GATT/AIR/2988 8 MAY 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM
1. THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY 22 MAY 1990 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 23 MAY AS NECESSARY.
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 NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (I) ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE SUBMISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG AND NEW ZEALAND CONCERNING DOMESTIC TRANSPARENCY (MTN.GNG/NG14/W/37), TO THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT CONCERNING IMPROVEMENT OF NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES (MTN.GNG/NG14/W/39), AND TO AN INFORMAL PAPER CONTAINING A NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIRMAN AT THE LAST MEETING. UNDER NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (II) ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND (MTN.GNG/NG14/W/38). UNDER NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (III) ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE SUBMISSION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (NG14/W/40) AND THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL (NG14/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.
A. DUNKEL
90-0638