FAO Inputs to Negotiations

• Hong Kong Ministerial Conference (13-18 December 2005)
• FAO Ministerial Round Table on Developments in the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture (Rome, 2 December 2003)
  - Background document
  - Conclusions
• Cancun Ministerial Conference (10-14 September 2003)
• Doha Ministerial Conference (9-14 November 2001)
• Trade Capacity Building Programme
• Regional Workshops
• FAO Geneva Round Tables, Symposia and Workshops

HONG KONG MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - FAO INPUTS

• Major constraints to trade in processed agricultural products confronting developing countries
• Identification of special products: possible selection criteria
• Forestry trade issues in the WTO
• Fisheries trade issues in the WTO
• Trade related intellectual property rights: Plant varieties and biodiversity, traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing
• Trade related intellectual property rights: geographical indications
• Important commodities in agricultural trade: bananas
• Non-tariff measures in agricultural trade
• Global trade in agriculture, fisheries and forestry
• Food import bills of least developed countries (LDCs) and net food importing developing countries (NFIDCs)
• Non traditional exports
• WTO 6th Ministerial Conference Hong Kong, December 15, 2005
  Statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  Delivered by Hartwig de Haen, Assistant Director-General

CANCUN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - FAO INPUTS

FAO attends WTO Ministerial Conferences in the capacity of an observer inter-governmental organization. During the 5^th Ministerial Conference at Cancun (10-14 September 2003), FAO will hold a Symposium on Agriculture, Trade Reforms And World Food Security, conduct briefings on FAO activities in support of Member Countries in the negotiations, deliver a Statement to the Plenary and distribute a variety of documentation and material related to the negotiations in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

• FAO Symposium at Cancun Ministerial
• Fact sheets
• Press releases
• FAO statement (plenary, afternoon 11/9/03) - [PDF]
• Briefing material

DOHA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - FAO INPUTS

FAO attends WTO Ministerial Conferences in the capacity of an observer inter-governmental organization. During the 4^th Ministerial Conference at Doha (9-14 November 2001), FAO conducted a briefing on FAO activities in support of Member Countries in the negotiations, delivered a Statement to the Plenary and distributed a variety of documentation and material related to the negotiations in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

• FAO statement to the Plenary
• Fact sheets
• Joint Statement by FAO, OIE, WHO, WTO and World Bank

Trade Capacity Building Programme

Umbrella II Training Programme

Regional Workshops

2007

• 10th Roundtable Meeting for Pacific Islands Countries on WTO and Regional Trade Agreements and Provisions, 17th - 21st September 2007. Wellington, New Zealand.
• FAO Sub-Regional Consultation on Agricultural Trade Policy in the Context of Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiation, 17-19 September 2007. Nairobi, Kenya.
• FAO Sub-Regional Consultation on Agricultural Trade Policy in the Context of Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiation, 10-12 September 2007. Accra, Ghana.
• FAO Sub-Regional Consultation on Agricultural Trade Policy in the Context of Multilateral and Regional Trade Negotiation, 11-13 July 2007. Bangkok, Thailand.

2006

• FAO/UNDP Regional Workshop on Agricultural Trade, Trade Policy and Development, 13-15 September 2006, UNDP Regional Service Centre for East and Southern Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa.
• 9th FAO Roundtable Meeting For Pacific Island Countries On WTO And Regional Trade Agreements Provisions, Portland Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand, 3-7 July 2006.
• Regional Workshop On Agricultural Trade And Development In The Context Of Multilateral And Regional Trade Agreements, 14 - 16 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
• Regional Workshop on Trade, Trade Policy and Development June 13 to 15, 2006. Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

2005

• Regional Workshop on: Recent Development in the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and in Regional Trade Agreements and their Implications for Trade, Agriculture and Food Security in the Near East Countries. 15 - 17 November 2005. Cairo, Egypt
• FAO / PMU Clarification Workshop - Caribbean, April 4 to 8th 2005, Bridgetown, Barbados.
• Regional Clarification Workshop on Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Latin America, 30-31 March 2005, Santiago Chile.
• Regional Clarification Workshop on Multilateral Trade Negotiations for Pacific Countries. 1 - 3 March 2005, Apia, Samoa.
• FAO clarification workshop, Central and West African Countries. February 14-17 2005, Accra, Ghana.
• Regional Workshop on Multilateral Trade Negotiations in Agriculture, 17-20 January 2005, Bangkok, Thailand.

2004

• FAO clarification workshop, COMESA/SADCC. 13-16 December 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• FAO regional workshop on recent development in the WTO negotiations on agriculture and the implications of the changes in the national, regional and international economic environment for agricultural marketing in the Near East, 28 November - 2 December 2004, Damascus, Syria.

GENEVA ROUND TABLES, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS

2005

FAO Roundtable on Domestic Support and Export Competition, 5 July 2005, Geneva

10th Geneva Roundtable on Trade-related Issues, World Meteorological Organization. Geneva, Swizterland, Tuesday, 31 May 2005

2003

Joint UNECE/FAO Roundtable on Trade, Environment and Forests – Working Together for Sustainable Development (Palais des Nations, Geneva, 9 July 2003)

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Import Procurement of Basic Foodstuffs and Financing Mechanisms in the Context of the WTO Marrakesh Decision on LDCs and NFIDCs (2 May 2003)

2002

FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Briefing of the WTO Council for TRIPS (Geneva, 26 November 2002)

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Commodity-specific trade issues and the implications of possible modalities for commitments in the context of the WTO negotiations on agriculture (8 November 2002)

FAO Geneva Symposium on The experience with implementing the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (2 October 2002)

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Special and Differential Treatment in the Context of the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture (1 February 2002)

2001

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Selected Issues relevant to the 3-5 December 2001 Special Session of the WTO Committee on Agriculture (30 November 2001)

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Food Security in the Context of the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture (20 July 2001)

FAO Geneva Roundtable on Selected Agricultural Trade Policy Issues (21 March 2001)

2000

Codex Alimentarius and the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), Briefing of WTO delegates (Palais des Nations, Geneva, October 2000)

1999

FAO Geneva Symposium on Agriculture, Trade and Food Security (23-24 September 1999)

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