List of WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 people

Apart from officials and representatives of member countries and observer countries, the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference will be the first to house the Centre for the non-governmental organization (NGOs) under the same roof as the conference proper. The NGOs representatives will be approved by registration to attend the Conference. The conference will commence with a light continental breakfast and a coffee break around mid-morning. Assuming delegations run smoothly, the coffee break will offer hot chocolate and yop.

WTO officials

* Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO
* Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General of WTO
* Valentine Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General of WTO
* Harsha Vardhana Singh, Deputy Director-General of WTO
* Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director-General of WTO

International officials

* Peter Mandelson, Commissioner of the European Union for Trade Issues
*Mariann Fischer Boel, EU Agriculture Commissioner
*Margaret Beckett, British Farm Minister
*Christine Lagarde, France's Trade Minister

Hong Kong officials

* Donald Tsang (曾蔭權), Chief Executive
* John Tsang (曾俊華), Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
* Ambrose Lee (李少光), Secretary for Security
* Raymond Young (楊立門), Director-General of [http://www.tid.gov.hk/eindex.html Trade and Industry]
* Dick Lee (李明逵), Commissioner of Police
* Anthony Lam (林振敏), Director of Fire Services

NGO leaders

The General Council has further clarified the framework for relations with the NGOs by adopting a set of guidelines on 18 July 1996, which "recognizes the role NGOs can play to increase the awareness of the public in respect of WTO activities". On 26 May 2005, the General Council agreed on approving the attendance of Non-Governmental Organizations at the Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference under the following registration procedures:
* NGOs would be allowed to attend only the Plenary Sessions of the Conference (without the right to speak);
* 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
* The registration of NGOs that wish to attend the Conference should be made on or before m29 July 2005.

NGOs Eligible for the conference:

International NGO leaders
*Anil Singh, NEED India
*CUTS International
*Greenpeace International
* [http://www.arenaonline.org/ Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives]

Hong Kong NGO leaders
* Elizabeth Tang (鄧燕娥), Chairperson of Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO
* Lau Chin Shek (劉千石), President of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
* Lee Cheuk Yan (李卓仁), General Secretary of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
* Albert Lai (黎廣德), Chairman of the Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development
* Dolores Ballabares, Chairperson of the [http://www.unifil.org.hk/index.html United Filipinos in Hong Kong]
* Tse Kam Keung (謝錦強), Chairperson of Oxfam Hong Kong Council
* Emily Chan (陳英凝), President of Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) Hong Kong
*Global Network (全球聯陣──勞工基層大聯盟)

WTO members

Developing countries make up about three quarters of the total WTO membership. Together with countries currently in the process of “transition” to market-based economies, they play an increasingly important role in the WTO.
*Albania
*Antigua and Barbuda
*Argentina
*Armenia
*Australia - John Howard, Prime Minister
*Austria
*Bahrain
*Barbados
*Belgium
*Belize
*Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
*Bolivia
*Botswana
*Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
*Brunei Darussalam
*Bulgaria
*Cameroon
*Canada - Paul Martin, Prime Minister
*Chile
*Colombia
*Congo
*Costa Rica
*Côte d'Ivoire
*Croatia
*Cuba
*Cyprus
*Czech Republic
*Denmark
*Dominica
*Dominican Republic
*Ecuador
*Egypt
*El Salvador
*Estonia
*European Communities
*Fiji
*Finland
*Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
*France - Jacques Chirac, President, Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister
*Gabon
*Georgia
*Germany - Horst Kohler, President, Angela Merkel, Chancellor
*Ghana
*Greece
*Grenada
*Guatemala
*Guyana
*Honduras
*Hong Kong, China
*Hungary
*Iceland
*India - APJ Abdul Kalam, President, Manmohan Singh,Prime Minister
*Indonesia
*Ireland
*Israel
*Italy - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Prime Minister
*Jamaica
*Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister
*Jordan
*Kenya
*Korea, Republic of
*Kuwait
*Kyrgyz Republic
*Latvia
*Liechtenstein
*Lithuania
*Luxembourg
*Macao, China
*Malaysia
*Malta
*Mauritius
*Mexico - Vicente Fox, President
*Moldova
*Mongolia
*Morocco
*Namibia
*Netherlands - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister
*New Zealand
*Nicaragua
*Nigeria
*Norway
*Oman
*Pakistan
*Panama
*Papua New Guinea
*Paraguay
*People's Republic of China - Hu Jintao, President, Wen Jiabao, Premier
*Peru
*Philippines
*Poland
*Portugal
*Qatar
*Romania
*Russia - Vladimir Putin, President
*Saint Kitts and Nevis
*Saint Lucia
*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*Saudi Arabia
*Singapore
*Slovak Republic
*Slovenia
*South Africa
*South Korea - Roh Moo-hyun, President, Lee Hae-chan, Prime Minister
*Spain - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President
*Sri Lanka
*Suriname
*Swaziland
*Sweden
*Switzerland - Samuel Schmid, President
*Chinese Taipei
*Thailand
*Trinidad and Tobago
*Tunisia
*Turkey
*United Arab Emirates
*United Kingdom - Tony Blair, Prime Minister
*United States - George W. Bush, President
*Uruguay
*Vietnam
*Zimbabwe

The Least-Developed Countries(LDCs)

The WTO regards the least-developed countries (LDCs)as countries which have been designated as such by the United Nations. There are currently 50 the least-developed countries on the UN list, 32 of which to date have become WTO members.

These are:
*Angola
*Bangladesh
*Benin
*Burkina Faso
*Burundi
*Cambodia
*Central African Republic
*Chad
*Congo, Democratic Republic of the
*Djibouti
*Gambia
*Guinea
*Guinea Bissau
*Haiti
*Lesotho
*Madagascar
*Malawi
*Maldives
*Mali
*Mauritania
*Mozambique
*Myanmar
*Nepal
*Niger
*Rwanda
*Senegal
*Sierra Leone
*Solomon Islands
*Tanzania
*Togo
*Uganda
*Vietnam
*Zambia

There are no WTO definitions of “developed” or “developing” countries. Developing countries in the WTO are designated on the basis of self-selection although this is not necessarily automatically accepted in all WTO bodies.

Observer Governments

With the exception of the Holy See, observers must start accession negotiations within five years of becoming observers.
*Afghanistan
*Algeria
*Andorra
*Azerbaijan
*Bahamas
*Belarus
*Bhutan
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Cape Verde
*Ethiopia
*Holy See (Vatican)
*Iran
*Iraq
*Kazakhstan
*Lao People's Democratic Republic
*Lebanese Republic
*Libya
*Montenegro
*Russian Federation
*Samoa
*Serbia
*Seychelles
*Sudan
*Tajikistan
*Tonga
*Ukraine
*Uzbekistan
*Vanuatu
*Yemen

The Least-Developed Countries
*Equatorial Guinea
*Sao Tomé and Principe

External links

* [http://www.susdevhk.org/ The Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development]
* [http://www.msf.org.hk/home/index.php Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) Hong Kong]