GATT/AIR/2554/REV.1 25 FEBRUARY 1988

 

 

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

 

1. THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 2 MARCH 1988, STARTING AT 11 A.M. AND NOT 10 A.M.

AS ANNOUNCED IN GATT/AIR/2554, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. IT WILL CONTINUE ON 4 MARCH 1988, IF NECESSARY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. CONTINUATION OF CONSIDERATION OF SUBMISSIONS BY

PARTICIPANTS OF THEIR ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS AND OF THEIR VIEWS ON THE MATTERS TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE SUMMARY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BY THE SECRETARIAT OF THE PROPOSALS MADE SO FAR.

B. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF

THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE AT ITS PREVIOUS MEETING, THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO HAVE BEFORE IT:

- ANY ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS (TO BE ISSUED);

- A BACKGROUND PAPER ON ARBITRATION, PREPARED BY THE GATT

SECRETARIAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GROUP'S DECISION AT ITS LAST MEETING (MTN.GNG/NG13/W/20);

- REVISION OF THE SECRETARIAT NOTE ON "SUMMARY AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS FOR NEGOTIATIONS" (MTN/GNG/NG13/W/14/Rev.1).

4. 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 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

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