GATT/AIR/2817 2 AUGUST 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
1. THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 28-29 SEPTEMBER 1989, STARTING ON 28 SEPTEMBER AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. IT WILL CONTINUE ON 29 SEPTEMBER 1989.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. TO CONTINUE THE WORK FOR THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE, AS REQUIRED BY THE TNC DECISION ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF 8 APRIL 1989 (MTN.TNC/11, P. 24, PARAGRAPHS 2 AND A.3):
(1) IMPLEMENTATION OF RULINGS, DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIII:2;
(2) COMPENSATION IN THE CONTEXT OF GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES;
(3) NON-VIOLATION COMPLAINTS UNDER GATT ARTICLE XXIII;
(4) PROPOSALS BY LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR SPECIAL PROVISIONS FACILITATING THEIR EFFECTIVE USE OF THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM;
(5) ADOPTION OF PANEL REPORTS;
(6) STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES AND TO REFRAIN FROM UNILATERAL MEASURES INCONSISTENT WITH THESE GATT RULES AND PROCEDURES;
(7) ARBITRATION WITHIN GATT.
B. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS OF NEGOTIATING GROUP 13.
3. 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 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A. DUNKEL
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