WTO/AIR/145
GATT/AIR/3696 12 SEPTEMBER 1995
SUBJECT: JOINT WTO/GATT COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
1. THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION WILL MEET ON THURSDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER 1995 AT 10 AM AND 3 PM AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ARE SET OUT IN DOCUMENTS L/5964/REV.9 OF 20 MARCH 1995 AND WT/L/44 OF 23 FEBRUARY 1995.
THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS:
GATT/WTO SECRETARIAT
A. BUDGET ESTIMATES 1996
B. 1. ADMINISTRATIVE UP-DATES AND PROGRESS REPORTS:
- CASH SITUATION AND STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 31 AUGUST 1995
- INSTALMENT PAYMENTS FOR COUNTRIES IN ARREARS (CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1987 AND EARLIER YEARS) - PROGRESS REPORT AS AT 31 AUGUST 1995
- CONTRIBUTION OF OBSERVER COUNTRIES TOWARDS THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARIAT - PROGRESS REPORT AS AT 31 AUGUST 1995
2. OUTSTANDING POINTS REGARDING INACTIVE MEMBERS (CATEGORY IV OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON ARREARS)
C. PERFORMANCE AGAINST BUDGET AT 31 AUGUST 1995
D. EXTERNAL AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE WTO: DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR A CALL FOR BIDS
E. CALENDAR OF WORK: TRANSITION FROM THE ICITO TO THE WTO
F. DRAFT STAFF REGULATIONS FOR THE WTO
G. PROGRESS REPORT ON PENSION STUDY
H. OTHER BUSINESS
3. MEMBERS OF THE WTO AND OF THE GATT 1947 COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ARE INVITED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
RENATO RUGGIERO
95-2637