WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/MIN(01)/INF/3
10 May 2001
(01-2427)
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Fourth Session
Doha, 9 – 13 November 2001
WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
PROCEDURES REGARDING REGISTRATION AND ATTENDANCE OF
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AT THE FOURTH SESSION
OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
On 8 May 2001, the General Council agreed on the following PROCEDUR ES for registration
and attendance of Non-Governmental Organization s at the Fourth Session of the Ministerial
Conference (Doha, 9 to 13 November 2001):
(i) NGOs would be allowed to attend only the Plenary Sessions of the Conference
(without the right to speak);
(ii) applications from NGOs to be registered  would be accepted on the basis of Article V,
paragraph 2 of the WTO Agreement, i.e. NGOs "concerned with matters related to
those of the WTO"; and
(iii) a deadline will be established for the registration of NGOs that wish to attend the
Conference.
In light of this, NGOs that want to attend the Doha Ministerial Conference will be requested
to supply, in detail, all the necessary information showing how they are concerned with matters
related to those of the WTO1.
Concerning deadlines, NGOs that want to attend the Doha Ministerial Conference should
submit their requests for registration before 2 July 2001. Based on the information provided, the
Secretariat will process a list of organizations that have requested registration.  In order to ensure that
the Secretariat, the host country and NGOs have sufficient time to prepare themselves for the Fourth
Ministerial Conference, this list will be circulat ed to WTO Members for information during the course
of July.  Immediately thereafter, NGOs will be info rmed about further arrangements concerning their
attendance and registration forms will be sent. Depe nding on the number of NGOs  that want to attend
the Ministerial Conference, it cannot be excluded that certain limits may have to be imposed on the
number of representatives per NGO delegation.
The registration forms should be returned duly completed by the NGOs to the WTO
Secretariat's External Relations Division not later than 17 September 2001. Confirmation of
registration will be sent to the NGOs as from 1 October 2001.
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1 Information on the procedures for registration and attendance of NGOs at the Fourth Session of the
Ministerial Conference will be made available on the WTO website (www.wto.org).