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Mr Martin, as far as the accommodation facilities are concerned, these were inevitably determined by the number of hotel rooms available in Qatar. If my memory serves me well, there were approximately 4 500 rooms and, again if I remember correctly, about 700 of these had been reserved for the non-governmental organisations, meaning of course those NGOs that were present in that capacity, apart from those NGOs who were part of the delegations.
However, in the context of the European Union, and I suppose that it is essentially the EU that is of interest to you – it is, in any case, of primary interest to me – we are very lucky to participate in such conferences with 15 Member States, which themselves bring a number of NGOs along with their own delegations.
Therefore, from the European standpoint, many NGOs were present and I heard no complaints about this issue, either before or during any of the many meetings that I had with these organisations. As far as what happens next, I will be taking part in a status meeting next week which will enable me to come to an opinion.
Once again, if you wish to hear first-hand information, those who were there will be able to give you the details.
I think that the NGOs were able to take the initiative in Doha. Either I myself or my colleagues on my behalf spent time each day explaining to them (as I did for Parliament’s delegations and, of course, for the Council of Ministers) where we were coming from, what stage we had reached and where we were heading, so that they could follow the work and influence it. As you know, when you meet a delegation of this type which is able explain a few crucial points, this is what counts in such circumstances.
I therefore feel that, from this perspective, things were much better at Doha than at Seattle. I would reiterate what I said earlier, with Doha being the only candidate city, competition and the law of the market concerning the appeal of the conference location did not really play a part. This is an issue that we can only take note of; since Doha was the only candidate city, I cannot see what other choice we had. I reiterate that we ourselves specified the condition that access be offered on an equal basis for all the delegations."@en1
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