GATT/AIR/3490 16 SEPTEMBER 1993

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND - INFORMAL GROUP ON INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

1. THE INFORMAL GROUP ON INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ESTABLISHED ON

31 AUGUST 1993 TO COMPLETE THE WORK CONCERNING THE PROPOSED MULTILATERAL TRADE ORGANIZATION AND THE INTEGRATED DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM WILL MEET ON 23 SEPTEMBER 1993. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING MAY CONTINUE ON 24 SEPTEMBER.

2. THE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES THAT, AT THIS MEETING, THE GROUP SHOULD ESTABLISH A WORK PROGRAMME AIMED AT CONCLUDING THE WORK BY THE THIRD WEEK OF OCTOBER. IN THIS CONNECTION THE GROUP MAY WISH TO IDENTIFY ISSUES LEFT OUTSTANDING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WORK IN THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP IN JUNE 1992. IN ADDITION TO THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT FINAL ACT (MTN.TNC/W/FA), THE GROUP WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE 1992 DRAFT TEXTS OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE MULTILATERAL TRADE ORGANIZATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.

3. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND