GATT/AIR/2622 13 JUNE 1988

SUBJECT: SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

1. THE SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HELD ON 13 JULY 1988, COMMENCING AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS SESSION:

(II) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF

THE URUGUAY ROUND;

3. MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FOR CONSIDERATION ANY OTHER MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.

4. AS AGREED AT THE SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 19 APRIL 1988 GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN RELATION TO WORK IN THE URUGUAY ROUND ARE HEREBY INVITED TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE PERIODICALLY INFORMED ON ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY CARRIED OUT AS WELL AS OF FACILITIES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THEIR PROGRAMMES.

5. AN ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SESSION ARE BEING ISSUED BY THE SECRETARIAT.

6. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBSERVER STATUS WISHING TO BE PRESENTED AT THE SESSION ARE REQUESTED TO ADVISE ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS SESSION.

A.DUNKEL