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Statement from Members of International Civil Society Opposing a Millenium Round or a New Round of Comprehensive Trade Negotiations (May 25, 1999)

The situation at WTO a year since Seattle (Martin KHOR)

Third World Ambassadors on Withstanding Pressures for a New Round (Martin KHOR)  

NGOs Urge Governments to Call Off "New Round" Proposal - Director-General of WTO should also stop his New Round campaign - Joint NGO Statement (Geneva, March 19, 2001)

The "Collectif des ONG au Liban" recommend adopting a plan of action on WTO and its agreements

Statement on the Multilateral Trading System, presented at the Group of 15 meeting of Trade and Economic Ministers, Jakarta 27 May 2001 (Martin Khor)

African NGO's about the WTO, the Cotonou Agreement and the US-AGOA (Africa Growth and Opportunity Act) (May 28, 2001)

Geneva Declaration - Our world is not for sale - WTO: Shrink or Sink (June 6, 2001)

Call for the European Union to withdraw its proposal for a new and comprehensive round of trade negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (June 14, 2001)

THE LEAST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (LDCs) DECLARE THAT THERE ARE NOT READY TO GET INTO A NEW WTO ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (Yash Tandon, 2001, 24 July)

LDCs Response to WTO Draft Declaration (Martin KHOR, 2001, 5 October)

Statement by Ambassador Ali Mchumo of Tanzania on behalf of LDCs on WTO "Draft Ministerial Declaration" at the informal meeting of the General Council (2001, 2 October)

Draft Declaration by WTO Chairman: Clean text for WTO ministerial; dirty slap in face of Africans (Tetteh HORMEKU)

Declaration of the Group of 77 and China on the Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference at Doha, Qatar (22 October 2001)

The Desastrous Latest Draft of WTO Ministerial Declaration (30 October 2001)

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE UNTRANSPARENT AND MANIPULATIVE PROCESS LEADING TO THE DRAFT WTO DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION (Penang, Malaysia, 31 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2001)

NO TO A NEW ROUND IN DOHA - World Forum on the WTO, Draft Final Declaration and Recommendations (Beirut, 8 November 2001)

APPEAL TO EU member states and the European Commission FROM MORE THAN 100 EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS (28 October 2003) - After Cancun: Drop the demand to start WTO negotiations on the Singapore Issues once and for all from the EU trade agenda!

At the WTO, Fischler and Lamy betrayed the European farmers and those from the southern countries, to the only advantage of the transnationals (European Farmers Coordination, 3 August 2004)

Preliminary Comments on the WTO’s Geneva July Decision (By Martin Khor, Third World Network, 3 August 2004)

WTO Framework - A Promise Belied (By Devinder Sharma, August 2004)

New Deal Exposes Flaws Of Trade (Offs) System (World Development Movement, 1 August 2004)

G 20 Leaders Succumb to Divide-and-Rule Tactics: The Story behind Washington's Triumph in Geneva (By Walden Bello and Aileen Kwa, September 2004)