FORTY-EIGHT/1

19 November 1992

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CONTRACTING PARTIES

Forty-Eighth Session

December 1992

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

1. MEETINGS

2. HOURS OF MEETINGS

3. INTERPRETATION

4. PREPARED SPEECHES

5. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS AND RECEPTION DESK

6. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION DESK

7. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

8. ADMISSION BADGES

9. PUBLIC TRANSPORT

10. TAXIS

11. PARKING

12. FACILITIES OFFERED AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE

ANNEXES: I. (A) ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

(B) SECRETARIAT

II. GATT MEMBERSHIP

92-17161. MEETINGS

The Forty-Eighth Session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES will be held in the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), rue de Varembé, Geneva (Tel:  791.91.11).

The opening meeting will be on Wednesday, 2 December 1992 at 3 p.m.

The plenary meetings will take place in Conference Room I on level "H" of the Conference Centre. For security reasons delegations will have access to the Conference Room through one door only (next to lifts 2 and 3).

The other conference rooms in the Centre will be used by another organization during the entire period of the GATT Session.

2. HOURS OF MEETINGS

Subject to such adjustments as may be necessary, the hours of plenary meetings will be:

Unless instructions to the contrary are received from the delegations concerned, original texts of prepared statements will be made available to the Press immediately after delivery, and when issued as documents, will not be restricted.

5. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS AND RECEPTION DESK

A Reception Desk will be situated near the entrance of Room I (near lifts 2 and 3).

During plenary meetings, delegates who are requested on the telephone, or for whom there is a message, will be called out of the meeting room to one of the telephones situated near the meeting room.

All incoming calls should be made to the following telephone numbers:

Reception Desk: 791 96 03

Conference Ushers: 791 96 00

791 96 02

6. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION DESK

An Information and Registration Desk will be installed in the Conference Centre near Room I, on "H" level at the top of the escalators. Messages for delegations can be accepted at this Desk which will be staffed permanently during conference hours.

Telephone numbers: 791 96 06

791 96 07

7. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The following security measures have been taken in the interest of all delegations.

Access to the conference sector will be refused to anyone not wearing a badge.

Access to the conference room will be possible by the escalators and lifts 2 and 3. The entrance doors to the conference room on the BAR side will be closed at all levels.

Registration will take place at the top of the escalator.

8. ADMISSION BADGES

Admission badges will be issued to duly accredited representatives, alternates and advisers at the GATT Conference Office in the Centre William Rappard (CWR) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 1 December and on the morning of Wednesday, 2 December. Thereafter they will be issued only at the Conference Centre at the Information and Registration Desk (on "H" level at the top of the escalators).

Large delegations should preferably nominate one person responsible for collecting the badges for all members of the delegation.

9. PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Because of its proximity to the rue de Vermont and the Place des Nations, the Conference Centre is served by bus lines 5, 8, 11, 14, 18, F, V and Z.

10. TAXIS

The nearest taxi rank is situated at 37-39, rue de Vermont (ABC Taxis, Tel: 794.71.11). Taxis at the Place des Nations can be called by dialling 33.141.33.

11. PARKING

No parking is allowed in the vicinity of the Conference Centre. The roundabout in front of the main entrance of the Centre will be used only for unloading and loading passengers.

Chauffeur-driven official cars are requested not to remain parked in the vicinity of the entrance to the Conference Centre, but to leave the area and return only just before the expected end of the meeting.

An extremely limited number of entry cards, giving free access to the underground garage "Parking des Nations" are at the disposal of delegations. Only one entry card will be made available to each delegation. These cards can be collected from Mrs. D. Bouviala (office no. 59) in the Centre William Rappard, as from Monday, 30 November 1992. Delegates wishing to use the "Parking des Nations" will be asked for a deposit of SwF 50 upon receipt of the entry card. This amount will be refunded upon return of the card to the GATT Secretariat.

Delegations are requested to return these entry cards to Mrs. Bouviala without fail by Monday, 7 December at the latest.

12. FACILITIES OFFERED AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE

(a) Post and Telecommunications

There is a Post Office on the ground floor of the Conference Centre:

Hours: 7.30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

1.45 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Tel: 734.28.83

(b) Bank

An office of the Union Bank of Switzerland is located next to the Post Office.

Hours: 8 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Tel: 733.75.25

(c) Medical Service

Delegations are informed that a Medical Service is situated behind the bar on the ground floor which will be attended during the hours of the plenary meetings.

Tel: 791.93.70

Office No. G-298

(d) Cloakroom

The cloakroom for the use of participants is situated in the main entrance hall of the Conference Centre.

(e) Restaurant, Cafeteria and Bars

Hours: Restaurant: 11.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

_Cafeteria: 11.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bars: 8.00 a.m. - 6 p.m.

(f) News-stand

A news-stand and tobacconist will be open during meeting hours.

ANNEX I

A. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

Office¹ Tel.¹

Mr. P. Barthel-Rosa Secretary. 2009 5191

Director, Session, Council,

Related Bodies and Trade

and Development Division

Mr. C. Mercier Summary Records Officer. 2007 5225

Counsellor, Session, Council,

Related Bodies and Trade

and Development Division

Miss S. Niklaus Conference Officer 14 5241

B. SECRETARIAT

Mr. A. Dunkel Director-General 1010 5100

Mr. C.R. Carlisle Deputy Director-General 1020 5300

Mr. A. Hussain Assistant Director-General 1008 5066

Mr. K. Broadbridge Assistant Director-General 1036 5400

Mr. M. Raffaelli Chairman 1043 5093

Prof. J. Bhagwati 1007² 5477

Mr. T. Konaté Director, Technical Cooperation 2035 5620

and Training Division

Mr. Å. Lindén Special Adviser to the 2003 5076

Director-General

Mr. J. Croome Director, Regional and 2079 5610

Preferential Trade, and

Trade and Finance Division

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1_{Centre William Rappard (Tel: 739.51.11).}

2When on assignment in Geneva.

Office¹ Tel.¹

Mr. D. Hartridge Director, Group of Negotiations 3007 5072

on Goods and Policy Affairs

Division

Mr. F. Wolter Director, Agriculture and 1026 5218

Commodities Division

Mr. R. Blackhurst Director, Economic Research 2030 5630

and Analysis Unit

Mr. P. Rolian Chief of Personnel, Director 3031 5670

of Personnel Office

Mr. G. Sampson Director, Group of Negotiations 2046 5147

on Services Division

Mr. F. Roessler Director, Legal Affairs 2026 5117

Division

Mr. F. Alcoba-Enciso Director, Translation and 3065 5660

Documentation Division

Mr. H. Opelz Director, Non-Tariff Measures 3010 5020

Division

Mr. N. Rege Special Adviser, Technical 2041 5150

Cooperaton

Mr. M. Saleem Director, Technical Cooperation 2039 5199

Mr. J.-M. Léger Director, Statistics and M01² 5193

Information Systems Division

Mr. J. Chabert Director, Finance and General 3020 5036

Service Division

Mr. D. Woods Director, Information and Media 20 5015

Relations Division

Mr. J.-E. Sorensen Director, Special Projects 1045 5237

Division

Mr. P. Tulloch Director, Trade Policy Review 1059 5089

Division

Mr. J. Woznowski Director, GATT Rules Division 1022 5112

Mr. M. Hamid Director of Training RL604³ 5172

Mr. A. Campeas Director, Tariff Division 1074 5650

Mr. A. Frank Director, Secretariat of 1002 5152

the Director-General and

External Relations Division

Mr. R. Eglin Acting Director, Technical 3023 5148

Barriers to Trade and Trade

and Environment Division

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1_{Centre William Rappard (Tel: 739.51.11).}

22, Chemin des Mines.

380, Rue de Lausanne.

ANNEX II

GATT MEMBERSHIP AS AT 17 NOVEMBER 1992

Contracting parties to the GATT (105)

Antigua and Barbuda Germany, Fed. Rep. Nicaragua

Argentina Ghana Niger

Australia Greece Nigeria

Austria Guatemala Norway

Bangladesh Guyana Pakistan

Barbados Haiti Peru

Belgium Hong Kong Philippines

Belize Hungary Poland

Benin Iceland Portugal

Bolivia India Romania

Botswana Indonesia Rwanda

Brazil Ireland Senegal

Burkina Faso Israel Sierra Leone

Burundi Italy Singapore

Cameroon Jamaica South Africa

Canada Japan Spain

Central African Kenya Sri Lanka

Republic Korea, Rep. of Suriname

Chad Kuwait Sweden

Chile Lesotho Switzerland

Colombia Luxembourg Tanzania

Congo, Rep. of the Macau Thailand

Costa Rica Madagascar Togo

Côte d'Ivoire Malawi Trinidad and Tobago

Cuba Malaysia Tunisia

Cyprus Maldives Turkey

Czech and Slovak Malta Uganda

Fed. Rep. Mauritania United Kingdom

Denmark Mauritius United States of America

Dominican Republic Mexico Uruguay

Egypt Morocco Venezuela

El Salvador Mozambique Yugoslavia

Finland Myanmar, Union of Zaire
France Namibia Zambia
Gabon Netherlands Zimbabwe
Gambia New Zealand

Countries to whose territories the GATT has been applied and which now, as independent States, maintain a de facto application of the GATT pending final decisions as to their future commercial policy (27).

Algeria Grenada Sao Tomé and Principe

Angola Guinea-Bissau Seychelles

Bahamas Kiribati Solomon Islands

Bahrain Mali Swaziland

Brunei-Darussalam Papua New Guinea Tonga
Cambodia Qatar Tuvalu
Cape Verde St. Kitts and Nevis United Arab Emirates
Dominica St. Lucia Yemen
Equatorial Guinea St. Vincent and the
Fiji Grenadines