UNCTAD/GATT/AIR/27 10 FEBRUARY 1992

 

 

 

 

 

SUBJECT: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL

TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT (TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION)

1. THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT WILL CONVENE FROM 6 TO 10 APRIL 1992 AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA STARTING AT 10 A.M. THE GROUP WILL EXAMINE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UNCTAD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE GATT COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES.

2. THE GROUP WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SESSION (ITC/AG(XXV)/L/80); THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF ITC IN 1991 (ITC/AG(XXV)/132), AND ITS STATISTICAL APPENDIX (ITC/AG(XXV)/132/ADD.1); THE PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP A GLOBAL TRUST FUND AND A CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (ITC/AG(XXV)/130); THE REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE ITC SUBPROGRAMME: INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TRADE PROMOTION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL (ITC/AG(XXV)/129); THE ITC COMMENTS ON THE CONSULTANTS' RECOMMENDATIONS (ITC/INF/66); THE REPORT OF THE 1992 TECHNICAL MEETING (ITC/AG(XXV)/131) AND THE PROPOSAL FOR AN ITC PROGRAMME FOR 1992-1997 REGARDING THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN IN TRADE DEVELOPMENT (ITC/TM(92)/4). THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED.

3. GOVERNMENTS OF STATES MEMBERS OF UNCTAD AND CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THIS MEETING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REPRESENTATION BE AT THE LEVEL OF SENIOR OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH TRADE PROMOTION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN TRADE IN GENERAL. IT IS ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE THAT THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WHICH THE CENTRE IS DESIGNED TO SERVE, BE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED.

4. THE MEETING IS OPEN TO SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND UNITED NATIONS BODIES, AND TO OBSERVERS FROM OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN TRADE PROMOTION.

5. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE NAMES OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP MEEETING BE COMMUNICATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT, PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1211 GENEVA 10 (FAX NO. (41-22) 730 05 74 OR 733 44 39, OR TELEX NO. 414 119 ITC-CH), BY 21 MARCH 1992.

 

 

 

 

 

 

K.K.S. DADZIE A. DUNKEL

 

 

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