Issues of agricultural subsidies, non-agricultural market access and the Singapore issues remain unresolved.

Chairperson Luis Ernesto Derbez concluded that despite considerable movement in consultations, members remained entrenched, particularly on the Singapore issues. He proposed a six-paragraph ministerial statement, which instructs member governments’ officials "to continue working on outstanding issues with a renewed sense of urgency and purpose and taking fully into account all the views we have expressed in this Conference."

The ministers asked the General Council Chairman and the WTO Director-General, to coordinate this work and to convene a meeting of the General Council at senior officials level no later than 15 December 2003 to take necessary action.

Cancun Ministerial Statement (Adopted on 14 September 2003)

Statement by Arun Jaitley at the Inaugural Session of the WTO

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Documents

Draft of the Cancun Ministerial Text

Briefing Notes and Background to the Cancun Ministerial Conference

Doha Ministerial Declaration 2001 Text


Agriculture:

• Revised Draft of Modalities - Chairperson Stuart Harbinson, 18 March 2003;
• Cairns Group Text (As available at ICTSD); 
  
  

TRIPS and Public Health:

• Draft of the Chairman’s Statement of TRIPS Council - August 30, 2003; 
• Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health - Note from the Chairman, 30 August 2003.

Market Access for Non-Agricultural Goods: 

• Negotiating Group on Market Access - Report by the Chairman, Ambassador Girard, to the Trade Negotiations Committee, 1 September 2003
• Non-Agricultural Market Access - Modalities: Contribution by Canada, European Communities and United States, 1 September 2003.