Ministerial Conference

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decision-making body organ of the World Trade Organization plenary body

The Ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making body of the World Trade Organization, where trade ministers from all member countries meet periodically to set the organization’s agenda and make key policy decisions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
WTO Ministerial Conference 2
Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference 1
Ministerial Conference canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decision-making body ⓘ
organ of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
plenary body ⓘ
canAdopt interpretations of WTO agreements ⓘ
canAmend General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
surface form: WTO agreements subject to procedures in the Marrakesh Agreement
canApprove accession of new WTO members ⓘ
canEstablish subsidiary bodies ⓘ
canIssue ministerial decisions ⓘ
ministerial declarations ⓘ
canMandate new rounds of trade negotiations ⓘ
canTakeDecisionsBy voting in exceptional circumstances ⓘ
composedOf representatives of all WTO members ⓘ
convenesIn different WTO member countries ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod consensus ⓘ
firstHeldIn 1996 ⓘ
firstSessionLocation Singapore ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver General Council of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
hasFunction adopt multilateral trade agreements under the WTO framework ⓘ
make key WTO policy decisions ⓘ
oversee the functioning of the WTO agreements ⓘ
provide political guidance to the WTO ⓘ
set the WTO agenda ⓘ
hasMember trade ministers of WTO member countries ⓘ
hasRole highest decision-making body of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
hosts ministerial-level negotiations ⓘ
plenary sessions ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
meets periodically ⓘ
meetsAtLeast once every two years ⓘ
meetsIn Abu Dhabi ⓘ
Bali ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
Cancún ⓘ
Doha ⓘ
Geneva ⓘ
Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Nairobi ⓘ
monitors implementation of WTO agreements ⓘ
oversees multilateral trading system under the WTO ⓘ
partOf World Trade Organization ⓘ
relatedTo Doha Development Agenda ⓘ
Uruguay Round Agreements implementation ⓘ
reportsTo WTO members collectively ⓘ
typicalParticipants heads of delegations of WTO members ⓘ
senior trade officials ⓘ
trade ministers ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Trade Organization → mainOrgan → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
General Council → reportsTo → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
subject surface form: General Council (World Trade Organization)
this entity surface form: WTO Ministerial Conference
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → establishes → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization
Doha Development Agenda → launchedAtEvent → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference
General Council of the World Trade Organization → isMainDecisionMakingBodyBetween → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: WTO Ministerial Conferences
General Council of the World Trade Organization → reportsTo → Ministerial Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: WTO Ministerial Conference