FORTY-FOUR/1

1 November 1988

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CONTRACTING PARTIES

Forty-Fourth Session

November 1988

INFORMATION CIRCULAR

1. MEETINGS

2. HOURS OF MEETINGS

3. INTERPRETATION

4. PREPARED SPEECHES

5. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS AND RECEPTION DESK

6. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION DESK

7. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

8. ADMISSION BADGES

9. PUBLIC TRANSPORT

10. TAXIS

11. PARKING

12. FACILITIES OFFERED AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE

Annexes

Secretariat

List of GATT members

88-1667

1. MEETINGS

The Forty-Fourth Session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES will be held in the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), rue de Varembé, Geneva (Tel: 91.91.11).

The opening meeting will be on Monday, 7 November 1988 at 10 a.m.

The plenary meetings will take place in Conference Room I on level "H" of the Conference Centre. For security reasons delegates will have access to the Conference Room through one door only (next to lifts 2 and 3).

The other conference rooms in the Centre will be used by other organizations during the entire period of the GATT Session.

2. HOURS OF MEETINGS

Subject to such adjustments as may be necessary, the hours of plenary meetings will be:

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

3. INTERPRETATION

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish.

4. PREPARED SPEECHES

In relation to the preparation of statements under Item 1, Activities of GATT, it will be recalled that statements at Sessions of the CONTRACTING PARTIES have by practice been kept short. The Chairman has requested that delegates aim not to exceed five minutes, which normally represents about two pages typed in single spacing. This limit does not preclude delegations from circulating a more comprehensive statement at a later stage, if they so wish.

The task of the Secretariat, in particular of the interpreters, the Summary Records Officer and the Information Officer, will be greatly facilitated if five copies of the texts are supplied to the Summary Records Officer as long in advance as possible.

Unless instructions to the contrary are received from the delegations concerned, original texts of prepared statements will be made available to the Press immediately after delivery, and when issued as documents, will not be restricted.

5. TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS AND RECEPTION DESK

A Reception Desk will be situated near the entrance of Room I (near lifts 2 and 3).

During plenary meetings, delegates who are requested on the telephone, or for whom there is a message, will be called out of the meeting room to one of the telephones situated near the meeting room.

All incoming calls should be made to the following telephone numbers:

Reception Desk: 91.94.05

Conference Ushers: 91.94.02

91.94.03

6. INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION DESK

An Information and Registration Desk will be installed in the Conference Centre near Room I, on "H" level at the top of the escalators. Messages for delegations can be accepted at this Desk which will be staffed permanently during conference hours.

Telephone number: 91.94.18

7. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The following security measures have been taken in the interest of all delegations.

Access to the conference sector will be refused to anyone not wearing a badge.

Access to the conference room will only be possible by the escalators. The entrance doors to the conference room on the BAR side will be closed at all levels.

Registration will take place at the top of the escalator.

8. ADMISSION BADGES

Admission badges will be issued to duly accredited representatives, alternates and advisers at the GATT Conference Office in the Centre William Rappard (CWR) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, 3 November and Friday, 4 November 1988. Thereafter they will be issued only at the Conference Centre at the Information and Registration Desk (on "H" level at the top of the escalators).

Large delegations should preferably nominate one person responsible for collecting the badges for all members of the delegation.

9. PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Because of its proximity to the rue de Vermont and the Place des Nations, the Conference Centre is served by bus lines 5, 8, 14, F and Z.

10. TAXIS

The nearest taxi rank is situated at 37-39, rue de Vermont, ABC Taxis, Tel: 94.71.11. Taxis at the Place des Nations can be called by dialling "141".

11. PARKING

No parking is allowed in the vicinity of the Conference Centre. The roundabout in front of the main entrance of the Centre will be used only for unloading and loading passengers.

Chauffeur-driven official cars are requested not to remain parked in the vicinity of the entrance to the Conference Centre, but to leave the area and return only just before the expected end of the meeting.

An extremely limited number of entry cards, giving free access to the underground garage "Parking des Nations" are at the disposal of delegations. One entry card will be made available to each delegation. These cards can be collected from the GATT Security Service, Office No. 62 in the Centre William Rappard, as from 1 November 1988.

Delegations are requested to return these entry cards to the GATT Security Service without fail by Friday, 11 November at the latest.

12. FACILITIES OFFERED AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE

(a) Post and Telecommunications

There is a Post Office on the ground floor of the Conference Centre:

Hours: 7.30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

1.45 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Tel: 34.28.83

(b) Bank

An office of the Union Bank of Switzerland is located next to the Post Office.

Hours: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Tel: 33.75.25

Delegations are informed that a Medical Service is situated behind the bar on the ground floor which will be attended from 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and from 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Tel: 91.93.70

Office No. G-298

(d) Cloakroom

The cloakroom for the use of participants is situated in the main entrance hall of the Conference Centre.

(e) Restaurant, Cafeteria and Bars

Hours: Restaurant: 11.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Cafeteria: 11.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bars: 8.00 a.m. - 6 p.m.

(f) News-stand

A news-stand and tobacconist will be open during meeting hours.

ANNEX I

I. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

Office* Tel.*

Mr. S. Robinson Secretary. 3011 5226

Director, Session and

Council Affairs Division

Mr. C. Mercier Summary Records Officer. 3012 5225

Counsellor, Session and

Council Affairs Division

Miss S. Niklaus Conference Officer 14 5241

II. GATT SECRETARIAT

Mr. A. Dunkel Director-General 1010 5100

Mr. M.G. Mathur Deputy Director-General 2012 5200

Mr. C.R. Carlisle Deputy Director-General 1020 5300

Mr. A^o. Lindén Legal Adviser to the 1003 5076

Director-General

Mr. A. Hussain Personal Assistant to the 1009 5066

Director-General

Mr. J. Croome Director, Trade and Finance 3065 5610

Division

Mr. K. Kautzor-Schröder Director, Tariff Division 1022 5080

Mr. T. Konaté Director, Technical 2035 5620

Co-operation Division

Mr. J.-M. Lucq Director, Agriculture 1026 5640

Division

Mr. P. Williams Director, Non-Tariff Measures 1074 5600

and Surveillance Division

Mr. F. Alcoba-Enciso Director, Translation and 4006 5660

Documentation Division

Mr. P. Barthel-Rosa Director, Development 2009 5191

Division

Mr. R. Blackhurst Director, Economic Research 2030 5630

and Analysis Unit

Mr. D. Hartridge Director, Group of Negotiations 3007 5072

on Goods and GATT Policy

Affairs Division

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*Centre William Rappard (Tel: 39.51.11).

Office* Tel.*

Mr. E. von Holzen Director, Administrative and 3020 5400

Financial Division

Mr. F. Raynal Chief Statistician 2027 5193

Mr. N. Rege Director, Technical Barriers 3023 5150

to Trade Division

Mr. P. Rolian Chief of Personnel, Director 3031 5670

of Personnel Office

Mr. M. Salib Director, Special Projects 1036 5099

Division

Mr. G. Sampson Director, Group of Negotiations 2046 5147

on Services Division

Mr. S.K. Bagchi Technical Consultant (Textiles) 24 5115

Mr. A. Campeas Director of Training 3057 5650

Mr. A. Frank Director of External Relations 1059 5152

Mr. D. Woods Head of Information and Media 20/21 5015

Relations Division

III. Textiles Surveillance Body

Mr. M. Raffaelli Chairman 1043 5093

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*Centre William Rappard (Tel: 39.51.11).

ANNEX II

GATT MEMBERSHIP AS AT OCTOBER 1988

Contracting parties to the GATT (96)

Antigua and Barbuda Germany, Fed. Rep. Niger

Argentina Ghana Nigeria

Australia Greece Norway

Austria Guyana Pakistan

Bangladesh Haiti Peru

Barbados Hong Kong Philippines

Belgium Hungary Poland

Belize Iceland Portugal

Benin India Romania

Botswana Indonesia Rwanda

Brazil Ireland Senegal

Burkina Faso Israel Sierra Leone

Burma Italy Singapore

Burundi Jamaica South Africa

Cameroon Japan Spain

Canada Kenya Sri Lanka

Central African Republic Korea, Rep. Suriname

Chad Kuwait Sweden

Chile Lesotho Switzerland

Colombia Luxembourg Tanzania

Congo Madagascar Thailand

Côte d'Ivoire Malawi Togo

Cuba Malaysia Trinidad and Tobago

Cyprus Maldives Turkey

Czechoslovakia Malta Uganda

Denmark Mauritania United Kingdom

Dominican Republic Mauritius United States of America

Egypt Mexico Uruguay

Finland Morocco Yugoslavia

France Netherlands Zaire

Gabon New Zealand Zambia

Gambia Nicaragua Zimbabwe

Countries to whose territories the GATT has been applied and which now, as independent States, maintain a de facto application of the GATT pending final decisions as to their future commercial policy (28).

Algeria Guinea-Bissau Sao Tomé and Principe

Angola Kampuchea Seychelles

Bahamas Kiribati Solomon Islands

Bahrain Mali Swaziland

Brunei Darussalam Mozambique Tonga
Cape Verde Papua New Guinea Tuvalu
Dominica Qatar United Arab Emirates
Equatorial Guinea St. Christopher and Nevis Yemen, Democratic
Fiji St. Lucia
Grenada St. Vincent