The Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference

The Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Doha, Qatar from 9 to 14 November 2001.

> NGO participation

Other WTO Ministerials:
> Cancún 10-14 Sep. 2003
>Seattle 30 Nov–3 Dec 1999
> Geneva 18 & 
20 May 1998
> Singapore 9–13 Dec. 1996
 

WTO Ministerial Conferences
Officially, this meeting was the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference. The Ministerial Conference is the organization’s highest-level decision-making body. It meets “at least once every two years”, as required by the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization — the WTO’s founding charter.

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Ministerial declarations and decisions

  See also:
Doha Development Agenda
> Negotiations, implementation and development
> The Trade Negotiations Committee
  

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Meeting summaries  

  

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News  

  • News items concerning the 4th Ministerial Conference

 

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Background material  

  

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Statements  

  

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Inaugural session, Friday 9 November

  

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Other official ministerial documents  

 

The preparations  back to top
Preparations for the Fourth Ministerial Conference.  

 

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The mandate

The Ministerial Conference is the topmost body of the WTO under the governance structure set up by the “Agreement establishing the WTO”.