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The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
Hong Kong, China, 13 to 18 December 2005.
About Dhaka LDC Forum 2005
In connection with the forthcoming WTO Ministerial Meeting in
Hong Kong in December 2005 and as part of its activism to
promote and advance the interests and concerns of Least
Developed Countries (LDCs) in the ongoing negotiations under
the Doha Development Agenda, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD),
Bangladesh will be organising a Civil Society Forum in Dhaka,
Bangladesh titled Pre-Hong Kong International LDC Civil
Society Forum in October 2005.
The
objectives of the proposed Forum are:
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to create
an opportunity to advocate stakeholders’ concerns and
provide a platform for interaction on issues of concern
among various civil society organisations, networks, and
special interest and advocacy groups from various regions of
the globe;
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to
prepare a Declaration on civil society’s views, as regards
LDC perspectives, on the Hong Kong Agenda;
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to
prepare a list of priority issues to be considered by LDC
Trade Ministers. civil society groups as regards LDC
positions on those issues and proposals.
Co-organisers
- Action Aid International
- Consumers International
- International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
- Enda Tiers Monde
- EU-LDC Network
- Oxfam International
- South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment
- Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and
Negotiations Institute
National Advisory Committee (NAC)
A National Advisory Committee (NAC) has been formed with
the participation from Bangladesh’s 27 leading non-government
organisations, business chambers, trade unions, gender
groups and environmental groups and individuals having
demonstrated interest in global trade issues.
Speakers
The Forum will be addressed by Ministers, leaders of civil
society think tanks, development organisations, non-government
organizations, apex bodies and academics, and stakeholders
from home and abroad. Trade experts and eminent personalities
will be requested to chair the sessions on various themes. Air
Vice Marshal (Retd) Altaf Hossain Choudhury, Minister for
Commerce, Government of Bangladesh, will inaugurate the Forum.
Registration
Participation is possible institutionally or individually.
Registration is free of cost. Overseas participants will have
to arrange for their travel, accommodation and associated
expenditures.
Registration Form should be returned to the Forum
Secretariat before 20 September 2005. Local participants can
also register on 2 October 2005 from 10am to 5pm and on 3
October 2005 between 10am and 3pm at Hotel Sheraton, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
For more:
http://www.cpd-bangladesh.org
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