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DEVELOPMENT: GENEVA WEEK

WTO organizes “Geneva Weeks” for non-resident delegations

These special week-long events bring together representatives of WTO member countries who do not have permanent missions in Geneva and therefore cover WTO matters from other European capitals or from their capitals. The purpose is to inform these member countries and observers about recent developments taking place at the WTO.

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• Geneva Week XIX, 26-30 October 2009
  • Registered participants
• Geneva Week XVIII, 25-29 May 2009
• Geneva Week XVII, 10-14 November 2008
• Geneva Week XVI, 30 June to 4 July 2008
• Geneva Week XV, 19 to 23 November 2007
• Geneva Week XIV, 7 to 11 May 2007
• Geneva Week XIII, 20 to 24 November 2006
• Geneva Week XII, 24 to 28 April 2006
• Geneva Week XI, 14-18 November 2005
• Geneva Week X, 4-8 April 2005
• Geneva Week IX, 1-5 November 2004
• Geneva Week VIII, 10-14 May 2004
• Geneva Week VII, 10-14 November 2003
• Geneva Week VI, 14-18 July 2003
• Geneva Week V, 4-8 November 2002
• Geneva Week IV, 21-26 April 2002
• Geneva Week III, 10-14 September 2001
• Geneva week II, 23–26 October 2000
• Geneva week I, 1-5 November 1999

The following countries do not have a permanent mission in Geneva (as of February 2006), 20 are WTO Members and 10 are WTO Observers (in the process of accession):

Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas*; Belize; Central African Republic; Dominica; Equatorial Guinea*; Fiji; Gambia; Grenada; Guinea Bissau; Guyana; Lao Malawi; Maldives; Montenegro*; Niger; Papua New Guinea; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Samoa*; Sao Tome and Principe*; Seychelles*; Sierra Leone; Solomon Islands; Suriname; Tajikistan*; Togo; Tonga*; Vanuatu*.

*Observers
  

Work with other organizations

The Geneva Week events benefit from regular contributions in the form of seminars organized by the Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation (AITIC) and occasionally from the Commonwealth Secretariat.