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When Ministers adopted the Marrakesh Agreement they also decided to include a specific reference to NGOs in Article V:2. On 18 July 1996 the General Council further clarified the framework for relations with NGOs by adopting a set of guidelines (WT/L/162) which “recognizes the role NGOs can play to increase the awareness of the public in respect of WTO activities”.

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Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
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NGO participation
NGOs eligible to attend the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference

List of NGOs which attended
Hong Kong 2005
Cancún 2003
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Seattle 1999
Geneva 1998
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> NGO position papers received by the WTO Secretariat

  

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24-25 September 2008 WTO Public Forum 2008: “Trading into the Future”

4-5 October 2007 WTO Public Forum 2007: “How Can the WTO Help Harness Globalization?”

27 March 2007: WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, briefed NGOs on the State of Play of the Doha Round Negotiations

25 to 26 September 2006 WTO Public Forum: “What WTO for the XXIst century? ”

20 to 22 April 2005 WTO annual Public Symposium: “WTO After 10 Years — Global Problems and Multilateral Solutions”

25 to 27 May 2004 WTO public symposium: “Multilateralism at a crossroads”, 

16 to 18 June 2003 WTO public symposium: ‘Challenges Ahead on the Road to Cancún’

29 April to 1 May 2002 Symposium: the Doha Development Agenda and beyond

Symposium (6 and 7 July 2001) on issues confronting the world trading system

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