GATT/AIR/3093

GATT/AIR/3093 17 SEPTEMBER 1990

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

1. THE SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HELD ON 12 AND 16 OCTOBER 1990, COMMENCING AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER, 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 DEVELOPING 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.

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

A.DUNKEL