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The Proposed Agenda can be found in document
WT/GC/W/628/Rev.1 and contains the following items:
1. Transparency for
Preferential Trade Arrangements — Draft Decision
The General Council will
consider a Draft Decision, contained in
WT/COMTD/71, establishing a Transparency Mechanism for
Preferential Trade Arrangements.
2. Report by the Chairman
of the Trade Negotiations Committee
This is a standing Item on
the Agenda. The Director-General will report, in his capacity
as Chairman of the TNC, on activities in this area since his last
report in October.
3. Work Programme on
Small Economies
(a) Report by the Chairman of
the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development
Under this standing Item, the Chairman of the Dedicated Session of
the CTD will report on the progress of work in the Work Programme on
Small Economies.
(b) Graduation of Maldives from
LDC status on 1 January 2011
The delegation of Maldives will
introduce this item, which was placed on the agenda at its request,
as contained in document
WT/GC/130.
4. Follow-Up to the 1
August 2004 General Council Decision and the Hong Kong Ministerial
Declaration on the Doha Work Programme — Statement by the
Director-General on the Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton
The Director-General will
report on the state-of-play in cotton development assistance since
his last report to the Council in November 2009.
 Audio: Statement by Pascal Lamy on the Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton
5. Work Programme on
—Review of Progress
In line with the Decision on
the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce (WT/L/782)
adopted by Ministers at the Seventh Session of the Ministerial
Conference, the General Council will hold a review of the progress
on the work programme.
6. Review under Paragraph
8 of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha
Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health — Report of the
Council for TRIPS
The Chairman of the TRIPS
Council will report on its annual review on the functioning of the
system set out in the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6
of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
7. Accessions
(a) WTO Accessions: 2010 Report
by the Director-General
The Director-General will introduce
his report on accession contained in
WT/ACC/14.
(b) Accession Priorities for 2010 in respect of LDCs —
Communication of Zambia on behalf of the LDC Group
The representative of Zambia (on behalf of the LDC Group) will make
a statement outlining the accession priorities for LDCs for 2010:
Samoa, Vanuatu and Yemen, as contained in
WT/GC/129.
Audio: 2010 Report by Pascal Lamy on WTO accessions
8. Amendment to the
The General Council will be
invited to adopt the draft decision contained in document
G/MA/W/104 regarding proposed amendments to the procedures for
the introduction of Harmonized System 2002 changes to schedules of
concessions using the CTS Database.
9. Committee on Budget,
Finance and Administration — Report on its meeting of November and December
2010
The Chairman of the Budget
Committee will introduce the Committee's reports on its meetings in
November and December 2010 (WT/BFA/119, 120 and 121) and seek the
Council's approval of a number of specific recommendations and of a
draft resolution on the revised expenditure of the WTO in 2011
contained therein.
10. Waivers under Art. IX
of the WTO Agreement
(a) Introduction of Harmonized
System 2002 changes into WTO Schedules of Tariff Concessions — Draft
Decision (G/C/W/637)
(b) Introduction of
Harmonized System 2007 changes into WTO Schedules of Tariff
Concessions — Draft Decision (G/C/W/638)
(c) Review of waivers pursuant
to Article IX:4 of the WTO Agreement
11. Review of WTO
Activities
The General Council will
conduct its annual review of WTO activities, in line with the
Decision concerning procedures for an annual overview of WTO
activities and for reporting under the WTO (WT/L/105).
12. Appointment of
Officers to WTO bodies — Announcement by the Chairman pursuant to
paragraph 7.1(A) of the Guidelines (WT/L/510)
In line with the Guidelines
for the Appointment of Officers to WTO bodies (WT/L/510),
the Chairman will announce that he will be starting consultations on
the appointment of officers to WTO bodies, assisted by the serving
Chair of the Dispute Settlement Body and a former Chair of the
General Council.
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