General Council - Minutes of Meeting - Held in the Centre William Rappard on 27 and 29 July 2005

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED WT/GC/M/97 5 October 2005 (05-4446) General Council 27 and 29 July 2005 MINUTES OF MEETING Held in the Centre William Rappard on 27 and 29 July 2005 Chairman: Ms Amina Mohamed (Kenya) Prior to the start of the meeting on 29 July, Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General-designate, as well as Mr. John Tsang, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of Hong Kong, China, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference, addressed the General Council. Their statements are reproduced in Annexes I and II, respectively. Also, prior to the close of the meeting on 29 July, the Chairman and Members bid farewell to the outgoing Director-General, Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi. Their statements, as well as that by Dr. Supachai, are reflected in Annex III. Subjects discussed: Page 1. Implementation of Paragraph 11 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Pu