{"id":196486,"date":"2024-03-06T10:40:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=196486"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T14:40:37","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-sends-delegation-to-the-wtos-13th-ministerial-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-sends-delegation-to-the-wtos-13th-ministerial-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda Sends Delegation to the WTO\u2019s 13th Ministerial Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda Sends Delegation to the WTO\u2019s 13th<\/sup> Ministerial Conference<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

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Under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation and the United Arab Emirates, the WTO\u2019s 13th<\/sup> Ministerial Conference (MC13) convened on 26th<\/sup> February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Delegation headed by the Honourable Foreign Minister, E.P Chet Greene and consisting of the nation\u2019s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation H.E Colin Murdoch and Director of International Trade, Miss Joy-Marie King were locked in intense negotiations.\u00a0 During the engagement, a plethora of international trade issues within the multilateral sphere were negotiated at the political level in accordance with the MC12 mandate.<\/p>\n

Minster Greene in his address to the Ministerial Body on the matter of dispute settlement on behalf of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP), asserted to members \u201cthe need to accelerate the formalization of discussions as soon as practicable within a reasonable period after the conference and must be conducted based on the longstanding WTO principles of transparency, inclusiveness, openness, member-driven and consensus\u201d.<\/p>

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Initially scheduled for 26-29 February, the Conference was extended in a final push to reach outcomes on the various issues at stake. These outcomes are detailed in the adopted\u00a0Abu Dhabi Ministerial Declaration, where members amongst others committed to preserving and strengthening the ability of the multilateral trading system, with the WTO at its core, to respond to current international trade challenges.<\/p>

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Outcomes in the following areas were achieved to include:<\/p>\n