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> Pledging Conference to provide sound financial basis for Doha Agenda
| Chairman: Mike Moore, Director-General, WTO |
| Opening statement by the Chairman |
| “Importance
of technical cooperation and capacity building for the Fifth
Ministerial Conference” Message from Dr. Luís Ernesto Derbez, Secretary of the Economy, Mexico, Host Minister of the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference. |
| “OECD's
contributions in support of short and long term trade-related
technical assistance and capacity building” Mr. Donald Johnston, Secretary-General, OECD |
| “Appropriate
policy framework for utilising trade-related technical
assistance” Dr. Louis Kasekende, Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda |
| “Developing
countries' short and long term priority needs for trade-related
technical assistance and capacity building” H.E. Ms Amima Chawahir Mohamed, Ambasssador, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the WTO |
| “Coherence
and coordination for technical assistance and capacity building:
post-Doha” H.E. Mr. Carlo Trojan, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the European Commission to the WTO |
| “Predictable
funding and priority-setting in technical cooperation and
capacity building” H.E. Mr. Käre Bryn, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Norway to the WTO |
| “Short
and long term trade-related technical assistance needs in the
multilateral trading system” Amb. Takahashi, Special Assistant to the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan |
| “Architecture
for long-term trade-related technical assistance and capacity
building: coherence between multilateral institutions and
bilateral donors” H.E. Ms Linnet F. Deily, Ambassador, U.S. Deputy Trade Representative, Permanent Representative to the WTO |
| “Managing
Expectations in meeting the Trade-related Technical
Assistance/Capacity Building challenge” H.E. Mr. Sergio Marchi, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Canada. |
| “Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund”: power point presentation |
| Deputy Director-General Andrew Stoler, WTO |
| “WTO strategic response to the Doha Development Agenda & Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building Mandates”: powerpoint presentation Mr. Chiedu Osakwe, Director, Technical Cooperation Division (on behalf of Deputy Director-General Paul-Henri Ravier, WTO) |
| Statements and pledges by bilateral donors: developed and developing Members(1). |
| Monday 11 March 2002 |
| Implementation of the Doha Development Agenda: Multilateral Agencies Contributions/Pledges |
| “Role
of regional development banks in implementing the Doha
Development Agenda: the model of the IADB” Mr. Zuga Vodusek, Senior Economist, European Office, Paris |
| Inter-American Development Bank |
| Mr.
J. Denis Bélisle Executive Director/Assistant Secretary-General, ITC |
| Mr.
C. Fortin Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD |
| Mr.
Alfredo Sfeir-Younis Director, World Bank Office in Geneva |
| Mr.
Alexei Kireyev Senior Economist, IMF Office in Geneva |
| Ms Karen Lee, Counsellor, WIPO |
| Mr.
Alberto DiLiscia Assistant Director-General, Director of UNIDO Office at Geneva, UNIDO |
| Mr. Charles Arden-Clarke, Senior Programme Officer, Economics and Trade Unit, UNEP |
| Dr.
Jamel Eddine Zarrouk Division Chief, International and Regional Organisation, Economics and Technical Department, Arab Monetary Fund |
| Mr.
J.P. Verbiest, Asian Development Bank |
| Mr.
Mikuriya Deputy Secretary-General, World Customs Organizsation |
| Dr.
Ahmed Abdul Wasie Operation Officer, Cooperation Office Islamic Development Bank |
|
Statements by other WTO Members |
Note:
1.
DAC and non-DAC Members. Pledges may also be included in the initial
general statements
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Documentation:
The
WTO circulated the following
documents at the Conference:
> New Strategy for Technical Cooperation for Capacity Building, Growth and Integration, endorsed by Ministers in paragraph 38 of the Doha Declaration;
> Doha Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1);
> Coordinated WTO Secretariat Technical Assistance Plan 2002 (WT/COMTD/W/95);
> Joint communiqué from the IF Heads of Agency meeting, Washington D.C., 26 February 2002 (WT/IFSC/1); and
> Inter-American Development Bank/WTO Memorandum of Understanding.