GATT/AIR/3419 20 APRIL 1993
SUBJECT: FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WILL HOLD ITS FOURTEENTH MEETING ON THURSDAY, 6 MAY 1993 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10.30 A.M.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(I) REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EXTERNAL TRADE AND PAYMENTS SITUATION OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF RECENT TRADE POLICY MEASURES RELATING TO THEM;
(II) ISSUES OF INTEREST TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE URUGUAY ROUND;
(III) OTHER MATTERS.
3. FOR THIS MEETING, THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR THE FOURTEENTH MEETING INITIALLY SCHEDULED ON 6 OCTOBER 1992 (COM.TD/LLDC/W/51). THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL ALSO HAVE BEFORE IT DOCUMENT COM.TD/LLDC/W/51/ADD.1 WHICH CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RECENT TRADE POLICY DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHICH HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECRETARIAT SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENT COM.TD/LLDC/W/51.
4. MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT; ALL OTHER INTERESTED LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MAY, UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE.
5. MEMBERS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND GOVERNMENTS, AND GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBSERVER STATUS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS MEETING.
A. DUNKEL
93-0566