Nearly 300 scientists from six continents have joined together with one voice to urge World Trade Organization members to end harmful fisheries subsidies and protect the ocean’s health.
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WTO members pledge to conclude the negotiation before WTO’s Ministerial Conference ASAP
In WTO’s virtual Ministerial Meeting held on 15 July, 104 ministers and heads of delegation confirmed that the negotiating text on the meeting can be used as the basis for finalizing the agreement. WTO members pledged to conclude the negotiation at or before WTO’s Ministerial Conference in early December.
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New draft text on the table ahead of WTO’s July ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to host a ministerial meeting on 15 July to review the Chair’s new draft consolidated text and move negotiations on fisheries subsidies closer to a conclusion.
Ocean campaigners in South Korea install ice sculptures calling for an end to harmful fisheries subsidies
Ahead of the WTO’s July ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, environmental activists in Seoul urge leaders to reach an agreement.
WTO ministers to convene in July to consider new draft text on fisheries subsidies
Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to host a ministerial meeting with aim of concluding fisheries negotiations
WTO deal to end harmful fisheries subsidies is now 100 days overdue, NGOs report
Stop Funding Overfishing campaign pushes for world leaders to reach an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies as soon as possible
Stop the Fish Meltdown—say NGOs placing ice sculpture in front of the World Trade Organization headquarters
Over 170 organizations urge world leaders to reach a WTO agreement to stop harmful fisheries subsidies as soon as possible.