Highlights of the AITIC Brainstorming Meeting (4th July 2002)
The Legal Aspects of the Doha Work Programme with special Focus on Special and Differential Treatment

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Introduction
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I. Preliminary Remarks
Dr Esperanza Durán
Director, AITIC
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II. Overview of the Legal Aspects of the Doha Work Programme
Ms Mary Footer
Deputy Director, Amsterdam
Centre for International Law and Faculty of Law, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  
The potential for variable geometry post-Doha
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Legal basis of the Doha Work Programme
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The negotiating mandate
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Decisions taken at the Doha Ministerial Conference
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WTO “acquis”
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The Implementation Decision and the Negotiating Process
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Legal modalities for implementing the Doha Work Programme
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TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity, traditional Knowledge and folklore
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Practical and legal consequences of the chosen modalities
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Early entry into force
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Scope of the single undertaking
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The right to development
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III. Questions and Answer Session
Mr Falou Samb
Second Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Senegal
HE Dr Dencho Georgiev
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the WTO
HE Mr Jaynaram Meetoo
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the WTO
Explicit consensus
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Explicit consensus: constructive ambiguity
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Explicit consensus: Doha reminiscences
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Single undertaking: a personal view
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IV. The Legal Aspects of Special and Differential Treatment
Ms Mary Footer
Deputy Director, Amsterdam
Centre for International Law and Faculty of Law, Universiteit van Amsterdam
  

The beginnings of S&D
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Part IV of the GATT
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Establishment of the Generalised Systems of Preferences
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The enabling clause
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Legal challenges to preferences
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Non-reciprocity
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S&D as “soft law” obligations in a “hard law” frame work
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The current approach to S&D
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The link with implementation
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Mandatory and non-mandatory provisions
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Definition of principles and objectives
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Modalities for S&D
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V. Questions and Answer Session
Mr Habb Ould Hemet
First Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mauritania
HE Dr Dencho Georgiev
Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the WTO		 Mr Falou Samb
Second Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Senegal

Development of special and differential treatment
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Special and differential treatment: a question of political will
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Integration of S&D into the WTO architecture
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Political questions for the south
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A monitoring and surveillance mechanism
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Enforcement of S&D through non-violation complaints
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Non-violation compliments and legitimate expectations
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VI. S&D Discussions in the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development
Ms Celia Labora Rodriguez
Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Cuba		  
High level of Engagement by Developing Countries
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Progress on S&D: A Question of Political Will
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VII. Round Table
HE Mr Ransford Smith
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the WTO		 Dr Panos Konandreas
Senior Liaison Officer, FAO		 Mr Nelson Ndirangu
Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Kenya

Comments from the Chairman of the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development
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Comments from the Chairman of the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development
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Dispute settlement: a potential instrument for developing countries
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Development countries in the Special Sessions of the Committee on Trade and Development
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S&D in the Agreement on Agriculture
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Special and differential treatment: not just market access
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Credits
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