GATT/AIR/2663 1 SEPTEMBER 1988

SUBJECT: TENTH MEETING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF

LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

1. THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WILL HOLD ITS TENTH MEETING ON 26 OCTOBER IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10.00 A.M. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

2. AT THE SIXTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN JUNE 1987, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SHOULD, INTER ALIA, CARRY OUT A REGULAR REVIEW OF THE ISSUES IN THE URUGUAY ROUND OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE LIGHT OF PARAGRAPH VII OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS. AT THE NINTH METING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON 11 FEBRUARY 1988 THE DELEGATION OF BANGLADESH ON BEHALF OF THE LLDCS SUBMITTED SOME PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE APPROPRIATE NEGOTIATING GROUPS. THESE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS COM.TD/LLDC/W/37 AND MTN.GNG/W/14 WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE AT ITS TENTH MEETING.

3. THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF DISCUSSING OTHER MATTERS OF CONCERN TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES INCLUDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

4. AN ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA WILL BE ISSUED.

5. IT IS RECALLED THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT. ALL OTHER INTERESTED LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS MAY, UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE.

A. DUNKEL

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