GATT/AIR/3327 19 JUNE 1992
SUBJECT: SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
1. THE SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, 13 JULY 1992, COMMENCING AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.
2. THE COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS SESSION:
(I) REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF PART IV AND OF THE OPERATION OF THE ENABLING CLAUSE
- SOUTHERN COMMON MARKET (MERCOSUR)
- EXTENSION OF GSP TREATMENT TO EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND FORMER REPUBLICS OF THE USSR;
(II) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE URUGUAY ROUND;
(III) WORK OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES;
(IV) FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT.
3. MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FOR CONSIDERATION ANY OTHER MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.
4. CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE HEREBY INVITED TO NOTIFY TO THE SECRETARIAT INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE COMMITTEE'S REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVISIONS OF PART IV AND THE OPERATION OF THE ENABLING CLAUSE FOR CIRCULATION BY THE SECRETARIAT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS SESSION. THE CONTRACTING PARTIES WHICH ARE SIGNATORIES OF THE TREATY FOR THE CREATION OF THE SOUTHERN COMMON MARKET HAVE CIRCULATED A NOTIFICATION (L/6985 AND ADD.1) FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER ITEM (I) OF THE AGENDA.
5. AS AGREED AT THE SIXTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 19 APRIL 1988 GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN RELATION TO WORK IN THE URUGUAY ROUND ARE HEREBY INVITED TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE PERIODICALLY INFORMED ON ACTIVITIES WHICH THEY CARRIED OUT AS WELL AS OF FACILITIES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THEIR PROGRAMMES.
6. AN ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND RELEVANT BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SESSION ARE BEING ISSUED BY THE SECRETARIAT.
7. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBSERVER STATUS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE SESSION ARE REQUESTED TO ADVISE ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES FOR THIS SESSION.
A. DUNKEL
92-0769