GATT/AIR/3083 5 SEPTEMBER 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM
1. THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 1990 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 27 SEPTEMBER, 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. THE CHAIRMAN INTENDS TO BASE DISCUSSIONS UNDER ITEM A ON THE PROFILE OF NEGOTIATIONS IN THE GROUP PROVIDED BY HIS REPORT TO THE GNG (MTN.GNG/NG14/W/44). IT IS HIS AIM THAT THE GROUP SHOULD START TO FINALIZE ITS CONCLUSIONS, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT AT THE PRESENT MEETING IT SHOULD SEEK TO TENTATIVELY CONCLUDE WORK UNDER ITEM A (I).
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