GATT/AIR/3523 29 NOVEMBER 1993

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE/GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON GOODS

1. A JOINT MEETING OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON GOODS WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 3 DECEMBER 1993. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 9 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WILL BE:

(A) TO CARRY OUT THE EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRED BY THE FINAL PARAGRAPH OF SECTION G OF PART I OF THE PUNTA DEL ESTE DECLARATION. THE FORMAT OF THE MEETING IS INTENDED TO ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE AN EVALUATION COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF THE ROUND.

(B) TO REVIEW THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE OVERALL URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS.

3. A BACKGROUND PAPER HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT TO ASSIST PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISCUSSION (MTN.TNC/W/122, MTN.GNG/W/30).

4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED PROCEEDINGS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND, PURSUANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION AT ITS MEETING ON 28 JULY, GOVERNMENTS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING THEIR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND HAVING ALREADY NOTIFIED THEIR WISH TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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