FORTY-SEVEN/1

22 November 1991

_{Limited Distribution}

CONTRACTING PARTIES

Forty-Seventh Session

December 1991

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: I. (A) ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

(B) SECRETARIAT

II. GATT MEMBERSHIP

1. MEETINGS

The Forty-Seventh Session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES will be held in the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), rue de Varembé, Geneva (Tel: 791.91.11).

The opening meeting will be on Tuesday, 3 December 1991 at 3 p.m.

The plenary meetings will take place in Conference Room I on level "H" of the Conference Centre. For security reasons delegations 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 another organization 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:

Tuesday, 3 December 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

_{Wednesday, 4 December

and 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
_{Thursday, 5 December 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: 791 96 03

Conference Ushers: 791 96 00
791 96 02

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 numbers: 791 96 06
791 96 07

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 be possible by the escalators and lifts 2 and 3. 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 Friday, 29 November and Monday, 2 December as well as on the morning of 3 December. 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: 794.71.11). 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. Only one entry card will be made available to each delegation. These cards can be collected from the GATT Reception Desk in the Centre William Rappard, as from 29 November 1991. Delegates wishing to use the "Parking des Nations" will be asked for a deposit of SwF 50 upon receipt of the entry card. This amount will be refunded upon return of the card to the GATT Secretariat.

Delegations are requested to return these entry cards to the GATT Reception Desk without fail by Friday, 6 December 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: 734.28.83
(b) Bank

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

Hours: 8 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Tel: 733.75.25

(c) Medical Service

Delegations are informed that a Medical Service is situated behind the bar on the ground floor which will be attended during the hours of the plenary meetings.

Tel: 791.93.70

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

A. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

Office¹ Tel.¹

Mr. P. Barthel-Rosa Secretary. 2009 5191

Director, Session, Council,

Related Bodies and Trade

and Development Division

Mr. C. Mercier Summary Records Officer. 2007 5225

Counsellor, Session, Council,

Related Bodies and Trade

and Development Division

Miss S. Niklaus Conference Officer 14 5241

B. SECRETARIAT

Mr. A. Dunkel Director-General 1010 5100

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

Mr. A. Hussain Assistant Director-General 1008 5066

Mr. K. Broadbridge Assistant Director-General 1036 5400

Mr. Å. Lindén Special Adviser to the 2003 5076

Director-General

Prof. J. Bhagwati Economic Policy Adviser 1007² 5477

Mr. J. Croome Director, Regional and 2079 5610

Preferential Trade, and

Trade and Finance Division

Mr. T. Konaté Director, Technical Cooperation 2035 5620

and Training Division

Mr. M. Saleem Director, Technical Cooperation 2039 5199

Mr. M. Hamid Director of Training RL604³ 5172

Mr. F. Alcoba-Enciso Director, Translation and 3065 5660

Documentation Division

Mr. R. Blackhurst Director, Economic Research 2030 5630

and Analysis Unit

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2When on assignment in Geneva.

380, Rue de Lausanne.

Office¹ Tel.¹

Mr. J. Chabert Director, Finance and General 3020 5036

Service Division

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

on Goods and Policy Affairs

Division

Mr. V. Rege Director, Technical Barriers 3023 5150

to Trade and Trade and

Environment Division

Mr. F. Roessler Director, Legal Affairs 2026 5117

Division

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

of Personnel Office

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

on Services Division

Mr. A. Campeas Director, Tariff Division 1074 5650

Mr. A. Frank Director, Secretariat of 1002 5152

the Director-General and

External Relations Division

Mr. J.-M. Léger Director, Statistics and M01² 5193

Information Systems Division

Mr. F. Wolter Director, Agriculture and 1026 5218

Commodities Division

Mr. H. Opelz Director, Non-Tariff Measures 3010 5020

Division

Mr. P. Tulloch Director, Trade Policy Review 1059 5089

Division

Mr. J.-E. Sorensen Director, Special Projects 1045 5237

Division

Mr. J. Woznowski Director, GATT Rules Division 1022 5112

Mr. D. Woods Director, Information and Media 20 5015

Relations Division

C. Textiles Surveillance Body

Mr. M. Raffaelli Chairman 1043 5093

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ANNEX II

GATT MEMBERSHIP AS AT 21 NOVEMBER 1991

Contracting parties to the GATT (103)

Antigua and Barbuda Gambia Nicaragua

Argentina Germany, Fed. Rep. Niger

Australia Ghana Nigeria

Austria Greece Norway

Bangladesh Guatemala Pakistan

Barbados Guyana Peru

Belgium Haiti Philippines

Belize Hong Kong Poland

Benin Hungary Portugal

Bolivia Iceland Romania

Botswana India Rwanda

Brazil Indonesia Senegal

Burkina Faso Ireland Sierra Leone

Burundi Israel Singapore

Cameroon Italy South Africa

Canada Jamaica Spain

Central African Japan Sri Lanka

Republic Kenya Suriname

Chad Korea, Rep. of Sweden

Chile Kuwait Switzerland

Colombia Lesotho Tanzania

Congo, Rep. of the Luxembourg Thailand

Costa Rica Macau Togo

Côte d'Ivoire Madagascar Trinidad and Tobago

Cuba Malawi Tunisia

Cyprus Malaysia Turkey

Czech and Slovak Maldives Uganda

Fed. Rep. Malta United Kingdom

Denmark Mauritania United States of America

Dominican Republic Mauritius Uruguay

Egypt Mexico Venezuela

El Salvador Morocco Yugoslavia

Finland Myanmar, Union of Zaire
France Netherlands Zambia
Gabon New Zealand 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 (29).

Algeria Guinea-Bissau Sao Tomé and Principe

Angola Kiribati Seychelles

Bahamas Mali Solomon Islands

Bahrain Mozambique Swaziland

Brunei Darussalam Namibia Tonga
Cambodia Papua New Guinea Tuvalu
Cape Verde Qatar United Arab Emirates
Dominica St. Kitts and Nevis Yemen
Equatorial Guinea St. Lucia
Fiji St. Vincent and the
Grenada Grenadines