Qatar and the World Trade Organization

Qatar has announced it has formed a committee to coordinate in matters pertinent to the free trade organization which is presumed to hold its next ministerial meeting in Doha in November this year.

The Qatari dailies issued on Monday said that the ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani agreed the decision of the Cabinet to form this committee which was assigned several tasks including coordination of stances and preparing both the private and the public sectors for the Organization's ministerial meeting.

Among the task of this committee is to acquaint the ministries and other governmental sides with other matters relating to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Qatar's obligations to WTO agreements.

On November 9 through 13 Doha will host the WTO fourth ministerial conference.