UNCTAD/GATT/AIR/29 7 OCTOBER 1994

 

 

 

SUBJECT: ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT (TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION)

1. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOINT ADVISORY GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/GATT WILL CONVENE FROM 21 TO 25 NOVEMBER 1994 AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA STARTING AT 10 A.M. THE GROUP WILL EXAMINE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UNCTAD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THE GATT COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES.

2. THE GROUP WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA FOR THE SESSION (ITC/AG(XXVII)/L/88); THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF ITC IN 1993 (ITC/AG(XXVII)/142), AND ITS STATISTICAL APPENDIX (ITC/AG(XXVII)/142/ADD.1); THE REPORT OF THE ITC TECHNICAL MEETING 1992 (ITC/AG(XXV)/131); THE PROPOSAL FOR SETTING UP A GLOBAL TRUST FUND AND A CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (ITC/AG(XXV)/130); THE INTEGRATION OF WOMEN IN TRADE DEVELOPMENT: A PROPOSAL FOR AN ITC PROGRAMME FOR 1992-1997 (ITC/TM(92)/4); THE REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF THE ITC PROGRAMME ELEMENT: IMPORT OPERATIONS AND TECHNIQUES (ITC/AG(XXVII)/140); THE REPORT OF THE ITC TECHNICAL MEETING 1994 (ITC/AG(XXVII)/141); AND ITC INTERNAL REVIEW AND PROPOSED ACTION PLAN FOR 1995 (ITC/AG(XXVII)/143). THIS DOCUMENTATION IS NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED.

3. ONE SESSION OF THE JAG WILL BE DEVOTED TO ITC'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD IN THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 1994.

4. GOVERNMENTS OF STATES MEMBERS OF UNCTAD AND CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THIS MEETING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REPRESENTATION BE AT THE LEVEL OF SENIOR OFFICIALS CONCERNED WITH TRADE PROMOTION OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN TRADE IN GENERAL. IT IS ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE THAT THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WHICH THE CENTRE IS DESIGNED TO SERVE, BE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED.

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 0574 OR 733 4439, OR TELEX NO. 414 119 ITC-CH), BY 9 NOVEMBER 1994.

 

 

 

 

C. FORTIN P.D. SUTHERLAND

 

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