PROGRAMME OF MINI MINISTERIAL WTO MOCK SUMMIT NOVEMBER, 2010

WTO MOCK SUMMIT GROUP BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO

PROGRAMME OF MINI MINISTERIAL WTO MOCK SUMMIT NOVEMBER, 2010

THE WTO DOHA GROUND, THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS AND PROBLEMS FOR MULTI-LATERAL TRADING SYSTEM: WHICH WAY FORWARD

Introduction

The crisis of the WTO multilateral trading system persists. It reached an unbreakable deadlock that the end of it is very difficult to say. The outcome is unpredictable.

 

The current economic crisis has fueled the tensions, disagreements and uncertainties between and among the various groups under the WTO regime.

 

Yes! The Doha Development Agenda is a road map which would give some benefits to all participants. However, some groups may have other options which made it difficult to move forward.

 

The 2010 Mock Summit which will hold in November is planned to bring together countries representing diverse group interests as Mini Ministerial Summit to continue with the discussions of the issues with a view to break the stalemate for a full Ministerial Conference of another Round of Negotiations to carry on.

 

As you are aware the secretariat of the WTO is in Geneva. The administrative bodies include the General Council which is burdened with the responsibilities of day-to-day policy elaboration about the mandate of the Great Organization.

Accordingly the Mini Ministerial Mock Summit will hold in Mock Geneva Organized by the General Council. The General Council has a Chairman and other members all working together with office of the Director General of the WTO.

 

The Mock Summit has a topic as "The WTO Doha Round, the current Multilateral Trading System: which way forward".

 

However, it is not going to be like a symposium, a workshop or round table discussion. It is going to be as we played the mock summit last years. The only differences are:

1. Now there is a topic to give essence of what we are going to do.
   
2. That the present mock summit is not going to be hosted by any member country, but by the Secretariat of the WTO.
   
3. Therefore, the Chairman of the summit is not the Minister of trade of any country, but of the General Council.
   
4. There are no many ministerial delegates as this summit is of special interest groups under the WTO regime.
   
5. Lastly, the format of submissions of the issues both by members of the general Council and Ministerial delegates will be in form of recommendations. But still after recommendations by the delegates, there will be another stage of agreements and disagreements between them.
   

 

MEMBERS OF GENERAL COUNCIL HEADING VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND PANELS OF THE WTO

1. CHAIRMAN             - LAWI ISA ABDULLAH (Dept. of Biological Sciences)
   
2. DIRECTOR GENERAL     - SURAJO Y. MUHAMMED (Dept. of Political Science)
   
3. TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH - AMINU SALISU (Dept. of Political Science)
   
4. NAMA                 - ALIYU SHEME    (Dept. of Political Science)
   
5. COTTON INITIATIVE         - SULE SULEIMAN (Dept. of Political Science)
   
6. SERVICES: WATER RESOURCES -    ABUBAKAR SALIHU (Dept. of Political Science)
   
7. FISH AND FISHERY IN GLOBAL TRADE    -    MAIMUNA YAKUBU K/MATA (Dept. of Political Science)
   
8. ENVIRONMENTAL    -    JAMILU ABDUSSALAM (Dept. of Political Science)
   
9. TRADE FACILITATION    -    COLLINS Y. SAKWE (Dept. of Political Science)
   
10. RULES GOVERNING TRADE    -    ISA MOHD (Dept. of Political Science)
    
11. TRADE AND DEVT    -    NAZIRU HALLIRU (Dept. of Econs.)
    
12. SPECIAL AND DIFF. TREATMENT     -    ISMAIL HAYATU (Dept. of Econs.)
    
13. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT    -    SHAMSUDDEEN MUSA (Dept. of Pol.Sci.)
    
14. REFORM OF THE WTO    -    DINA RASHEED (Dept of Pol. Sci.)
    

TRADE DELGATES FROM MEMBER COUNTRIES

U.S.A.            BASIRU MUSA (Dept. of Political Science)

EUROPEAN UNION    ABDULGANIYU R. Y.     (Dept. of Agric.)

CANADA        MANSUR ABDULLAHI    (Dept. of Political Science)

JAPAN            MOHAMMED ISMAIL (Dept. of Political Science)

CHINA            BINTA MUHAMMED KURMAWA (Dept. of Political Science)

INDIA            MARYAM SUNUSI SANI (Dept. of Political Science)

BRAZIL        ADAMU ADAMU ALHASSAN (Dept. of Political Science)

SOUTH AFRICA    MOHAMMED YUSUF (Dept. of Political Science)

MALAYSIA        SALIM BALA MOHAMMED (Dept. of Political Science)

NIGER REPUBLIC    MUSTAPHA T. MUHIYIDDEEN (Dept. of Eng. & European Lang)

VENEZUELA        USMAN YAHAYA (Dept. of Political Science)

CUBA            AREMU LATEEF (Dept. of Political Science)

NIGERIA        FATE BUKAR FATE (Dept. of Political Science)

ARGENTINA        HAMZA D. JIBRIL (Dept. of Political Science)

MALAYSIA        MARYAM SULEMAN YAKUB (Dept. of Political Science)

AUSTRALIA        ABDULLAHI SALIHU IBRAHIM (Dept. of Computer Science)

RUSSIA        BASHIR MOHAMMED (Dept. of Sociology)

NEW ZEALAND    AUWAL ABDULLAHI DANBATTA (Dept. of Political Science)

SOUTH KOREA    KABIRU BASIRU (Dept. of Political Science)

GREECE        JOY NZOVIWU (Dept. of Political Science)

KENYA        ABDUSSALAM RILWAN (Dept. of Political Science)

 

OBSERVERS

1. WORLD BANK     -    HAJARA ABDULKADIR (Dept. of Political Science)
   
2. I. M. F.        -    ISYAK USMAN (Dept. of Business Admin.)
   
3. U. N.            -    IBRAHIM ISMAIL (Dept. of Political Science)
   

 

RESERVE LIST

1. IBRAHIM ALHASSAN
   
2. BASIRU NURUDDEEN
   
3. AMINU BELLO
   
4. NAZIRU USMAN BABA KOKI
   
5. BARIRATU ALIYU HAYATU
   
6. ELVIS OLUSHOLA
   
7. KINGSLEY O.
   
8. KABIRU ALI SULEIMAN
   

 

MEDIA CREW

1. SIDDIQUE TANIMUDDARI    (EX STUDENT POL. SCI
   
2. ISHAK ISA ALKASSIM        (Dept. of Mass Communications)
   
3. GARZALI YAKUBU            (FREEDOM RADIO)
   
4. HALIMA IBRAHIM            (Dept. of Political Science)
   
5. ZAINAB SALEH            (Dept. of Political Science)
   
6. BASIRAT ABDULWAHAB        (Dept. of Mass Communications)
   
7. ABUBAKAR IDRIS USMAN     (Dept. of Mass Communications)
   
8. HABU ABUBAKAR            (Dept. of Mass Communications)
   
9. HAIRA SURAJO MOHAMMED
   
10. AISHA OTARU            (Dept. of Lib. Science)
    
11. MARYAM SULE            (Dept. of Mass Communications)
    
12. ESTHER YAKUBU
    
13. JOY MICHEAL            (Dept. of Sociology)
    
14. ZAINAB DAUDA            (Dept. of Mass Communications)
    
15. ZUBAIRU SANI            (Dept. of Mass Communications)
    

 

SECURITY

1. AHMED GOMA                    (To lead the team)
   
2. ABUBAKAR SANI TAMBAI
   
3. MUHAMMAD YAHAYA MUHAMMAD
   
4. HUSSAINI UMAR MAKWAI
   

 

 

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

1. MURTALA GAMBO
   
2. PATRICIA ILEWU        (Dept. of Political Science)
   
3. NURADDEEN MOHAMMED        (Dept. of Political Science)
   
4. ABDULLAHI MUSA
   

M. M. Yusif

Director WTO Mock Summit

Bayero University, Kano

Kano - Nigeria