CANCUN, MEXICO, Sept. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The 5th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has collapsed, delegates to the meeting said here Sunday afternoon.

　　George Odour, a delegate of Kenya, came out of the conference hall, telling the press at 3 o'clock that the meeting collapsed over the Singapore issues.

　　"Singapore issues are the center of the issue," he said. "All of the developing countries are not ready for it."

　　Delegates from Uganda, and some other African nations also walked out of the meeting, saying the EU and some other members still wanted to launch negotiations over the Singapore issues, referring to trade and investment, trade and competition policy, transparency in government procurement and trade facilitation.

　　But there was no immediate confirmation of the collapse from the secretariat of the WTO.

　　Heads of delegations began a meeting at 4 o'clock local time. Enditem