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SESSION 2: INAUGURAL SESSION:
IS MULTILATERALISM IN CRISIS?
Organized by: Information and External Relations Division (IERD), ϲʹ Secretariat
Date: Monday, 24 September, 10:00 12:00
Meeting Room: CR
ABSTRACT
This inaugural session will address the most pressing challenges facing the multilateral trading system and identify possible ways forward for the ϲʹ and multilateralism in general.
With the recent impasse in the Doha Development Round and the increase in protectionist tendencies, the multilateral trading system is being put to the test. In the words of Director-General Pascal Lamy, Multilateralism is at a crossroads. Either it advances in the spirit of shared values and enhanced co-operation, or we will face a retreat from multilateralism .
The difficulties encountered by the ϲʹ and other multilateral institutions in recent years provide indisputable proof that yesterdays solutions simply cannot be applied to the problems of today. The speakers will give their assessment of the current state of the multilateral trading system and of how to proceed from here.
Speakers:
Ms Micheline Calmy-Rey, Former President of the Swiss Confederation
H.E. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister for Foreign Trade, United Arab Emirates
Mr Nicholas Staheyeff, Vice Chairman and CFO, eBay International
Hon. Mr Ricardo Lagos, Senator, The Senate of Chile
Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General, ϲʹ
Moderator:
Mr Andrew Harvey, Former BBC Presenter
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