Ministerial Conference
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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.
Aliases (4)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
decision-making body
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organ of the World Trade Organization → plenary body → |
| canAdopt |
interpretations of WTO agreements
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| canAmend |
WTO agreements subject to procedures in the Marrakesh Agreement
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| canApprove |
accession of new WTO members
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| canEstablish |
subsidiary bodies
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| canIssue |
ministerial decisions
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ministerial declarations → |
| canMandate |
new rounds of trade negotiations
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| canTakeDecisionsBy |
voting in exceptional circumstances
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| composedOf |
representatives of all WTO members
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| convenesIn |
different WTO member countries
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| decisionMakingMethod |
consensus
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| firstHeldIn |
1996
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| firstSessionLocation |
Singapore
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| hasAuthorityOver |
General Council of the World Trade Organization
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| hasFunction |
adopt multilateral trade agreements under the WTO framework
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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
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| hasRole |
highest decision-making body of the World Trade Organization
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| hosts |
ministerial-level negotiations
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plenary sessions → |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
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French → Spanish → |
| legalBasis |
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
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| meets |
periodically
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| meetsAtLeast |
once every two years
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| meetsIn |
Abu Dhabi
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Bali → Buenos Aires → Cancún → Doha → Geneva → Hong Kong → Nairobi → |
| monitors |
implementation of WTO agreements
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| oversees |
multilateral trading system under the WTO
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| partOf |
World Trade Organization
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| relatedTo |
Doha Development Agenda
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Uruguay Round Agreements implementation → |
| reportsTo |
WTO members collectively
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| typicalParticipants |
heads of delegations of WTO members
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senior trade officials → trade ministers → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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General Council (World Trade Organization)
("WTO Ministerial Conference")
→
General Council of the World Trade Organization ("WTO Ministerial Conference") → |
reportsTo |
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Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
("Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization")
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establishes |
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General Council of the World Trade Organization
("WTO Ministerial Conferences")
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isMainDecisionMakingBodyBetween |
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Doha Development Agenda
("Fourth WTO Ministerial Conference")
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launchedAtEvent |
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World Trade Organization
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mainOrgan |