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Institutional Agenda

2004

*November-December 2004 : WTO agenda

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Archives 2002

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JANUARY 2002

*1 January 2002, EU : Start of the Spanish Presidency

*8-9 January 2002, New York : UNCTAD Workshop on Market Access: The Road from Doha to Monterrey – Preparatory meeting to the United Nations’ International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held on 18-22 March 2002, Monterrey (Mexico) - http://www.un.org/esa/ffd

*14-27 January 2002, New York : Fourth Session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations’ International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held on 18-22 March 2002, Monterrey (Mexico) - http://www.un.org/esa/ffd

*17 January 2002 : WTO – Committee on Market Access

*21-22 January 2002, Muscat (Oman) : “Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge: Our Identity, Our Future” - organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Government of the Sultanate of Oman - http://www.wipo.org/arab/en/meetings/2002/muscat_forum_ip

*22 January 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*22-23 January 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body (TMB)

*23-25 January 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) - Pakistan

*23-24 January 2002 : WTO - Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation

*25 January 2002 : WTO - Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

*28 January - 8 February 2002, New York : 2^nd Session of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations’ World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10), to be held on 26 August – 4 September 2002, in Johannesburg (South Africa) - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

*28-31 January 2002 : WTO - Trade Negotiations Committee

*28-29 January 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)

*28-29 January 2002, Midrand (South Africa) : UNEP FI Regional Outreach Event – Africa - organised by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives (UNEP FI) - http://www.unepfi.net/africa

*30 January 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Goods

*31 January - 4 February 2002 (New York): World Economic Forum (Davos) - http://www.weforum.org

FEBRUARY 2002

*1 February 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*1 February 2002, Geneva : FAO Roundtable on Special and Differential Treatment in the Context of the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture - http://www.fao.org/ES/ESC

*6 February 2002, WTO : Committee on Market Access

*6-8 February 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body – Malawi

*4-8 February 2002, Geneva : 6^th Session of UNCTAD Commission on trade in goods and services, and commodities

*7 February 2002 : WTO - Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture

*7 February 2002 : WTO - Working Party on the Accession of Algeria

*8-11 February 2002, New Delhi (India) : Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2002 - "Ensuring sustainable livelihoods: challenges for governments, corporates, and civil society at Rio+10" - http://www.teriin.org/dsds

*13 February 2002 : WTO – General Council

*14 February 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*14 February 2002 : WTO - Working Party on the Accession of Cambodia

*15 February 2002 : WTO - Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

*18 February 2002 : WTO - Committee on Customs Valuation

*18-20 February 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*19-20 February 2002: WTO – Committee on Regional Trade Agreements

*19-20 February 2002 : WTO - GATS Briefing Seminar on Services

*21 February 2002 : WTO - Committee on Government Procurement

*26 February 2002 : WTO – Committee on Customs Valuation

*28 February 2002 : WTO - Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

MARCH 2002

*5-7 March 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Proprety Rights (TRIPS)

*6 March 2002, WTO : Committee on Market Access

*8 March 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*11 March 2002 : WTO - Working Party on the Accession of Samoa

*11-12 March 2002 : EU - General Affairs Council - Possible submission of Commission ACP-EU Negotiating Mandate for discussion amongst EU Member States

*11-13 March 2002, Geneva : 28^th Executive Session of UNCTAD Trade and Development Board - http://www.unctad.org

*13 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Market Access

*13 March 2002 : WTO - Working Party on GATS Rules

*14 March 2002 : WTO - Working Party on Domestic Regulation

*14-15 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

*14-15 March 2002 : WTO - Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and

Competition Policy

*14-15 March 2002, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) : UNEP Finance Initiatives – Annual Global Roundtable Meeting on Finance and Sustainability – “Financing a Sustainable Future: Strategies, Partnerships, and Opportunities on the Way to Johannesburg 2002”- http://unepfi.net

*15 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Specific Commitments

*15-16 March 2002, Barcelona (Spain) : EU Heads of State Council Meeting

*18-19 March 2002, EU : Agriculture Council
*18-22 March 2002, Monterrey (Mexico) : United Nations’ International Conference on Financing for Development - http://www.un.org/esa/ffd

*18 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade in Financial Services

*18 March 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Services (GATS)

*18-20 March 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*18-21 March 2002, Cape Town (South Africa) : ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

*19-20 March 2002, Geneva : UNEP Workshop on Capacity Building on Environment, Trade and Development - http://www.unep.ch/etu

*19-20 March 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Services (GATS) - Special Session

*20-21 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

*20-22 March 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Mexico

*21-22 March 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Environment

*21-22 March 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Services (GATS) - Special Session

*25 March 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Goods

*25-28 March 2002 : WTO – Agriculture

*25 March – 5 April 2002, New York : 3rd Preparatory Session for the United Nations’ World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) to be held in Johannesburg (South Africa), 26 August – 4 September, 2002 - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

APRIL 2002

*9 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Import Licensing

*9-11 April 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : ACP Private Sector Forum

*15-16 April 2002 : EU General Affairs Council - Likely discussion on EU Negotiating Mandate (ACP)

*15-17 April 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*17 April 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*19 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Customs Valuation

*21-22 April 2002, Washington DC : WB & IMF - Spring meetings - Plenary Session of Development Committee

*22 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development - Seminar on E-Commerce

*22-23 April 2002, EU : Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference

*22-23 April 2002, EU : Agriculture Council

*22-26 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices

*23 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*23-24 April 2002, Samoa : Meeting of ACP Ministerial Trade Committee

*26 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Rules of Origin

*29 April 2002 : WTO - Committee on Safeguards

*29 April – 1er May 2002 : WTO – Public Symposium on the Doha Development Agenda - http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/symp_devagenda_02_e

*30 April – 3 May 2002 : WTO - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

*##April 2002 : ACP conduct final consultations on ACP-EU negotiating mandate (to be confirmed)

*## April 2002 : Meeting of the Economic and Social Committee ACP-EU Follow-Up Committee

MAY 2002

*2 May 2002, WTO : General Council

*3 May 2002 : WTO - Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

*13 May 2002 : EU General Affairs Council - Likely discussion on EU Negotiating Mandate (ACP)

*13-15 May 2002, Paris : OECD – International Public Forum 2002 "Taking Care of the Fundamentals: Security, Equity, Education and Growth” - http://www1.oecd.org/forum2002

*13-15 May 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*13-15 May 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body – Slovenia

*15-16 May 2002, Paris : OECD – Annual Council Meeting at Ministerial Level

*17-18 May 2002, Madrid (Spain) : EU-Latin America and Caribbean Heads of State Summit

*27 May 2002 : WTO - Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

*27-31 May 2002 : WTO - Services

*27 May – 7 June 2002, Jakarta (Indonesia) : 4^th Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations’ World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) to be held in Johannesburg (South Africa), 26 August – 4 September, 2002 - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

*28 May 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*28-29 May 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : ACP Trade & Finance Ministers' Meeting

*30 May 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : EU Development Ministers' Meeting

*30 May 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : ACP Ministerial Trade Committee & Joint ACP-EU Ministerial Trade Committee

*## May 2002 : Meeting of the Economic and Social Committee ACP-EU Follow-Up Committee

JUNE 2002

*3 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*3-7 June 2002 : WTO – Services

*4-20 June 2002, Geneva : 90^th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILO) – http://www.ilo.org

*5 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft

*5-7 June 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body – Haïti

*10-13 June 2002, Rome (Italy) : FAO – World Food Summit - http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit

*10-11 June 2002 : EU General Affairs Council - Likely discussion on EU Negotiating Mandate (ACP)

*10-12 June 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*12 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Market Access

*12-13 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Environment

*19-20 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

*19-21 June 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - India

*20-21 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

*21-22 June 2002, Sevilla (Spain) : European Heads of State Summit

*22-28 June 2002, Kananaskis (Canada) : G8-Summit - http://www.g7.utoronto.ca

*24 June 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*24-28 June 2002 : WTO - Agriculture

*25-27 June 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual

Property Rights (TRIPS)

*25-27 June 2002, Dominican Republic : ACP Council of Ministers

*27 June 2002, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : 27th Meeting of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups

*28 June 2002, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) : ACP-EU Joint Council of Ministers

*28 June 2002 : WTO - Committee on Rules of Origin

*## June 2002 : ACP & EC adopt respective negotiation mandate (to be confirmed)

*## June 2002 : ACP-EU Forum on Research for Sustainable Development

JULY 2002

*1 July 2002, EU : Start of the Danish Presidency

*1-2 July 2002 : WTO - Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy

*2 July 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Goods

*3 July 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*10-12 July 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Venezuela

*12 July 2002 : WTO - Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

*14-19 July 2002, Geneva: World Civil Society Forum - Geneva 2002 - http://www.worldcivilsociety.org - E-mail : forum@mandint.org -

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*17-19 July 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Barbados

*22 July 2002 : WTO - General Council

*22-23 July 2002 : EU General Affairs Council - Likely discussion on EU Negotiating Mandate (ACP) (to be confirmed)

*22-24 July 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*24 July 2002 : WTO - Services

*24-26 July 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - European Union

*26 July 2002 : WTO - Services

*29 July 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*## July 2002 : ACP-EU Forum on Research for Sustainable Development

AUGUST 2002

*26 August – 4 September 2002, Johannesburg (South Africa) : United Nations’ World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

SEPTEMBER 2002

*26 August – 4 September 2002, Johannesburg (South Africa) : United Nations’ World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) - http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

*1 September 2002 : EU General Affairs Council (informal) - Likely discussion on EU Negotiating Mandate (ACP) (to be confirmed)

*11-13 September 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Mauritania

*16-18 September 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*18-20 September 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual

Property Rights (TRIPS)

*20 September 2002 : WTO - Committee on Market Access

*23-27 September 2002 : WTO - Agriculture

*23-25 September 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Australia

*24 September 2002 : WTO - Committee on Import Licensing

*26 September 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*26-27 September 2002 : WTO - Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy

*27 September 2002 : Launch of ACP-EU Trade Negotiations

*30 September 2002 : EU General Affairs Council (informal) - Likely discussion on ACP-EU Negotiations (to be confirmed)

OCTOBER 2002

*1 October 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Goods

*1-2 October 2002, Washington, DC : World Bank & IMF - 2002 Annual Meeting

*2 October 2002 : WTO/EU - GATS - Initial assessment in 133-Services Committee of requests to EC and its Member States in the fields of professional and financial services in addition to horizontal issues of real estate and investment

*2-3 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Technical to Barriers Trade

*7-9 October 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Dominican Republic

*8 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Development

*9-10 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade and Environment

*11 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Rules of Origin

*14 October 2002 : WTO - Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in

Information Technology Products

*14-16 October 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*15 October 2002 : WTO – General Council

*16 October 2002 : WTO/EU - GATS - Initial assessment in 133-Services Committee of requests to EC and its Member States in the fields of computer, construction, distribution

and business services - Member States complete initial assessment of national level

restrictions targeted in incoming requests.

*21 October 2002 : WTO - Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries

*21 October 2002, Geneva : WTO/EU - GATS - CTS and bilateral meetings

*21-22 October 2002 : EU General Affairs Council (informal) - Likely discussion on ACP-EU Negotiations (to be confirmed)

*21-25 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices

*21-22 October 2002 : WTO - Services

*23-24 October 2002 : WTO - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

*23-25 October 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Zambia

*24-25 October 2002 : EU Heads of States Meeting (to be confirmed)

*27 October 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

*29 October 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*29-31 October 2002 : WTO - Services

NOVEMBER 2002

*1 November 2002, Geneva : WTO/EU - GATS - CTS and bilateral meetings

*4 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Safeguards

*5 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Customs Valuation

*5 November 2002 : WTO - Working Party on Subsidy Notifications

*6 November 2002 : WTO/EU - GATS - Initial assessment in 133-Services Committee of requests to EC and its Member States in the fields of telecommunication, postal and courier, environmental, transport and energy services in addition to horizontal issue of mode 4

*6-7 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

*6-8 November 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Japan

*8 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Special Meeting

*11-13 November 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*13 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft

*18-19 November 2002 : EU General Affairs Council (informal) - Likely discussion on ACP-EU Negotiations (to be confirmed)

*18-22 November 2002 : WTO – Agriculture

*20-21 November 2002 : WTO - Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy

*22 November 2002 : WTO - Committee on Rules of Origin

*25-27 November 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual

Property Rights (TRIPS)

*27 November 2002 : WTO/EU - GATS - Initial assessment in 133-Services Committee of requests to EC and its Member States in the fields of tourism, education, health, audio-visual, recreational and financial services in addition to horizontal issues of mode 4, public utilities and subsidies

*26-28 November 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

*29 November 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*## November 2002, Brussels (Belgium) : ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (to be confirmed)

*## November 2002 : ACP Council of Ministers

*## November 2002 : ACP Regional Meeting of National Authorising Officers

DECEMBER 2002

*2 December 2002 : WTO - Council for Trade in Goods

*2 December 2002, Geneva : WTO/EU - GATS - CTS and bilateral meetings

*6 December 2002 : WTO - Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products

*9-10 December 2002 : EU General Affairs Council (informal) - Likely discussion on ACP-EU Negotiations (to be confirmed)

*9-11 December 2002 : WTO - Textiles Monitoring Body

*10 December 2002 : WTO – General Council

*12-13 December 2002, Copenhagen (Danemark) : European Heads of State Summit (to be confirmed)

*13 December 2002, Geneva : WTO/EU - GATS - CTS and bilateral meetings

*16-18 December 2002 : WTO - Trade Policy Review Body - Hong Kong, China

*18 December 2002 : WTO/EU - GATS - Assessment in 133-Services Committee of state of the play

*19 December 2002 : WTO - Dispute Settlement Body

*## December 2002 : ACP Regional Meeting of National Authorising Officers

2003 - 2003 - 2003 - 2003 - 2003 - 2003 - 2003

*Mid-January 2003 : WTO/EU - GATS – European Commission presents 1^st draft initial offer.

*Mid-February 2003 : WTO/EU - GATS – EU Member States comment on 1^st draft.

*Mid-March 2003 : WTO/EU - GATS - European Commission presents 2^nd draft initial offer.

*End-March 2003 : WTO/EU - GATS – EU Member States endorse initial offer.

*31 March 2003, Geneva : WTO/EU - GATS - Submission of initial offer

*10-14 September 2003, Cancun (Mexico) : WTO - 5th Ministerial Conference

*23-24 September 2003, Dubai : WB & IMF - 2003 Annual Meeting

Main references:

-International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - http://www.iisd.ca - and its periodical “Linkages” - http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal

-International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) - http://www.ictsd.org

-Association internationale des Techniciens, Experts et Chercheurs (AITEC) - http://www.globenet.org/aitec

-World Trade Organization (WTO) - http://www.wto.org

-Centre national de la Coopération au Développement (CNCD) (Belgium)