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“WTO Rules and Food Crisis in the Least‐developed Countries”
A Policy Reflection Co‐organised by the LDC Group in the WTO
with CSEND Trade Policy Governance Group & Diplomacy Dialogue
Programme
Dates: 17th July 2008
08.30 – Official Opening Officiated by HE Ambassador of Lesotho Mr. Mothea A.
09.15 Maruping, Coordinator, LDC Group at WTO
Opening by Co‐Coordinator of the Conference, Dr.
Lichia Yiu, President, CSEND
Welcome words by Host Organisation
HE Ambassador Prof. Dr Fred Tanner, Director, GCSP
Opening Words HE Ambassador Mr. Mothea A. Maruping, Lesotho
Major Themes of the Conference Prof Dr Raymond Saner, Director, DD‐CSEND, Geneva
and Professor of Organisation and International
Management, University of Basle
SESSION 1: Mapping the food crisis in the LDCs: Chair: HE Ambassador Dr Bhattacharya, Bangladesh
Factors & Trends
09.15 – Opening Statement and Comments HE Ambassador Dr Bhattacharya, Bangladesh
09.30
09.30 – Food Security: Are trade rules a problem or a Dr Christian Haeberli, Senior Consultant, NCCR Trade
10.00 way forward Regulation, World Trade Institute (WTI)
10.00 – Food Crisis seen from LDC perspective Country Representative: Haiti , M. Jean‐Claude Pierre,
10.20 Ministre Conseiller, chargé d’affaires
10.20 – Food Security and Early Warning: Scenario Mr. Claude Heimo, Managing Director, Environment‐
10.50 seeing from the Technology BasedMonitoring Ecology‐Forestry Switzerland and member of theGlobal
System Perspective Monitoring for Food Security Programme of the
European Space Agency.
10.50 – Discussion and Reflection Rapporteur Session 1: Mrs Peggy Mlewa, First Secretary
11.00 Permanent Mission Of Zambia to UN,
Acting Focal Point Agriculture LDC‐WTO group, Geneva
11.00 – Coffee Break
11.20

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SESSION 2: Food Security: Future Scenarios Chair: HE Ambassador Prof Arsene Balihuta, Uganda
Acting Chair: HE Ambassador Fisseha Yimer , Ethiopia
11.20 – “Vers une nouvelle stratégie de HE Ambassador Jean Feyder, Luxembourg
11.50 développement”
11.50 – Will Free Trade solve the Food Crisis?: Carin Smaller
12.20 Scenario seen from International Trade Trade Information Project, Institute for Agriculture and
Arrangement Perspective Trade Policy, Geneva
12.20 – ”How can WTO rules and regulations Country Representative: Senegal
12.50 contribute to food security”: Scenario seen M. Mbaye N’DIAYE, Premier Conseiller
from a LDC Perspective
12.50 – ”How can WTO rules and regulations contribute Dr. Ralf Peters, UNCTAD Representative, Economic
13.20 to food security”: Scenario seen from the Affairs Officer, Trade Negotiations and Commercial
Agricultural Sector Perspective Diplomacy Branch, Division on International Trade in
Goods and Services, and Commodities
13.20 – Observations and Reflections Rapporteur Session 2
13.30 M Eloi Laourou, 2ième Conseiller, chargé des affaires
économiques et commerciales, Bénin; Coordinateur
pour l’organisation de ce séminaire.
13.30 – Summary and Recommendations General Rapporteur
13.40 M.Falou Samb, CSEND‐ TPGP, Geneva
13.40– Closing Ceremony HE Ambassador of Lesotho, Mr. M. A. Maruping
13.45

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