The
General Council, on 8 February 2001, agreed that the
Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, will be
held on 9-13 November 2001. The offer of the Government
of Qatar to hold the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference
was accepted by the General Council on 30 January 2001,
when it also authorized its Chairman, in cooperation with
the Director-General, to start consultations on both
organizational and substantive matters related to the
preparations of the Conference and to report back to the
General Council.