GATT/AIR/2532 5 JANUARY 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT

SYSTEM

1. THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT

SYSTEM WILL OPEN ON MONDAY 25 JANUARY 1988 AT 3 P.M. THE GROUP WILL MEET

IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SESSION AS NECESSARY DURING THE WEEK

25-29 JANUARY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

(A) DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECTS DEFINED IN THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (MTN.GNG/5);

(B) CONSIDERATION OF THE GROUP'S FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS;

3. IN RELATION TO ITEM (A), THE CHAIRMAN WOULD PROPOSE FIRST TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (II) AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO REVERT TO NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (I) AND (III).

4. A REVISED CHAIRMAN'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON A TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM IS BEING CIRCULATED.

5. ANNEXED FOR REFERENCE IS A CHECKLIST OF THE DOCUMENTATION CIRCULATED

FOR THE GROUP IN THE NG14/W... SERIES TO DATE.

6. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH

WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

88-0019

CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTATION CIRCULATED FOR THE FIRST FOUR MEETINGS

OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP 'FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM'

MTN.GNG/NG14/W/ SUBJECT

1 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA ON SURVEILLANCE

2 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA ON MORE ACTIVE MINISTERIAL

PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT

3 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON EXISTING SURVEILLANCE FUNCTIONS

IN GATT

4 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE

GATT

5 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULTATIVE

GROUP OF EIGHTEEN

6 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON GATT, THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY

FUND AND THE WORLD BANK

7 - COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE

GATT TO ACHIEVING GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC

POLICY-MAKING

8 - COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN ON TRADE POLICY REVIEW IN GATT

9 - INITIAL SUBMISSION BY THE UNITED STATES COVERING ALL THREE

ITEMS OF THE NEGOTIATING MANDATE

10 - COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA CONTAINING AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUES

BEFORE THE GROUP AND PROPOSALS CONCERNING MINISTERIAL

INVOLVEMENT

11 - COMMUNICATION FROM JAMAICA CONCERNING SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE

GROUP'S WORK

12 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE 1954/55 REVIEW SESSION

13 - PROPOSAL BY NEW ZEALAND CONCERNING SURVEILLANCE AND

MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT

14/REV.1 NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT SUMMARIZING POINTS MADE IN THE GROUP

CONCERNING "SURVEILLANCE"

15 - COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND CONCERNING IMPROVEMENT OF THE

OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS AND DECISION-MAKING OF THE GATT AS

AN INSTITUTION

16 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA CONCERNING MINISTERIAL

INVOLVEMENT IN GATT.