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05/10/2021 - Ambassador Castillo addresses WTO members to prepare a draft for the outcome document of MC12

argomento: News del mese - Diritto Internazionale e Comunitario

Articoli Correlati: WTO - Ambassador Castillo - MC12

On October 7th, 2021, the Ambassador Dacio Castillo of Honduras, who is now the chair of the General Council, addressed the WTO members and summarized the outcome of his process of consultations for what concerns the document that will be written as the result of the WTO’s upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12); the Chair also requested cooperation in order to obtain a possible draft by the end of October. The Ambassador also declared that the “Work towards a possible MC12 outcome document is a member-led process. As always, it is the members that decide what goes into any agreed outcome document.” Furthermore, Ambassador Castillo has been helping the WTO members with the drafting of the first part that shall be put at the beginning of the final document; specifically, the matter that have been dealt with concern the context in which MC12 takes place and broader political messages. Moreover, the first part shall regard also the guidance from ministers on additional elements members may agree on.