Cairns Group Farm Leaders Meeting

Cancun, Mexico
8 September 2003

Draft Meeting Agenda

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Monday – 8 September

09:30                                Registration

10:00                                Welcome to meeting and introductions

10:20                                Address by the Hon Mark Vaile, Chair, Cairns Group
                                          Australian Minister for Trade (Time to be confirmed)

11:00                                Presentations and Panel Discussion:

                                          Agricultural Trade Reform in the WTO

                                Discussion to be led by:

                          Mr Pedro de Camargo Neto
                               Former President Sociedade Rural Brasileira
                               Former Secretary of Production and Trade
                               Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil, 2000- 2002
                              
 
                               Mr J.J Otim, President 
                               Agricultural Council of Uganda

                               Mr Jack Bigirwa, Chairman
                               Uganda Coffee Farmers Association

                               Dr Peter Barnard, General Manager
                               Economic, Planning & Market Services
                               Meat & Livestock Australia

12:30                               Lunch

13:30                              Discussion on Cairns Group Farm Leaders' Strategy
                                        in the WTO and Communiqué

16:00                             
Closing Remarks