Trade, Development and the Environment After Seattle and Bangkok
On 22 February, 2000, from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 3 to 6:00pm, the United Nations University will host in Conference Room C a seminar on "Trade, Development and the Environment After Seattle and Bangkok"
The seminar will deal with trade and sustainable development issues as they relate to the concerns of developing countries with particular attention to the outcomes of the Seattle and Bangkok conferences, disguised barriers to trade, globalization and the integration of small vulnerable economies. Speakers include Jorge Vigano, Deputy-Director/Counselor, WTO; Murray Gibbs, UNCTAD; W. Bradnee Chambers, UNU/IAS; Steve Charnovitz, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering; Professor S. Mansoob Murshed, UNU/WIDER; Constantine Michalopoulos, Senior Advisor, World Bank; and Dick Self, USTR.
For further information, please contact the United Nations University Office in New York (tel: 963-6345; fax: 371-9454; e-mail: UNUONA@IGC.APC.ORG. If interested in attending, kindly send your full name, title, department, email address and telephone number by fax or e-mail to UNUONA before 11 and 16 February, 2000 respectively.
Programme
Trade, Development and the Environment after Seattle and Bangkok, the WTO Millenium Round and UNCTAD X, New York UN Headquarters
| 10:00-10:15 | Introduction to the Seminar Jacques Fomerand, Director, UNU Office at the United Nations, in New York (UNU/ONA) |
| 10:15-11:05 | Module 1: Analysis of the Seattle Ministerial and UNCTAD X (1) Prospects for a New Round in the Wake of the Seattle Failure: WTO Perspective Jorge Viganó, Deputy Director/Counselor, WTO (2) Trade and Development Issues: Prospects and Plans from UNCTAD X Rene Vossenaar, Chief, TED-DITC, UNCTAD |
| 11: 05 -11: 20 | BREAK |
| 11:20-11:45 | Discussion |
| 11:45- 12:35 | Module 2: Environment and Labour Standards in the Context of a New Round (1) Trade, Environment and the Millennium Round W. Bradnee Chambers, Programme Coordinator UNU/IAS (2) Labour Standards and Disguised Protectionism Gareth L. Howell, Deputy Director, UN Liaison Office, International Labor Organization |
| 12:35-1:00 | Discussion |
| 13:00-14:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:30-14:55 | Module 3: International Trade and the Special Interests of Developing Countries Constantine Michalopoulos Senior Economic Advisor, World Bank |
| 14:55-15:20 | Discussion |
| 15:20-15:35 | BREAK |
| 15:35-16:00 | Module 4: Globalization & the Obstacles to the Successful Integration of Small Vulnerable Economies Mansoob Murshed, Research Fellow, UNU/WIDER |
| 16:00-16:25 | Discussion |
| 16:25-17:15 | Round Table Discussion: Chair - W. Bradnee Chambers Panelists Constantine Michalopoulos, World Bank Jorge Vigano, WTO Rene Vossenaar, UNCTAD S Mansoob Murshed, UNU/WIDER Gareth L. Howell, ILO |
| 17:15-17:30 | Evaluation and Closing |