World Trade Organization

WTO Ministers Must Address Workers"" Rights in Trade Talks: ICFTU

Agence France Presse | November 8, 2001 DOHA - WTO ministers due to open a meeting here Friday to boost global trade must put protection of workers' rights high on their agenda and pay attention to popular resistance to globalisation, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) insisted Thursday.

A Summary of Key Issues before WTO Ministers

Agence France Presse | November 8, 2001 DOHA - Ministers from the 142-member World Trade Organization begin a five-day meeting in the Qatari capital Friday, aiming to draft an agenda for a new round of multilateral talks on lowering global trade barriers. Here is a summary of the some of the principal issues before the conference.

WTO Chief Warns against Failure in Doha

Agence France Presse | November 7, 2001 | BYLINE: DAVID WILLIAMS DOHA - Negotiators from 142 countries risk sending a dangerous signal of division if they fail yet again to launch a global trade round, World Trade Organization head Mike Moore warned in a statement obtained here Wednesday.

Security Beefed Up in Doha for WTO Ministerial Meeting

XINHUA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE | November 7, 2001 DOHA - Armed police in camouflage are deployed in main intersections and some streets are closed off here Wednesday, two days before the opening of the fourth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in the Qatari Capital.

Activists Urge WTO to Give Poor AIDS Victims Access to Cheap Drugs

Agence France Presse | November 7, 2001 BANGKOK - A high-profile activist alliance Wednesday urged ministers at this week's WTO talks in Doha to rewrite trade rules that bar millions of poverty-stricken AIDS sufferers from access to modern drugs.

Russian Anti-Globalisation Groups Launch Debut Rallies

Agence France Presse | November 7, 2001 | BYLINE: FRANCOISE MICHEL MOSCOW - Anti-globalisation protests come to Russia Friday as an embryonic coalition of militant groups stage what they hope will be nationwide protests to coincide with a World Trade Organisation conference at Doha, in the Gulf state of Qatar.

NGO Forum in Lebanon Calls for Coordination against War, Globalisation

Agence France Presse | November 7, 2001 BEIRUT - A forum of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) called here Wednesday for coordinated action against war and globalisation, ahead of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Doha.

Tanzania: the Poor Meets the Rich at Qatar Summit

Africa News | November 7, 2001 | BYLINE: The East African Standard As the World Trade Organisation (WTO) prepares for another round of talks, politicians in the world's poorest countries, reports Herald Tagama, are threatening to side-step negotiations unless global economic inequities are tackled.

Much Will Be Asked of Members in Doha

BANGKOK POST | November 7, 2001 The World Trade Organisation is gearing up for its fourth ministerial conference, to be held in Doha, Qatar, this weekend. Speculation about whether the meeting should proceed given the current security situation in the Middle East was put to rest when WTO director-general Mike Moore decided after a visit to Doha that the conference should go ahead.

Gunman Killed after Firing on Qatar Airbase

Reuters | November 07, 2001 | By Rawhi Abeidoh DOHA - Security guards gunned down a Qatari on Wednesday after he shot and wounded Americans in an attack on an airbase used by U.S. warplanes two days before major international trade talks in the Gulf state, diplomats said. The number of wounded was not immediately available.