GATT/AIR/2704 21 OCTOBER 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

1. THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 2 NOVEMBER 1983. STARTING AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. CONTINUATION OF CONSIDERATION OF SUBMISSIONS BY PARTICIPANTS CONCERNING THEIR ANALYSES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS AND THEIR VIEWS ON THE MATTERS TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING THE "CHAIRMAN'S PAPER" AND THE DRAFT "CHAIRMAN'S REPORT" TO THE GNG FOR THE URUGUAY ROUND MID-TERM REVIEW CIRCULATED TO ALL PARTICIPANTS ON

20 OCTOBER 1988.

B. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. AN INFORMAL MEETING OPEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE HELD ON 31 OCTOBER 1988, STARTING AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING IT ON 1 NOVEMBER 1988.

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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