CSEND has organized an international conference on the Food Crisis together with the group of the Least Developed Country members of the WTO. The title of the conference was“ WTO Rules and Food Crisis in the Least Developed Countries” . The conference took place on 17th July at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Geneva. The working programme including presentations and related documents are available here.”
Background Documents
CSEND Concept Note on Food crisis
G8 HL summit paper 10 points
IAASTD SR Exec Sum
Market Access in Switzerland & EU Haeberli
"Market access in Switzerland and in the EU for ...."
WB Press Release on Export Restriction
Speakers
Speaker list
Presentation Material
Conference Themes – Raymond Saner
Session 1 Trade Rules a Problem – Christian Haeberli
Session 1 Early Warning – Claude Heimo
Session 1 Food Crisis and Haiti - Jean-Claude Pierre ( EN , FR )
Session 2 Towards a new development strategy - Jean Feyder
Session 2 Free Trade the Solution? – Carin Smaller
Session 2 WTO Rule Contribution to Food Security – Ralf Peters
Conference Recommendations – Falou Samb
Summary of Session 1: Rappoteur Peggy Mlewa
Summary of Session 2: Rapporteur Eloi Laourou
Summary of Conference: General Rapporteur Falou Samb
Conference pictures
Articles
WTO rules and the food crisis in LDCs: challenges and the way forward - Falou Samb, Eloi Laourou and Mothae A. Maruping
Article (EN) Article (FR)
Available online at: Volume 7. Number 9 / November 2008
www.ictsd.net/tni
www.acp-eu-trade.org/tni
REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE ON WTO RULES AND THE FOOD CRISIS
IN THE LDCS ( EN (237.55 kB), 
FR )