In Depth back to UNI In Depth home page 09/06/2002 Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi underlines WTO'S contribution to sustainable development Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a speech at the High-Level Special Roundtable of the World Summit on Sustainable Development on 3 September 2002 in Johannesburg, stressed that "WTO's contribution to sustainable development goes beyond raising incomes and helping to alleviate poverty," citing ongoing negotiations on agriculture and fishery subsidies as well as on WTO's relationship with environmental agreements. Speech: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/spsp_e/spsp01_e.htm ______________________ Union Network International http://www.union-network.org - contact@union-network.org