1 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

"MULTILATERALISM AT A CROSSROADS "

25 to 27 May 2004

WTO Public Symposium Centre William Rappard 154, rue de Lausanne 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

PROGRAMME

1 TUESDAY 25 MAY 2004

Room CR (Council Room)

Badge Collection

Lobby Council Room 07.30 – 09.30 Centre William Rappard PLENARY OPENING SESSION

Chairperson:  Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi – WTO Director-General

Speakers: 09.30 - 12.30  Pascal Lamy – EU Trade Commissioner  The Hon. Clement J. Rohee M.P. – Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation, Guyana  Niall FitzGerald – Chairman and CEO, Unilever  Victoria Tauli-Corpuz – Executive Director, Tebtebba Foundation and member of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization  Eveline Herfkens – UN Secretary-General's Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals

12.30 - 15.00 BREAK

2 Room CR Room W Room D Room F

14.00 – 17.00 14.00 -18.00

(2) "A Fair Globalization" (4) "What is Africa's role in the Multilateral Trading System?"

(1) "Trade in Agriculture" (3) "Capacity Building – 4 5 Organizers: Global Unions Innovative Ideas for Humane Organizer: ICTSD , AITIC and Sustainable 14.00 – 15.45 Development" Opening: Beatrice Chaytor – ICTSD Governing Board Member "POLICY COHERENCE – The Organizers: WTO Organizers: HSUS8 report of the World Roundtable I "Africa and the Commission on the Social Moderator: Larry Elliot – Moderator: Mary Estelle Trading System: Between Dimension of Globalisation" Guardian, Economic Editor Ryckman – Assistant USTR for Multilateralism, Bilateralism and Trade Capacity Building Regionalism" Moderator: Giampiero Alhadeff Speakers: - Solidar * H.E. Miguel Santiago Campos Speakers: Speakers: – Secretary for Agriculture, * H.E. Francisco Lima – * Sisule Musungu – South Centre, Speakers: Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Ambassador of El Salvador to Geneva * Guy Ryder – General 6 Argentina the WTO * Peter Naray - ITC Secretary, ICFTU1 * Mary Minch - Director, DG * Adolfo A. Franco – Assistant * Géo Govinden – Permanent Mission * Eduardo Varela – Mission of Agriculture, EC Administrator, USAID of Mauritius, Brussels, Belgium Argentina, Geneva * Jack Wilkinson – President, * Patricia A. Forkan - * Bettina Doeser – DG Trade, International Federation of Executive Vice President, HSUS European Commission Agricultural Producers * H.E. Ronald Saborio, * Marita Hutjes – NOVIB, * Joachim von Braun – Ambassador of Costa Rica to Netherlands Director-General, International the WTO Roundtable II "Africa in the Trading System: Facilitating Food Policy Research Institute, 15.45 – 17.00 US Strategic Integration" * Ignasi Carreras – Executive "POLICY COHERENCE Director, Intermon OXFAM Speakers: INITIATIVES: Growth, Trade * Samuel Gayi – UNCTAD and Employment" * Iba Mar Oularé – Permanent Mission of Senegal, Geneva Moderator: Mike Waghorne –

1 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 3 Public Services International * Hezron Omare Nyangito – KIPPRA7, Kenya Speakers: * Falou Samb - AITIC * John Evans – TUAC2 , OECD * Neil Kearney - ITGLWF3 Roundtable III "Building Trade 15.00 - 18.00 Policy Capacity in Africa"

Speakers: * Mena Hassan – WTO * Nicolas Imboden – IDEAS Centre * Chandrakant Patel - SEATINI

18.00 - 20.00 RECEPTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOBBY OF THE COUNCIL ROOM

WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2004

2 Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD 8 Humane Society of the US 7 Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis 6 International Trade Centre 5 Agency for International Trade, Information and Cooperation 4 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development 3 International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation 4 Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room A

5 10.00 - 13.00 (5) "WTO (6) "Regional Trade (7) "South – South Co- (8) "Environmental (9) "Does the WTO (10) "Environmental Agricultural Agreements: operation" Requirements and still enjoy priority?" Goods and Services: Negotiations: Challenges and Market Access: An Towards a Addressing farmers' Opportunities" update on policy Meaningful Outcome needs" and practice – for Sustainable inside and outside Development" the WTO"

Organizers: Organizers: WTO Organizers: CUTS – Organizers: UNCTAD, Organizers: UNICE13, Organizers: ICTSD International CITEE9 STIC10, IISD11 BDI14 Farmers' Coalition Moderator: Guy de Moderator: Amb. for Fair and Jonquières - World Moderator: Dr. Razeen Moderator: David Moderator: Peter Anthony Hill – Equitable Trade Editor, Sally – London School of Runnalls – President, Naray – International Convenor of the Agricultural Trade Financial Times Economics IISD Trade Center Reflexion Group, Rules at the WTO former Amb. of Speakers: Speakers: "Overview of the Speakers: Jamaica to the WTO Moderator: Jacques * H.E. Alejandro Jara * H.E. Luiz Felipe de State of Play" * Reinhard Quick – Bourgeois – Swiss – Ambassador of Chile Seixas Correa – * Tom Rotherham – UNICE "Environmental Farmers Union to the WTO Ambassador of Brazil to IISD * Rodolphe Munoz – Good and Services" * Dr. James Mathis – the WTO *Nigel Garbutt - University of Liege Speakers: University of * H.E. Toufiq Ali – EurepGAP * T.S. Vishwanath – * Sudhakar Dalela - * Heidi Bravo – Swiss Amsterdam Ambassador of *Pierre Hauselmann – Confederation of Permanent Mission of Farmers Union * Carlos Primo Braga – Bangladesh to the WTO ISEAL Alliance Indian Industry India to the WTO * Désiré Proqué – Senior Adviser, * Lakshmi Puri - UNCTAD * Herbert Oberhänsli * Marta-Pia ROPPA International Trade * Werner Corrales – "Gaps in the Policy – Nestlé SA Hernandez – * Robert Friessen – Department, The Senior fellow, ICTSD Framework" Permanent Mission of Canadian Federation World Bank * Nagesh Kumar – * Ulrich Hoffmann – Nicaragua to the WTO of Agriculture Director General, UNCTAD * Ronald Steenblik – * Hyungsung Hwang – Research and * Steven Porter – CIEL OECD National Agricultural Information System for *Paulo Ferracioli – *Tom Crompton – Cooperative Non-Aligned and Other Head, INMETRO12 WWF, UK Federation of Korea Developing Countries, * Shashi Sareen – * Ricardo Serra Arias - New Delhi Director, Indian "Some Tools for a

9 CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment 10 Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre 11 International Institute for Sustainable Development 12 Brazilian National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality 13 Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe 14 Federation of German Industries 6 COPA-COGECA, EU Export Council meaningful * Raul Montemayor – * Claus Sorensen – DG Sustainable Federated Free Environment, Development Farmers' Coop, the European Commission Outcome" Phillipines * Ichiya-Takuo – Ja Summary * Kevin Gallagher – Zenchu, Japan * Ritu Kumar – Exec. Tufts University * Kari Redse Haskjold Director, STIC *Vicente Paolo Yu – – Norwegian Farmers South Centre Union *Sitanon Jesdapipat – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

13.00 – 15.00 BREAK

Room CR I Room CR II Room W Room D Room E Room A

7 15.00 - 18.00 (11) "Development (12) "Developing (13) "Agricultural (14) "Trade and (15) "CSR and the (16) "Multilateral Perspectives of the countries in a negotiations: Formula Biodiversity – The WTO: Towards a Competition WTO's post-Cancun changing trading for Market Access, Need to Find Fairer Globalization Framework: Where Agenda" system – issues and Special Products and a Common Ground" or 'Misguided and how?" challenges" Special Safeguard Virtue'?" Mechanism"

Organizers: TWN15 Organizers: WTO Organizers: CIDSE16, Organizers: IUCN17, Organizers: Geneva Organizers: CUTS – Oxfam International CESP-GEETI18, CIEL19, Social Observatory CCIER21 Speakers: Moderator: H.E. RIIA20, ICTSD, UNEP, * H.E. K.M. Ransford Smith - Moderator: Celine Precautionary Moderator: Katherine Moderator: Pradeep Chandrasekhar - Ambassador of Charveriat – Oxfam Principle Project Hagen – Director, Mehta - Secretary- Ambassador of India Jamaica International, Geneva Geneva Social General, CUTS to the WTO Introduction: Achim Observatory * H.E. Luis Felipe Speakers: Speakers: Steiner – Director Speakers: Seixas Correa - * Dr. Nagesh Kumar – * H.E. Felipe de Seixas General, IUCN Speakers: * Philippe Brusick- Ambassador of Brazil Director-General, de Correa – Ambassador * Auret van Heerden – Competition and to WTO) Research and of Brazil to the WTO Moderator: Simon Executive Director, Consumer Policies * Martin Khor - Third Information Systems, * Representative of Upton – Chair OECD Fair Labor Association Branch, UNCTAD World Network India Indonesia Roundtable on * Bruce Moats - VP * Frederic Jenny – Chakravarthi * Dr. Razeen Sally – * Devinder Sharma – Sustainable Public Affairs, Levi- Conseil de la Raghavan - Chief Head, International Forum on Biotechnology Development Strauss & Co + Kenan Concurrence, France Editor, SUNS Trade Policy Unit - and Food Security, India Institute Study Group * Robert Anderson - * Nelson Ndirangu - London School of * Luisa Bernal – South "Agricultural on CSR WTO Secretariat Kenya Mission Economics Centre Biodiversity" * Hugh Pullen – DG * Phil Evans – * Goh Chien Yen * Dr. Matthew Trade, European Consumer -TWN Slaughter – Ass. * Alejandro Nadal – Commission Association, UK * Tim Rice - Professor, Tuck Professor, El Colegio *Dwight Justice – * Taimoon Stewart – ActionAid, UK School of Business, de México ICFTU University of West * Meenakshi Raman - Dartmouth University * Heidi Bravo – Swiss * Tricia Feeney – Indies, Trinidad & TWN Farmers Union Director, Rights and Tobago Accountability in * Patrick Krauskopf –

15 Third World Network 16 Coopération International pour le Développement et la Solidarité 17 World Conservation Union 18 IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy - Working Group on Environment, Trade and Investment 19 Center for International Environmental Law 20 Royal Institute of International Affairs 21 CUTS Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation 8 "Invasive Alien Development Competition Species" Commission, Switzerland * Richard Tarasofsky – * Josef Drexl – RIIA Professor, University * Paul Martin – of Munich Permanent Mission of Canada

"Access and Benefit Sharing"

* Leonardo Cleaver de Athayde – Permanent Mission of Brazil * Tom Jacobs – Head, ICC Taskforce on Access and Benefit Sharing

9 THURSDAY 27 MAY 2004

9.30 -11.00

10 (17) "The future of (18) "Trade, (20) "How to (21) "Localisation (22) "Agricultural (23) "The IMF's role multilateralism" Tourism and improve the within Subsidies: What are in supporting the progressive poverty functioning of the Globalisation: we actually talking Doha Development alleviation" WTO in the short Better Protecting about?" Agenda" and in the longer Geographical term?" Indications to favour Sustainable Development" Organizers: WTO Organizers: European Organizers: IATP23, Organizers: Organizers: World Commission, BDI Organizers: ORIGIN22 ROPPA24, IMF27 Moderator: Herbert Tourism Coordination SUD, Oberhänsli, Nestlé SA Organization Moderator: Erfried "GIs contribution to CSA25, IUF26 Moderator: Stuart Adam – Friedrich- Sustainable Robinson- anc. Speakers: Moderator: Geoffrey Ebert Stiftung Development" Moderator: Alexandra Professeur, HEI * Johan Norberg – Lipman, Special Strickner, IATP Genève author of "In Defence Adviser to SG of Speakers: Intro: * E. Barham – Geneva of Global Capitalism" World Tourism * Dr. Guido Glania – Assistant Professor, Speakers: * Philippe Legrain – Organization BDI Unversity of Missouri Speakers: * H.E. Toufiq Ali – author of "Open * Céline Charveriat – * Zoubida Charrouf – * Daniel Ugarte de la Ambassador of World: the Truth Speakers: Oxfam International Argan Oil Producers, Torre – University of Bangladesh about Globalization" * Francesco Frangialli (tbc) Morocco Tenessee, US * Hans-Peter Lankes – and former adviser of –Secretary General, * Kobsak Chutikul – * Jean-Jacques Bret – * Jacques Berthelot – Division Chief, Policy WTO DG Mike Moore World Tourism National Parliament Director, Comité Agronomist, France and Development * Brian Hocking - Organization of Thailand Interprofessionnel du * Ndiougou Fall – Review Department, Professor of * Anil Kumarsingh * Dr. Richard Senti – Comté (FR) President, ROPPA, IMF

22 Organisation for an International Geographical Indications Network 23 Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy 24 West African Farmers Organization 25 Collectif Strategie Alimentaire 26 International Union of Food workers 27 International Monetary Fund 11 10.00 - 13.00 International Gayan – Minister of Professor, Institut für * Agnes Nyaga – VP Senegal Relations, Coventry Tourism and Leisure, Wirtschaftsforschung Origin for Africa & * Benedicte Hermelin University, UK Mauritius ETH Zürich Kenyan Tea Board – Research and * Ralf Corsten – * Representative of Technological President, Berlin the European "The case for better Exchange Group, Messe Gmbh Commission GI protection in the France * H.E. Alejandro Jara DDA framework" * R. Dennis Olson – – Ambassador of Chile IATP, US to the WTO Intro: Brigadier Anil Adlakha – VP ORIGIN & All Indian Rice

12 Exporters Association 11.00 – 13.00 (introduction) * Dawnine Dyer – Napa (19) "Freer Trade: Valley Vintners, US What does it mean Association for developing * Stefano Fanti – countries?" Parma Ham Consortium, Italy Organizers: OECD28 * Feng Li Ming – Moderator: Camus Cognac, China Guy de Jonquières – Trade Editor, Financial Times

Speakers: * H.E. Adrian Macey – Ambassador of New Zealand to the OECD * Kenneth Heydon – Deputy Director, OECD Trade Directorate * Howard Chase – European Roundtable of Industrialists * H.E. Alejandro Jara – Ambassador of Chile to the WTO

28 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 13 13.00 – 15.00 BREAK

15.00 - 18.00 (24) "Challenging (25) "The impact of (26) "The GMO dispute (27) "Trade, (28) "Environment (29) "How to apply the Market Access women in small, – rules, risks and Technology and and Governance – Green Box payments Agenda, Ineffective medium and micro reality" Development" what role for the for higher animal S&D and the Flawed enterprises on WTO?" welfare standards Accession Process" increasing trade in a non-trade under the WTO distortive manner: Agreements" Some international case studies"

Organizers: Focus on Organizers: CBC29, Organizers: Organizers: European Organizers: WSPA33, the Global South GWIT30 Organizers: FOE International Policy Commission RSPCA34, Eurogroup International32 Network (IPN) for Animal Welfare Moderator: Rashid Moderator: H.E. Speakers: Kaukab- South Centre Mary Whelan - Speakers: Moderator: Julian *Rupert Schlegelmilch Speakers: Ambassador of * Liana Stupples – Policy Morris – IPN – DG Trade, European * David Wilkins – Speakers: Ireland and Campaigns Director, Commission WSPA * H.E. Nathan Irumba FOE Int. and Bite Back Speakers: * Tom Crompton – * David Bowles – – Ambassador of Speakers: Campaign * Johan Norberg – WWF UK RSPCA Uganda * Carlos Braga – *Vandana Shiva – author of "In Defence * Vice Yu – South * Christina Kaul – * Aileen Kwa – Focus World Bank Director, Research of Global Capitalism" Centre Eurogroup on the Global South * Barbara Mowat – Foundation for Science * Margaret Karembu – * Charles Arden- * Nico Bondt –

29 Commonwealth Business Council 30 Geneva Women in International Trade 32 Friends of the Earth International 33 World Society for the Protection of Animals 34 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 14 * Jacques-Chai Impact and Technology, India University of Nairobi Clarke - UNEP University of Chomthongdi – Focus Communications Ltd. * Alice Palmer – * Andrew Shoyer – Wageningen, NL on the Global South * Christine Agimba – Programme Director, Partner, Sidly, * Representative of * Devinder Sharma – Chair, OWIT31, Kenya FIELD, UK Austin, Brown & Agra CEAS Consulting, Forum for * Anh-Nga Tran- * Martin Khor – Director, Wood UK Biotechnology and Nguyen – UNCTAD Third World Network * Anatole Krattiger – * Representative of Food Security Gender Focal Point (tbc) Professor, Cornell European Commission * Dr. Ajit Singh – * Tewolde Berhan Gebre University Professor, University Egziahber – Director of Cambridge General, Environmental * Jane Kelsey – Protection Authority, ARENA, University of Ethiopia (tbc) Auckland * Lori Wallach – Public Citizen, US (tbc)

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