GATT/AIR/2793 9 JUNE 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM
1. THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY 19 JUNE 1989 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY 20 JUNE.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) FORMAT FOR COUNTRY REPORTS UNDER THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM. A REPORT WILL BE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP ESTABLISHED TO EXAMINE THE QUESTION OF FORMAT;
(B) CONSIDERATION OF THE STATUS OF WORK AND THE GROUP'S FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME UNDER ITS NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (MTN.GNG/5);
(C) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. ATTENTION IS CALLED TO THE DECISION OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE ON 8 APRIL 1989 (MTN.TNC/11) THAT:
(A) THE GROUP SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OTHER MEANS BY WHICH TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS AND DECISION-MAKING OF THE GATT;
(B) THE GROUP SHOULD ALSO CONTINUE WORK ON ITS THIRD NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE OF INCREASING THE CONTRIBUTION OF GATT TO ACHIEVING GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING, INCLUDING THE EXAMINATION OF THE OTHER SUBSTANTIVE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN RAISED TO DATE, AND
(C) THE GROUP SHOULD COMPLETE BY 30 JUNE 1989 ITS WORK ON THE DRAFT FORMAT FOR COUNTRY REPORTS UNDER THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM.
ATTENTION IS CALLED ALSO TO DOCUMENT MTN.GNG/NG14/W/34 CONTAINING A COMPILATION BY THE SECRETARIAT OF PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
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.
A. DUNKEL
89-0832