Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 9 • Number 11 • 6th April 2005

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For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email us.

Coming up: 7 - 13 April

11-22 April 2005, New York: THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. CSD-13 is the policy session in the first two-year "Implementation Cycle" and will focus on the thematic cluster of water, sanitation and human settlements. It will build upon the outcome of CSD-12 — the review session of the cycle — and take policy decisions on practical measures and options to expedite implementation of commitments in water, sanitation and human settlements as contained in Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, as well the Millennium Declaration. For further information contact Federica Pietracci, Major Groups Programme Coordinator, UN DSD/DESA, tel: +1 (212) 963-2803; fax: +1 (212) 963-4260; email: pietracci@un.org; Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd13/csd13.htm.

WTO Events

6 - 7 April: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - SPECIAL SESSION.

7 - 8 April: WTO COMMITTEE ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES.

8 April: WTO COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION.

11 April: WTO WORKING GROUP ON TRADE AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY.

11 - 13 April: WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON RULES.

13 - 15 April: WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE.

14 April: WTO WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

14 - 15 April: WTO COMMITTEE ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES.

Other Upcoming Events

14 April, Paris, France: STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF TRADE AGREEMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS. Organised by the French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development, and GRET. The seminar, which will be given in French and English, aims specifically to bring together experts involved in impact assessments and sustainable development (the ministries of EU member states, international organisations, research institutes, the private sector, and NGOs) so as to take stock of impact assessments and reflect on operational ways to improve this tool. For further information, contact Isabel Berest, tel: +33 1 40 05 61 51; email: berest@gret.org.

18-22 April, Geneva, Switzerland: JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/WTO. The topic of this advisory group will be "Doha, Hong Kong, and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities for Business." The Group will examine the activities of the ITC and make recommendations to the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board as well as the WTO General Council. For further information contact Carlos Fortin, fax: +41 (0)22 730 0575; email: itcreg@intracen.org; Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=9931&year=2005&month=4.