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Symposium
on "Post Doha Marginalisation of LDC Concerns"
Date
September 12, 2003; 1400 -1800 hrs.
Venue
Picasso Conference Room, Hotel Gran Meliá,
Cancun, Mexico
Organisers
Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD), Dhaka
and
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD), Geneva
Co-organisers
Consumer International Regional Office
- Asia and Pacific (CIROAP)
CUTS-Africa Resource Centre (ARC)
EU-LDC Network
Research and Information System for the
Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries
(RIS)
South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics &
Environment (SAWTEE)
Southern and Eastern African Trade Information
and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI)
Programme
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1400-1430
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Inaugural
Session |
Address
of Welcome
Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, Executive
Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue
(CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Chief Guest Mr. Amir Khosru
Mahmud Chowdhury, MP, Honourable
Minister for Commerce, Peoples Republic
of Bangladesh and Vice-Chairman,
Cancun Ministerial Meeting
Special Guest Mr. Suhel Ahmed
Choudhury, Secretary, Ministry of
Commerce, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
Remarks by Co-organiser Mr.
Ricardo Melendez, ICTSD
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1430-1515
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Market
Access and "Meaningful Integration
of LDCs in Multilateral Trading Regime"
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Chair
Mr. Mahbubur Rahman, President, ICC,
Bangladesh
Speaker Professor Mustafizur
Rahman, CPD, Bangladesh
Speaker Ms. Ann Weston, North-South
Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Open Discussion
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1515-1600
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GATS: Movement of Natural Persons
and LDC Modalities |
Chair Mr. Murray Gibbs, Programme
Director, UNDP, Vietnam
Speaker Dr. Ananya Raihan,
CPD, Bangladesh
Speaker Prof. Jasper Okelo,
CUTS- ARC
Open Discussion
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1600-1615
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Tea Break |
1615-1700
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S & D and Technical Assistance |
Chair Dr Chandrakant Patel,
Representative in Switzerland, SEATINI
Speaker Dr Sachin Chaturvedi,
RIS
Speaker Dr Van Blarcom, ADB
Open Discussion
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1700-1745
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WTO Accession |
Chair Mr. Padma Jyoti, President
SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industries
Speaker Dr Ratnakar Adhikari,
SAWTEE, Nepal
Open Discussion
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1745-1800
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Summing
up |
Dr
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Executive
Director, CPD |
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Venue
Hotel Gran Meliá
Boulevard Kukulcan, km. 16.5
77500 Cancún
Tel: (+52) 998 8811100
Fax: (+52) 998 8811740
Accreditation
/ Registration
There is no registration or WTO-accreditation
necessary to participate in the CTDS. The
Hotel Gran Meliá is not within the
"security zone" of the WTO ministerial
meeting, so people without accreditation
to the WTO meeting are free to attend.
Interpretation
Interpretation will be provide for English
and Spanish. Limited French interpretation
will also be available. Please let us know
in advance if you require French translation.
Transportation
The Hotel Gran Meliá is about 8 mins
from Cancun Convention Centre by car (5.2
km) and 15 minutes from Cancun Airport by
taxi (18 km). Free shuttles between the
Cancún airport and the 'official'
hotels will be provided. A 24-hr. shuttle
service will also be available between the
hotels, the NGO Centre and the Convention
Centre.
Local
Contact Information
Once the CPD team arrives in Cancun, we
will inform you the local contact addresses
with a supplementary email. Otherwise, we
will leave this information at the Hotel
Gran Melia reception desk.
CPD
Team's Location
Hotel Aristos Cancun
Blvd. Kukulcan Km 20.5
Tel. (998) 885 21 26
e-mail: ariscunventas@prodigy.net.mx
Fax: (998) 885 02 36
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