Parliamentary Conference on the WTO

Participants

The hemicycle with particiapants of the session in Buenos Aires, listen to the speakers
2017 PCWTO Session, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Source: © Inter-Parliamentary Union (2017)

Participants in the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are:

  • delegations designated by parliaments of sovereign States that are members of the WTO
  • delegations designated by parliaments of countries that are members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, but not represented in the WTO
  • delegations designated by the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.

Currently some 60 countries' parliaments take part in the Conference's events.

Observers

Observers may also join the Conference. The Rules of Procedure establish who may act as an observer:

  • representatives of international organisations and others who are concerned by issues of international trade and who are invited by the Steering Committee,
  • representatives of the governments of countries that are members of the WTO .

Also joining..

People with a specific interest in international trade questions may also join the Conference. These people, however, have no speaking rights, and they may not intervene in proceedings.

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