GATT/AIR/2843

GATT/AIR/2843 27 SEPTEMBER 1989

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

1. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HELD ON 9-10 AND 14 NOVEMBER 1989, COMMENCING AT 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER, 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:

(I) REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND IN THE URUGUAY ROUND;

(II) REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF PART IV AND OF THE OPERATION OF THE ENABLING CLAUSE;

(III) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE URUGUAY ROUND;

(IV) WORK OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED

COUNTRIES;

(V) ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES ON THE OPERATION OF THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

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

4. CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE HEREBY INVITED TO NOTIFY TO THE SECRETARIAT INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF PART IV AND THE OPERATION OF THE ENABLING CLAUSE, WELL IN TIME FOR CIRCULATION BY THE SECRETARIAT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS SESSION.

5. AS AGREED AT THE SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 19 APRIL 1988 GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVEL0PING 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.

6. AN ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SESSION ARE BEING ISSUED BY THE SECRETARIAT. A COMMUNICATION FROM YUGOSLAVIA ON THE AGREEMENT ON THE GLOBAL SYSTEM OF TRADE PREFERENCES AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IS BEING CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT L/6564 FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER ITEM (II) ABOVE.

7. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND 0THER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBSERVER STATUS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE SESSION ARE REQUESTED TO ADVISE ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS SESSION.

A. DUNKEL

89-1349