GATT/AIR/2816 26 JULY 1989
SUBJECT: ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
1. THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WILL HOLD ITS ELEVENTH MEETING ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1989 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M.
2. ON THE BASIS OF THE WORK PROGRAMME OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE AND THE DECISION TAKEN AT THE SIXTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ON 22 JUNE 1987, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:
(i) REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE URUGUAY ROUND OF INTEREST TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES;
(ii) REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EXTERNAL TRADE AND PAYMENTS SITUATION OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND OF RECENT COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES RELATING TO THEM;
(iii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE;
(iv) OTHER MATTERS.
3. AT THE SIXTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN JUNE 1987 IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SHOULD, INTER ALIA, CARRY OUT A REGULAR REVIEW OF ISSUES IN THE URUGUAY ROUND OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE LIGHT OF PART I B (vii) OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS. A SECRETARIAT NOTE REVIEWING RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE URUGUAY ROUND (COM.TD/LLDC/W/40) HAS BEEN PREPARED.
4. AS PART OF ITS REGULAR PROGRAMME OF WORK, THE SUB-COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EXTERNAL TRADE AND PAYMENTS SITUATION OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AS WELL AS RECENT COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES OF INTEREST TO LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TAKEN OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE URUGUAY ROUND. SECRETARIAT NOTES COM.TD/LLDC/W/41 AND COM.TD/LLDC/W/42 ARE BEING PREPARED AS BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION. DELEGATIONS ARE INVITED TO NOTIFY ANY MEASURES WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN TAKEN OR ARE BEING CONTEMPLATED BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS.
5. PART OF THE SECRETARIAT NOTE COM.TD/LLDC/W/41 PROVIDES A SHORT BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR A REVIEW OF SECRETARIAT TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES RELATING TO LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.
6. AN ANNOTATED PROVISIONAL AGENDA WILL BE ISSUED.
7. IT IS RECALLED THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRADE OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED CONTRACTING PARTIES TO GATT. ALL OTHER INTERESTED LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING OBSERVER STATUS MAY, UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE.
A. DUNKEL
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