Proposed Agenda

1. Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee
     
2. Work Programme on Small Economies — Report by the Chairman of the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development
     
3. Non-recognition of rights under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 — Communications from Honduras and Guatemala (WT/GC/85, WT/GC/90 and Corr.1, WT/GC/100, WT/MIN(05)/9) — Statement by the Chairman
     
4. Seventh Session of the Ministerial Conference — Communication from Uruguay (WT/GC/W/599) — Statement by the Chairman
   1. Date and venue — Draft decision (WT/GC/W/601)
   2. Election of officers
        
5. The Economic and Financial Crisis and its repercussions on Trade — Communication from Argentina (WT/GC/W/602)
     
6. Possible further action by WTO Members in response to the financial crisis — Communication from Chile, Colombia, Hong Kong China, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey (WT/GC/118) — Communication from Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong China, Malaysia, Mexico, New  Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey and Uruguay (WT/GC/W/604)
     
7. Waivers under Article IX of the WTO Agreement ¹
   1. United States — Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act — Request for renewal of waiver (G/C/W/611 and Corr .1)
   2. United States — African Growth and Opportunity Act — Request for waiver (G/C/W/612 and Corr .1)
   3. United States — Andean Trade Preference Act — Request for renewal of waiver (G/C/W/613 and Corr .1)
   4. Procedures leading to the verification and certification of harmonized system 1996 changes relating to the schedules of 64 Members — Draft decision (G/C/W/619)
   5. Introduction of harmonized system 1996 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions — Requests for waiver extensions:
      1. Argentina (G/C/W/616)
      2. Panama (G/C/W/617)
   6. Preferential tariff treatment for least-developed countries — Request for extension of waiver (G/C/W/620)
        
8. International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO — Report of the Joint Advisory Group on its Forty-Second Session (ITC/AG(XLII)/225)
     
9. Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
   1. Report of the Committee on its meeting of March 2009 (WT/BFA/109)
   2. Report of the Committee on its meeting of May 2009 (WT/BFA/110)
        
10. WTO Pension Plan — Election of an alternate to the Management Board — Proposal by the Chairman of the General Council (WT/GC/W/600)

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Note:

1. In connection with this Item, the attention of Members is drawn to the Decision-Making Procedures under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council on 15 November 1995 (WT/L/93).  back to text