./.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(99)/SR/3
14 January 2000
(00-0145)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Third Session
Seattle, 30 November - 3 December 1999
SUMMARY RECORD OF THE THIRD MEETING
Held at the Convention Centre, Seattle, United States
on Wednesday, 1 December 1999, at 4.15 p.m.
Chairperson:  Mr. Aboulaye Abdoulkader Cisse (Burkina Faso)
Subject: General statements (Agenda item 1)
The following statements were made:
South Africa H.E. Mr. Alec Erwin,
Minister of Trade and IndustryWT/MIN(99)/ST/45
Czech Republic H.E. Mr. Ji ři Maceška,
Junior Minister of Industry and TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/46
Uruguay H.E. Dr. Didier Opertti,
Minister of Foreign AffairsWT/MIN(99)/ST/47
Mali H.E. Mrs. Fatou Haïdara Cisse,
Minister of Industry, Commerce and HandicraftsWT/MIN(99)/ST/48
Paraguay H.E. Dr. Guillermo Caballero Vargas,
Minister, Economic Advisor of the PresidencyWT/MIN(99)/ST/49
Nigeria The Honourable Mustafa Bello,
Minister of CommerceWT/MIN(99)/ST/50
Chile H.E. Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdés,
Minister for Foreign AffairsWT/MIN(99)/ST/51
Bahrain H.E. Mr. Ali Saleh Al-Saleh,
Minister of CommerceWT/MIN(99)/ST/52
Guatemala H.E. Mr. José Guillermo Castillo,
Minister of EconomyWT/MIN(99)/ST/53
Slovak Republic H.E. Mr. Peter Brno,
Deputy Minister of EconomyWT/MIN(99)/ST/54WT/MIN(99)/SR/3
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Colombia H.E. Mrs. Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón,
Minister of Foreign TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/137
Venezuela H.E. Dr. Juan de Jesús Montilla Saldivia,
Minister of Production and TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/56
Côte d'Ivoire H.E. Mr. Guy-Alain Emmanuel Gauze,
Minister for the Promotion of External TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/57
Bolivia H.E. Dr. Javier Murillo de la Rocha,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and WorshipWT/MIN(99)/ST/58
El Salvador H.E. Mr. Eduardo Ayala Grimaldi,
Vice-Minister of EconomyWT/MIN(99)/ST/59
Iceland H.E. Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and External TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/60
Senegal H.E.  Mr. Khalifa Ababacar Sall,
Minister of Commerce and HandicraftsWT/MIN(99)/ST/61
Romania H.E. Mr. Mihai Berinde,
Vice-Minister of Industry and TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/62
and Corr.1
Estonia H.E. Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves,
Minister of Foreign AffairsWT/MIN(99)/ST/63
Tunisia H.E. Mr. Mondher Zenaïdi,
Minister for CommerceWT/MIN(99)/ST/64
Mozambique H.E. Mr. Oldemiro J.M. Baloi,
Minister of Industry, Trade and TourismWT/MIN(99)/ST/65
Madagascar H.E. Mr. Alphonse Randrianambinina, Minister
of Commerce and Consumer AffairsWT/MIN(99)/ST/66
Nicaragua H.E. Mrs. Azucena Castillo,
Minister of Development, Industry and TradeWT/MIN(99)/ST/67
Mexico H.E. Dr. Herminio Blanco Mendoza,
Minister of Commerce and Industrial
  DevelopmentWT/MIN(99)/ST/68
Antigua and Barbuda The Honourable Hilroy Humphreys,
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Business
  DevelopmentWT/MIN(99)/ST/69
The meeting adjourned at 8 p.m.
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