Proposed agenda

For action/decision

1.     Appointment of Officers to WTO Bodies

2.     Practical Steps to Enhance the Process for the Appointment of Officers to Certain WTO Bodies – Communication from Canada, Chile, Jamaica, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore and Switzerland (WT/GC/W/950/Rev.6)

3.     Incorporation of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement – Draft Decision (WT/GC/W/927/Rev.2)

4.     Incorporation of the Agreement on Electronic Commerce into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement – Draft Decision (_WT/GC/W/963)

For discussion

5.     Report by the Chairperson of the Trade Negotiations Committee and Report by the Director‑General

6.     Follow-Up to Outcomes of Ministerial Conferences: MC13 (Abu Dhabi); MC12 (Geneva, co‑hosted by Kazakhstan); MC11 (Buenos Aires); MC10 (Nairobi) and MC9 (Bali) – Statement by the Chairperson

6.1. Work Programme on Electronic Commerce – Report by the Facilitator

7.     Work Programme on Small Economies – Report by the Chairperson of the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development

8.     Heightened Trade Turbulence and Responses from the WTO – Request from China

9.     Follow-up to the WTO Off-Site Retreat on Trade as a Tool for Development and Way Forward – Request from Barbados and South Africa

10.   Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System – Communication from Brazil (WT/GC/W/938)

11.   WTO Accessions: 2024 Annual Report by the Director-General (_WT/ACC/47 - WT/GC/269) – Statement by the Director-General

12.   Review of the Exemption provided under paragraph 3 of the GATT 1994 (WT/L/1214)

13.   Stocktaking of Work on the Operationalization of paragraph 21 of the MC13 Abu Dhabi Ministerial Declaration – Communication from Pakistan (WT/GC/W/941)

For information

14.   WTO at 30 – Statement by the Director-General

Other Business

For action/decision

15.   Election of Chairperson

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