At a much-awaited informal meeting of the WTO General Council (GC) on 30-31 July, Members remained far apart on agreement over elements of an agenda for the WTO's Fourth Ministerial Conference from 9-13 November in Doha, Qatar. Intended as a 'reality check' 100 days before the Ministerial, Members failed to use the opportunity to advance on what could appear on a Ministerial Declaration, and instead forwarded statements that for the most part re-iterated previously-known positions.