GATT/AIR/3121 15 OCTOBER 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM
1. THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 22 OCTOBER AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL SESSION, AS NECESSARY, UNTIL 26 OCTOBER 1990.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDINGS AND ARRANGEMENTS:
(I) TO ENHANCE THE SURVEILLANCE IN THE GATT TO ENABLE REGULAR MONITORING OF TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF CONTRACTING PARTIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM;
(II) TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS AND DECISION-MAKING OF THE GATT AS AN INSTITUTION, INCLUDING, INTER ALIA, THROUGH INVOLVEMENT OF MINISTERS;
(III) TO INCREASE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE GATT TO ACHIEVING GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING THROUGH STRENGTHENING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONETARY AND FINANCIAL MATTERS.
(B) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE CHAIRMAN'S AIM IS THAT THE GROUP SHOULD SEEK TO DEVELOP CONCLUSIONS COVERING ITEMS (A)(I), (II) AND (III), BASING DISCUSSIONS ON HIS REPORT TO THE GNG (MTN.GNG/NG14/W/44), AND ON THE DRAFT DECISION ON A(I) IN THE INFORMAL PAPER NUMBERED 2197. SECTIONS B AND C OF THE INFORMAL SECRETARIAT PAPER NUMBERED 2350 ARE ALSO RELEVANT TO ITEM A(III). IT IS HIS INTENTION TO CIRCULATE A FURTHER INFORMAL PAPER AT OR BEFORE THE GROUP'S MEETING.
4. 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