| Eighth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization | |
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 Pascal Lamy of France, director general of the World Trade Organization (left) andOlusegun Olutoyin Aganga of Nigeria, chairman of the Eight Session | |
| Country | Geneva,Switzerland |
| Previous event | Seventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization |
| Next event | Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization |
The WTO General Council held an eighth WTO ministerial conference session inGeneva from 15–3 December 2011.
Membership agreement were made forRussia,Samoa, andMontenegro, dependent on the ratification of those countries.[1] The consent of Russia`s membership was seen as important, since the country had been the largest major economy outside the organization since the accession ofChina in 2001.
