MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES
Statements from the opening session
The statements below were delivered at the opening session of the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference on 30 November 2009. They are published “as received” by the Secretariat, in the original language. Official versions and translations will be made available in due course.
See also:
> Statements by members and observers at the plenary session
Other WTO Ministerials:
> Hong Kong
13–18 Dec 2005
> Cancún
10–14 Sept. 2003
>
Doha 9–14 Nov. 2001
>
Seattle 30 Nov.–3 Dec. 1999
> Geneva
18 & 20 May 1998
> Singapore
9–13 Dec. 1996
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Statement by H.E. Mr. Andrés Velasco
Chair of the Ministerial Conference
Minister of Finance of Chile
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Statement by Mr. Pascal Lamy
Director-General of the WTO
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Statement by H.E. Mr. Mario Matus
Chair of the General Council
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Statement by Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi,
Secretary-General of UNCTAD on behalf of Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Statement by Mr. Francis Gurry
Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Statement by Ms. Patricia Francis
Executive Director of the International Trade Center (ITC)
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