At its meeting in London on April 10 2001, the SI Working Group on the World Trade Organisation continued in its examination of themes relating to international trade and its effect on the lives of much of the world's population.
The meeting, chaired by Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja of the Finnish Social Democratic Party, Chair of the Working Group, agreed to present at the next SI Council meeting in Lisbon in June, a draft resolution in connection with the next ministerial meeting of the WTO which will convene in Doha in November this year, encouraging efforts to reach agreement on the next WTO round of negotiations. The draft will also identify key issues that should be included in the agenda of these negotiations and call on all the relevant countries and groups of countries to prepare for the meeting, identifying positions and minimum elements to make possible an agreement in Doha.
The Chair will also present to the Council meeting in Lisbon, a report on the work of the group and the issues involved. List of participants
Chair of the Working Group
Erkki Tuomioja
(SDP Finland)
Secretary General of the SI
Luis Ayala
ALBANIA
Socialist Party of Albania
Ermelinda Meksi
Adriana Civici
ANDORRA
Social Democratic Party, PS
Rosa Ferrer-Obiols
ARGENTINA
Radical Civic Union, UCR
Daniel Chuburu
AUSTRIA
Social Democratic Party of Austria, SPÖ
Herbert Ostleitner
FINLAND
Finnish Social Democratic Party
Peter Boldt
Tarja Kantola
Tero Shemeikka
FRANCE
Socialist Party, PS
Jean-Pierre Philippe
GREAT BRITAIN
The Labour Party
Rosemary Nuamah
HUNGARY
Hungarian Socialist Party, MSzP
Judit Kiss
MOROCCO
Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP
Khalid Alioua
NORWAY
Norwegian Labour Party, DNA
Jan Bøhler
TERRITORIES UNDER PALESTINIAN
AUTHORITY, PALESTINE
Fatah
Yousif Deeb El-Beheisi
SLOVAKIA
Party of the Democratic Left, SDL
Michal Polak
SOUTH AFRICA
African National Congress, ANC
Manana Naph
SPAIN
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, PSOE
Germá Bel
SWEDEN
Swedish Social Democratic Party, SAP
Birgitta Silén
SI Secretariat
Latifa Perry
Sophie Thérouanne
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