN
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Michael Ritter, Minister for National Economy
WT/MIN(98)/ST/78
BURUNDI
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr Grégoire Banyiyezako, Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism
WT/MIN(98)/ST/79
CHAD
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Djitaingar Djibangar, Minister for Industrial, Trade and Crafts
Development
WT/MIN(98)/ST/80
MAURITIUS
Statement
Circulated by the Honourable Rajkeswur Purryag, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/81
FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Statement Circulated
by Mr. Hartwig de Haen, Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Department (As An
Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/82
ZAMBIA
Statement
Circulated by the Hon. Syamukayumbu Syamujaye, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development
WT/MIN(98)/ST/83
BURKINA FASO
Statement Circulated by H.E. Mr. Youssouf Ouedraogo, Ambassador
WT/MIN(98)/ST/85
HAITI
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Fresnel Germain, Minister of Trade and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/86
CZECH REPUBLIC
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Dr. Karel Kühnl, Minister of Industry and Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/87
BRUNEI
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Pehin Dato Abdul Rahman Taib, Minister of Industry and Primary
Resources
WT/MIN(98)/ST/88
MALDIVES
Statement
Circulated by the Honourable Abdulla Yameen, MP, Minister of Trade, Industries and Labour
WT/MIN(98)/ST/89 FIJI
Statement Circulated
by Hon. Berenado Vunibobo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/90
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Statement
Circulated by the Right Honourable Margaret Beckett MP, President of the Board of Trade,
On Behalf of the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities
WT/MIN(98)/ST/91
LEAST-DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES Statement Circulated
by Ministers of the Least-Developed Countries
WT/MIN(98)/ST/92
MALAYSIA
Statement
Circulated by The Honourable Dato' Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of International Trade and
Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/93
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Statement
Circulated by the Hon. Daniel Enele Kwainairara, Minister for Commerce and Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/94
GUYANA
Statement
Circulated by the Hon. Michael Shree Chan, Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/96
TANZANIA
Statement
Circulated by Hon. K.A. Mussa, Minister of Trade, Industries and Marketing on Behalf of
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member Countries
WT/MIN(98)/ST/97 ARGENTINA
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Guido Di Tella, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade
and Worship
WT/MIN(98)/ST/98
THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU Statement Circulated
by Dr. Chih-kang Wang, Minister of Economic Affairs (As an Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/100
BELGIUM
Statement
Circulated by the Delegation
WT/MIN(98)/ST/101 MEXICO
Statement
Circulated by Dr. Herminio Blanco Mendoza, Minister for Trade and Industrial Development
WT/MIN(98)/ST/102 SWEDEN
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Leif Pagrotsky, Minister for Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/103 ISRAEL
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Natan Sharansky, Minister of Industry and Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/104
HONDURAS
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Carlos H. Matute-Irías, Ambassador, Permanent Representative
WT/MIN(98)/ST/105
KOREA
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Han Duck-soo, Minister of State for Trade
WT/MIN(98)/ST/106 PORTUGAL
Statement
Circulated by H.E. Mr. Francisco Seixas Da Costa, Secretary of State for European Affairs
WT/MIN(98)/ST/108
+
Corr.1 ASEAN
Statement
Circulated by ASEAN (As An Observer)
WT/MIN(98)/ST/109 POLAND
Statement
Circulated by Mr. Janusz Steinhoff, Minister of Economy
WT/MIN(98)/ST/110 BOTSWANA
Statement by the
Honourable George Kgoroba, Minister of Commerce and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/111
NAMIBIA
Statement
Circulated by the Hon. Wilfried I. Emvula, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
WT/MIN(98)/ST/112
GHANA
Statement
Circulated by the Hon. Mr. Dan Abodakpi, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry