Available Seminar Papers

September 14

Opening Session
Rethinking liberalisation and reshaping the WTO by Martin Khor

Session 1: Strategic View of Current WTO Negotiations and Developing Countries
Negotiations in agriculture and services in the WTO:Suggestions for modalities/guidelines by BL Das

Session 2: Agriculture
Implementation of Marrakesh decision on LDCs/NFIDCs unsatisfactory by C.Raghavan

Session 3: Services
GATS 2000 negotiations - options for developing countries by Mina Mayashekhi
Third World still terra incognito on services data by C.Raghavan
Restoring balance to services in WTO by BL Das

Session 4: Implementation Issues

September 15

Session 5: TRIPS
Review of the TRIPS agreement: Fostering the transfer of technology to developing countries by Carlos Correa
The TRIPS review: Some proposals for developing countries by Carlos Correa
Resolution on Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights, 17 August 2000, UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights resolution on TRIPS and Human Rights
Declaration and Communique of the African Group at the 5th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nairobi, May 2000
Patents, lifeforms and TRIPS: A scientific briefing on TRIPS and Article 27.3b by Dr Mae Wan-Ho and Dr Terje Traavik
The inappropriateness of the patent system for lifeforms and processes by Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
IPRs and biological resources: Implications for developing countries by Cecilia Oh
Review of TRIPS Article 27.3b, TWN Briefing Paper

Session 6: TRIMS

Session 7: DSU
The WTO and its dispute settlement system:Tilting the balance against the South by C.Raghavan, TWN Trade and Development Series No. 9
DSU architect critical of judicial activism at WTO by C.Raghavan, SUNS 4685, 13 June 2000
The panel and appeal process at the WTO by BL Das, SUNS 4689, 19 June 2000

Session 8: New issues
Proposed new issues in the WTO and the interests of developing countries by Martin Khor
New initiatives on investment at WTO by BL Das, SUNS 4536, 25 October 1999

General
WTO: Shrink or Sink Statement (NGO Statement)