GATT/AIR/3647 8 NOVEMBER 1994

SUBJECT: SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

1. THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HELD ON 21 AND 25 NOVEMBER 1994, COMMENCING AT 3 P.M. ON MONDAY, 21 NOVEMBER, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS AT THIS SESSION:

(I) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM;

(II) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE URUGUAY ROUND;

(III) WORK OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

3. MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FOR CONSIDERATION ANY OTHER MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.

4. THE COMMITTEE HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REVIEWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF PART IV AND THE OPERATION OF THE ENABLING CLAUSE. CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE HEREBY INVITED TO NOTIFY TO THE SECRETARIAT INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW, IN TIME FOR CIRCULATION BY THE SECRETARIAT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS SESSION. DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM MAY BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN 2(I) ABOVE.

5. AS AGREED AT THE SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 19 APRIL 1988, GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN RELATION TO WORK IN THE URUGUAY ROUND WERE 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. UNDER ITEM 2(II), CONTRACTING PARTIES MAY WISH TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE FUTURE PRIORITIES FOR WTO TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES.

7. RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SESSION IS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY THE SECRETARIAT. A CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

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

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

 

 

 

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