Events

Proposed Order of Business


The following events were posted by various organisations on the ICTSD site. They can be cancelled without prior notice. Please contact the person concerned for the event. For more information, please visit the events link on the ICTSD site.


10-14 September, Cancun, Mexico: WTO FIFTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. See WTO website section on Cancun for details. The main task will be to take stock of progress in negotiations and other work under the Doha Development Agenda. Location: Quintana Roo.


13 September, Cancun, Mexico: MEAS AND THE WTO. IISD and the Royal Institute of International Affairs will be convening a workshop on the relationship between WTO rules and the MEAs, with a focus on the Doha negotiations
Time and location: 9:00 - 11:00 am, NGO Centre. For further information: tel: +1 (204) 958-7700; fax: +1 (204) 958-7710; 


13 September, Cancun, Mexico: THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: PRIORITIES FOR THE UN-SECRETARY GENERAL'S HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON CIVIL SOCIETY. The UN-Secretary General has established a high-level panel, chaired by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, to advise him on reforming and enhancing the UN's relations with civil society.


12 September, Cancun, Mexico: POST-DOHA MARGINALISATION OF LDC CONCERNS (Session 4.3 of Cancun Trade and Development Symposium). The Centre for Policy Dialogue is organising this session with a view to (inter alia): highlight the trade interests and concerns of the LDCs in the context of the evolving WTO regime; and to mobilise broad-based support in favour of the LDCs during the Cancun negotiations and to consolidate LDC solidarity around common issues of concerns. Time and location: 2:00-6:00pm, Hotel Gran Melia, Picasso Room, Boulevard Kukulcan, km. 16.5. 


11-12 September, Cancun, Mexico, CANCUN TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM. Hotel Gran Melia. 


11 September, Cancun, Mexico, MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR
On the anniversary of September 11, a coalition of NGOs from every continent invite the press to a Freedom to Trade Reception 
Venue: Palm Restaurant, President Intercontinental Hotel
When: 8pm, September 11
please contact: Margalit Edelman (medelman@policynetwork.net)


11 September, Cancun, Mexico - Roundtable on gender equality, trade policy and development 


11 September, Cancun, Mexico: THE SINGAPORE ISSUES - WHAT'S AT STAKE? WHAT WILL HAPPEN? Organised by the Third World Network. Time and location: 5.15-6.45 pm, NGO Centre in Hotel Sierra, Blvd. Kukulcan,Km 10 (Hotel Zone). 


10-12 September, Cancun, Mexico: INTERNATIONAL FAIR TRADE EXPO AND SYMPOSIUM: CELEBRATING AND EXPANDING THE ETHICAL AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DURING THE WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING. Convened by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and Comercio Justo Mexico. Location: Feria Mexicana, Blvd Kulkulkan Km. 6.5, Playa Tortugas Zona Hotelera.


11 September, Cancun, Mexico: STANDARDS AND MARKET ACCESS: NORTHERN CONSUMERS - SOUTHERN PRODUCERS: THE NEED FOR AN ALLIANCE (Session 1.3 of Cancun Trade and Development Symposium). Organised by CUTS-CITEE. Time and location: 9:30am-1:30pm, Hotel Gran Melia, Picasso Room, Boulevard Kukulcan, km. 16.5. 


11 September, Cancun, Mexico: PANEL DISCUSSION ON "TRIPS AND DEVELOPMENT: AGENDA BEFORE TRADE REGIME", organised by the Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS) New Delhi. This event is scheduled to take place from 16:00 to 18:00 in Room number 6, NGO Centre, Hotel Sierra. The main speakers include Dr Carlos Correa, Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Dr Nagesh Kumar, Director General, RIS, India, Dr P. Balakrishna, IUCN, Sri Lanka. For further information contact Dr Sachin Chaturvedi: sachin@ris.org.in. 


10 September, Cancun, Mexico: BOELL FORUM OPENING SESSION: WTO AND THE ENVIRONMENT. The Heinrich Boell Foundation is organising a four-day forum on the impact of the WTO Agreements. The opening session, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. will focus on "The WTO and MEAs: The Doha Round and Beyond." The second session, from 12:30 until 3:00 p.m., will focus on "The Nafta Environmental Protection Record: Lessons and Warnings for Bilateral Trade, the FTAA and the WTO." All sessions will take place at the Best Western Hotel, Plaza Caribe, Tulum 13, Cancun and will be open to the public. 


10 September, Cancun, Mexico: THE WTO AND BEYOND: CANCUN, MULTILATERALISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, organised by the WWF. The first session will give a historical perspective on the WTO and will address multilateralism, while the second session will deal with the bilateral and regional trade agreements, and sustainable 


9 September, Cancun, Mexico: DISCUSSION MEETING ON RIS REPORT ON 'WORLD TRADING SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT - 2003', organised by the Research and Information System for the Non Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. RIS has prepared a World Trade and Development Report 2003, highlighting the asymmetries in the evolving world trading system and presenting a development perspective on the Cancun Agenda. The Indian Minister for Trade Mr. Arun Jaitley would launch the report. The meeting will take place from 16:15 to 18:15 in Room 10 'A', NGO Centre, Hotel Sierra. 


8-9 September, Cancun, Mexico: INTERNATIONAL PEASANT FORUM: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND FREE TRADE. Via Campesina and UNORCA are organising an International Peasant Forum focusing on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture and its impact on food sovereignty. 


8 September, Cancun, Mexico: DAY-LONG EVENT ON THE COTTON ISSUE. The meeting will be organised by the German government, with the participation of Trade Ministers of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad, and European Representations. The meeting will take place from 3 pm to 5:30 pm, Hotel Sierra / NGO Center, Olmeca Room.


September 5-7 - 18TH GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FORUM - BIODIVERSITY, TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. This session of the GBF is jointly organised by ICTSD, IUCN, SEMARNAT, CEESP and others.


6 September, Cancun, Mexico: RIS PANEL DISCUSSION ON "INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY GOODS: ISSUES AND OPTIONS". The idea is to capture some salient features of the on-going debate on agro-environmental implications of biotechnology goods. Time and location: 12:40 - 13:40, Gran Melia Hotel.