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The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (also known as "The Hong Kong Ministerial Conference")

The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC6) was successfully held in Hong Kong from 13 to 18 December 2005. It was also known as the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference. Ministers adopted the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (HKMD), which set out a series of agreements in the major areas of negotiations, and a timetable for the next and final phase of the multilateral trade negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). This outcome put the DDA negotiations back on track, and provided a  foundation for full modalities for agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) to be agreed. It also invigorated WTO Members' determination and willingness to engage in serious negotiations.

For details of the MC6's outcome and the full text of HKMD, please see the Legislative Council Brief (pdf format) of 10 January 2006.