[Ip-health] Key figure in Doha para 6 negotiations: A Conversation with Sergio Marchi, Chairman of the WTO General Council

[James Love]

Persons who want to see Canada's Sergio Marchi in action can see him in DC
on January 14.    He seems to be the key player in the WTO para 6
negotations right now.  Jamie


http://www.wita.org/content.cfm?L1=3D4&QA=3D181

A Conversation with Sergio Marchi, Chairman of the WTO General Council
Co-sponsored by:
The Global Business Dialogue is a 21st Century Business organization which
exists to serve the global business community and its members, and to help
them identify and respond to issues of concern to companies, governments an=
d
communities.

Location: The Rotunda, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
[Click here for directions.]
Date Range: Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 am
Contact Email: registration@gbdinc.org

Description:
Sergio Marchi, Canada=92s ambassador to the WTO and chairman of the WTO=92s
General Council, will speak at a special GBD-WITA breakfast on January 14.
As chairman of the WTO General Council, Ambassador Marchi, leads the WTO=92=
s
highest-level Geneva based body, a body with the authority to act on behalf
of the ministerial conference. He does so at a critical time. The Doha
Development Agenda is scheduled to conclude on January 1, 2005, and there
are deadlines aplenty between now and then. =93New deadlines face us at eac=
h
stage of the Doha process,=94 Ambassador Marchi said recently, =93and we ca=
nnot
afford to postpone the decisions on key issues.=94 These include decisions =
on
modalities for the agriculture negotiations and initial offers in the
services negotiations by the end of March.

Will these deadlines be met? Will the current stumbling blocks on access to
medicines and special and differential treatment be resolved soon? Join us
on January 14 for the perspectives of the diplomat at the center of all of
these issues.

Speaker(s): Sergio Marchi, the chairman of the WTO General Council and
Canada=92s Ambassador to the WTO

Disclaimer/Extra Info:
*Due to increased security, please bring a photo ID!
*Spaces are limited, so please reserve a space in advance but no later than
12:00pm the day before the event by registering and submitting payment.
*Cancellations not received 48 hours in advance will be billed to cover cos=
ts.
*Registration begins at 8:30am.

Additional Info:

EVENT FEES:
General Admission is $35; the cost for WITA members is $30. GBD members are
prepaid for this event, and there is no charge for press or U.S. Government
staff.
Although there is no fee for US Government Employees or Press to attend =96=
 we
still ask that you register. If you do so through WITA, please choose "cash=
"
as your payment method.

Note: Members of the Global Business Dialogue are prepaid for this program.

You may also register for these events, by calling The Global Business
Dialogue at (202) 463-5074 or by sending an email with your name and
telephone number to Global Business Dialogue. Please indicate the event for
which you are registering and how you would like to pay =96 by cash, check =
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Register
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James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
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