GATT/AIR/2889 23 NOVEMBER 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
1. THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 7-8 DECEMBER 1989, STARTING ON 7 DECEMBER AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. IT WILL CONTINUE ON 8 DECEMBER 1989.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. TO CONTINUE THE WORK FOR THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE, AS REQUIRED BY THE TNC DECISION ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF 8 APRIL 1989 (MTN.TNC/11), P.24, PARAGRAPHS 2 AND A.3):
(1) PROPOSALS BY LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR SPECIAL PROVISIONS FACILITATING THEIR EFFECTIVE USE OF THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM;
(2) THIRD PARTY RIGHTS IN GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT;
(3) ADOPTION OF PANEL REPORTS;
(4) IMPLEMENTATION OF RULINGS, DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIII:2;
(5) STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES AND TO REFRAIN FROM UNILATERAL MEASURES INCONSISTENT WITH THESE GATT RULES AND PROCEDURES;
(6) COMPENSATION AND RETALIATION (WITHDRAWAL OF CONCESSIONS) IN THE CONTEXT OF GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES;
(7) NON-VIOLATION COMPLAINTS UNDER GATT ARTICLE XXIII;
(8) ARBITRATION WITHIN GATT.
B. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS OF NEGOTIATING GROUP 13.
3. SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS WERE CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:
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89-1731
- NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE MEETING OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1989 (MTN.GNG/NG13/16);
- REVISED NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON "GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM" (MTN.GNG/NG13/W/4/Rev.1);
- COMMUNICATION FROM BANGLADESH ON "PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES" (MTN.GNG/NG13/W/34).
A SECRETARIAT NOTE ON "RULINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF GATT ARTICLE XXIII.2" WILL BE CIRCULATED SHORTLY AS DOCUMENT MTN.GNG/NG13/W/35.
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