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| Press Release 10-11 OCTOBER 2005, WTO Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development This symposium was organized at the request of Members in the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) to hold an event within the framework of Paragraph 51 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration. The mandate in Paragraph 51 instructs the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) and the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) “to identify and debate developmental and environmental aspects of the negotiations, in order to help achieve the objective of having sustainable development appropriately reflected”. The main objective of this event was to provide an opportunity for Members to reflect further on the meaning of sustainable development in the context of further WTO, and to deepen their understanding of the developmental and environmental dimensions of selected items of the Doha Work Programme. The event drew on the contribution of representatives from various international organizations and other professionals with expertise on the specific issues addressed. The symposium was divided into three parts: Part I introduced the concept of sustainable development and its
relevance in the context of the Doha Work Programme, highlighting the
potential contribution of trade towards achieving the objective of
sustainable development. Part II focused on selected substantive issues of the Doha negotiations,
namely Agriculture, Fisheries Subsidies and Environmental Goods and
Services. Each topic was addressed in the form of a panel session.
Presentations were followed by a general discussion. Part III addressed other selected issues of the Doha Work Programme of particular interest to developing countries. General presentations were made on two subjects related to intellectual property rights, namely the relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement, and the role of intellectual property rights in facilitating Transfer of Technology. The final session was a roundtable with representatives from different international organizations on Capacity Building activities to promote sustainable development. The symposium was open to WTO Members and Observers and took place in the Centre William Rappard. It was held back to back with the meetings of the CTE in Regular and Special Sessions. contact us : World Trade Organization, rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland
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