11th Ministerial, Buenos Aires 2017

Our World is Not for Sale (OWINFS) one-page flyer

Media information

December 13, 2017
Our World is Not for Sale (OWINFS) Final Statement on MC11: English, Spanish.

Media release (Dec 13, 2017):
Global civil society reactions to end of WTO ministerial conference: English, Spanish.

Media release (Dec 13, 2017):
On last day of WTO Ministerial, civil society distributes urgent recommendations to delegates attending heads of delegation meetings: English, Spanish.

Media release (Dec 11, 2017):
Civil Society Protest at the Entrance of the WTO 11^th Ministerial in Buenos Aires

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Civil Society / NGO Contacts for MC11 WTO Ministerial Dec 10-13, 2017

Global Civil Society Shares What’s at Stake at MC 11:

A Positive Outcome for Development at the MC11 in Argentina?
Video from the side event organized by OWINFS on Sunday, Dec 10.

Upcoming OWINFS side event:

Tuesday, December 12, 10:15 – 11.45am: Protecting the Development Mandate in Agriculture and Fisheries-Subsidies negotiations in MC11

Argentine Government Revokes World Trade Organization’s Accreditation of Key Civil Society Organizations, Just Days before Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires

November 30, 2017: In an unprecedented action, the Argentine government has revoked the accreditation of 63 civil society experts -- trade unionists, development advocates, digital rights activists, environmentalists, and others -- just days before the 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO (MC11) in Buenos Aires, advising the WTO that the experts will not be allowed in the country to participate in the meeting. The majority of the rejected organizations work together through the global Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS) network.

Full media advisory: English Spanish French

Letter to the WTO: English, Spanish. French

Follow-up letter (December 3, 2017)

December 7, 2017: Letter from the European Commission expressing concern and asking for the decision to be reversed.

December 8, 2017: El gobierno de Macri deporta a periodista inglesa crítica de su gestión por haber entregado información de argentinos para Big Data (Sally Burch deported)

December 10, 2017: Statement by Sally Burch: English, Spanish.

December 13, 2017: Open letter on civil society rights

Letter from Global Civil Society about the Agenda of the WTO

Delivery date: 9 October, 2017

English: pdf, docx. Spanish: pdf, docx. French: pdf, docx. Greek: pdf, docx.

Analysis of key issues for the 11^th WTO Ministerial

MSME associations reject MSMEs work program and ecommerce rules in WTO: English, Spanish.

Statement by women’s rights organisations rejecting the WTO Declaration on Women’s Economic Empowerment

Rebuttal to “The WTO Investment Facilitation Initiative: Why It Matters” – background note: Investment Facilitation for Development: Opening the doors of the WTO for hard rules on investment

Is “gender” a Trojan horse to introduce new issues at WTO?

A deadly irony for people’s economic rights as WTO opens talks on International Rights Day

Analyses of Domestic Regulation Disciplines

What Africa wants at MC11

Fisheries subsidies negotiations: English: pdf, doc. French: pdf, doc. Spanish: pdf, doc.

“Domestic regulation” rules in the WTO: English: pdf, docx. Spanish: pdf, doc.

!--Dec 1--> The fourth industrial revolution will deepen the digital divide. Alliance Sud Position on the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference: English, French.