GATT/AIR/2846 3 OCTOBER 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM
1. FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, AND WILL NOW BEGIN ON MONDAY, 23 OCTOBER 1989 AT 10 A.M. IN ROOM A, WIPO HEADQUARTERS, CHEMIN DES COLOMBETTES, 34. IT WILL CONTINUE, AS NECESSARY, ON TUESDAY, 24 OCTOBER.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDINGS AND ARRANGEMENTS:
(I) TO ENHANCE THE SURVEILLANCE IN THE GATT TO ENABLE REGULAR MONITORING OF TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF CONTRACTING PARTIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM;
(II) TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS AND DECISION-MAKING OF THE GATT AS AN INSTITUTION, INCLUDING, INTER ALIA, THROUGH INVOLVEMENT OF MINISTERS;
(III) TO INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE GATT TO ACHIEVING GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING THROUGH STRENGTHENING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONETARY AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.
(B) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. UNDER ITEM (A) IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE GROUP FIRST TAKE UP DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (III); THE ATTENTION OF PARTICIPANTS IS DRAWN TO THE REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL CONTAINED IN DOCUMENT MTN.GNG/NG14/W/35. IT IS PROPOSED THEN TO REVERT TO OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS RELATING TO NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (I) AND (II); THE ATTENTION OF PARTICIPANTS IN THIS REGARD IS DRAWN TO THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT CONTAINED IN DOCUMENT MTN.GNG/NG14/W/34 AND TO THE NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG14/12.
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
89-1388