16 MARCH 1992

UNCTAD/GATT/AIR/27/CORR.A

CORRIGENDUM

 

 

 

SUBJECT: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL

TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT (TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION)

 

 

1. THE 25TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP (JAG) WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FROM 6 TO 10 APRIL 1992.

2. CONSIDERING THAT THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (ITC) HAS NOT YET BEEN APPOINTED, SEVERAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT, IN ORDER FOR THE JAG TO BE MEANINGFUL, THE NEWLY APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONG ENOUGH IN HIS NEW FUNCTIONS TO ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH THE ITC OPERATIONS AND ISSUES ON THE AGENDA. THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT BOTH THE ITC AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES HAVE DISCUSSIONS OF SUFFICIENT DEPTH TO BE OF USE IN THE ORGANIZATION'S FORWARD PLANNING.

3. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUEST IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING. THE NEW DATES WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU IN DUE COURSE.

4. CONSIDERING THAT JAG IS THE FORUM WHERE GOVERNMENTS CONFIRM THEIR PLEDGES TO ITC, IT IS HOPED THAT THIS POSTPONEMENT WILL NOT AFFECT THE NORMAL PLEDGING PROCESS, THUS AVOIDING ANY DISRUPTION IN ITC'S TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION PROGRAMME.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K.K.S. DADZIE A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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