The 12th Ministerial Conference was held from 12 to 17 June 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland. It was co-hosted by Kazakhstan and chaired by the Mr. Timur Suleimenov, Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan's President.
The Conference was originally scheduled for June 2020 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, but it was postponed twice due to the COVID-19.
At the Conference special attention was paid to the challenges facing the multilateral trading system, food security, e-commerce, fisheries subsidies, agriculture, WTO reform, and response to the pandemic, including TRIPS Waiver.
Statements made by the ministers during the opening session on 12 June were posted on the WTO's web page. Thematic sessions took place on 13-14 June. Members decided to extend the Conference by a day in order to achieve meaningful outcome.
On the final day of the Conference (17 June), WTO members agreed on the "Geneva package" that includes the following documents:
Information about the 12th Ministerial Conference on WTO's website.