UNCTAD/GATT/AIR/27/CORR.B 30 OCTOBER 1992

 

 

 

 

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

TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT (TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION)

1. THIS MEETING HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SCHEDULED FROM 6 TO 10 APRIL 1992. ON 16 MARCH 1992 GOVERNMENTS WERE INFORMED OF THE DECISION TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING ON THE BASIS OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS THAT JAG SHOULD MEET AFTER THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

2. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THAT ITC HAS A STATUTORY OBLIGATION TO SUBMIT ITS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF UNCTAD AND TO THE GATT COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONSIDERING ALSO THAT THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS STILL NOT BEEN APPOINTED, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO CONVENE A SHORT MEETING AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA ON 26 NOVEMBER 1992 STARTING AT 10:00 A.M. THE MEETING WILL RECONVENE ON 27 NOVEMBER AT 3:00 P.M. TO ADOPT THE REPORT.

3. THE ADVISORY GROUP WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF ITC IN 1991 (ITC/AG(XXV)/132), AND ITS STATISTICAL APPENDIX (ITC/AG(XXV)/132/ADD.1). THIS DOCUMENTATION WAS DISTRIBUTED IN MARCH 1992. THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS REPORT WILL BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

4. GOVERNMENTS OF STATES MEMBERS OF UNCTAD AND CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THIS MEETING.

5. THE MEETING IS OPEN TO SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND UNITED NATIONS BODIES, AND TO OBSERVERS FROM OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING AN INTEREST IN TRADE PROMOTION.

6. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE NAMES OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP MEETING BE COMMUNICATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT, PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1211 GENEVA 10 (FAX NO. (41-22) 730 05 74 OR 733 44 39, OR TELEX NO. 414 119 ITC-CH), BY 16 NOVEMBER 1992. AS SOON AS THEIR NAMES ARE KNOWN, THE ITC SECRETARIAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ADDITIONAL SET OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE MEETING.

 

 

 

 

 

 

K.K.S. DADZIE A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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