GATT/AIR/2532 5 JANUARY 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT
SYSTEM
1. THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT
SYSTEM WILL OPEN ON MONDAY 25 JANUARY 1988 AT 3 P.M. THE GROUP WILL MEET
IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SESSION AS NECESSARY DURING THE WEEK
25-29 JANUARY.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECTS DEFINED IN THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (MTN.GNG/5);
(B) CONSIDERATION OF THE GROUP'S FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS;
(C) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. IN RELATION TO ITEM (A), THE CHAIRMAN WOULD PROPOSE FIRST TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE (II) AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO REVERT TO NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (I) AND (III).
4. A REVISED CHAIRMAN'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON A TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM IS BEING CIRCULATED.
5. ANNEXED FOR REFERENCE IS A CHECKLIST OF THE DOCUMENTATION CIRCULATED
FOR THE GROUP IN THE NG14/W... SERIES TO DATE.
6. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH
WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
88-0019
CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTATION CIRCULATED FOR THE FIRST FOUR MEETINGS
OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP 'FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM'
MTN.GNG/NG14/W/ SUBJECT
1 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA ON SURVEILLANCE
2 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA ON MORE ACTIVE MINISTERIAL
PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT
3 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON EXISTING SURVEILLANCE FUNCTIONS
IN GATT
4 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE
GATT
5 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULTATIVE
GROUP OF EIGHTEEN
6 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON GATT, THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND AND THE WORLD BANK
7 - COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE
GATT TO ACHIEVING GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC
POLICY-MAKING
8 - COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN ON TRADE POLICY REVIEW IN GATT
9 - INITIAL SUBMISSION BY THE UNITED STATES COVERING ALL THREE
ITEMS OF THE NEGOTIATING MANDATE
10 - COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA CONTAINING AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUES
BEFORE THE GROUP AND PROPOSALS CONCERNING MINISTERIAL
INVOLVEMENT
11 - COMMUNICATION FROM JAMAICA CONCERNING SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE
GROUP'S WORK
12 - NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE 1954/55 REVIEW SESSION
13 - PROPOSAL BY NEW ZEALAND CONCERNING SURVEILLANCE AND
MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT
14/REV.1 NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT SUMMARIZING POINTS MADE IN THE GROUP
CONCERNING "SURVEILLANCE"
15 - COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND CONCERNING IMPROVEMENT OF THE
OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS AND DECISION-MAKING OF THE GATT AS
AN INSTITUTION
16 - COMMUNICATION FROM AUSTRALIA CONCERNING MINISTERIAL
INVOLVEMENT IN GATT.