High Level Symposium on Trade and Environment
Monday, 15 March 1999

 

Programme and archives

 

9:30  INTRODUCTION AND OPENING SESSION
Chair: Mr. Renato Ruggiero, Director-General, World Trade Organization


Opening Statement by Mr. Ruggiero

Address by Sir Leon Brittan,
Vice President of the European Commission

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Mr. Klaus Topfer,
Executive Director, UNEP
Mr. Ian Johnson,

Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, The World Bank
Ms. Maritta Koch-Weser,

Director-General, The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

11:00 DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS

14:00 PANEL 1: LINKAGES BETWEEN TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT POLICIES


Moderator: Michael Zammit Cutajar

Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

MAIN SPEAKERS


Mr. Luis de la Calle,

Under-Secretary of International Trade Negotiations, Secretariat of Trade and Industrial Promotion (SECOFI), Mexico
Mr. Durwood Zaelke,

Director, Center for International Environmental Law, USA

14:30 DISCUSSANTS


Mr. John Mugabe,

Director, African Centre for Technology Studies Kenya
Ms. Sylvia Ostry,

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
Mr. Hanns R. Glatz ,

Member, Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy, International Chamber of Commerce
Mr. John Cuddy,

Officer in charge of Trade Division and Coordinator for Sustainable Development (UNCTAD)

15:15 DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS (1)

           DISCUSSION WITH PARTICIPANTS (2)

17:30 CLOSE