GATT/AIR/2879 10 NOVEMBER 1989

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON THE STATUS OF CHINA AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE STATUS OF CHINA AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 12 AND 13 DECEMBER 1989 AND WILL CONTINUE IF NECESSARY ON 14 DECEMBER. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS:

A. TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE STATEMENT BY CHINA CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT SPEC(88)13/ADD.6, DATED 10 NOVEMBER 1989; AND,

B. IF APPROPRIATE, TO BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN A DRAFT PROTOCOL ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE REMINDED THAT THE SECRETARIAT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE WORKING PARTY, HAS PREPARED AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF ISSUES SO FAR RAISED IN THE WORKING PARTY, CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT SPEC(88)13/ADD.5 ON 9 JUNE 1989.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

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