WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/37
5 December 2000
(00-5248)
PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS IN 2001*
The calendar below has been prepared in accordance with the Guidelines on the
Arrangements for Scheduling of Meetings of WTO Bodies (WT/L/106) adopted by the General
Council on 15 November 1995.
Date Meetings
JANUARY
1 NEW YEAR'S DAY
(WTO non-working day)
22 – 24 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
24 & 26 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MOZAMBIQUE
FEBRUARY
1 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
2 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS8 Committee on Trade and Development
8 & 9 GENERAL COUNCIL
12 – 14 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY13 & 14 Committee on Trade and Environment14 & 15 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES15 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
19 & 21 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MADAGASCAR22 & 23 Working Party on the Accession of Kazakstan
FEBRUARY  (cont'd)
                                                     
* This programme of meetings is subject to further changes.  Meetings indicated in this list are
therefore confirmed only when convened by an airgram or notice from the WTO Secretariat.WT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
22 & 23 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
26 & 28 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - GHANA
MARCH
5 & 6 Working Party on the Accession of Belarus
6 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
12 – 14 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
13 Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement14 Committee on Government Procurement14 & 15 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures19 & 21 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MACAU, CHINA20 Committee on Market Access
22 & 23 Working Group on the Interaction between
Trade and Competition Policy
28 – 30 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
30 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
APRIL
2 – 4 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
3 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
3 – 6 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
4 Committee on Import Licensing
5 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY11 Committee on Customs ValuationWT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
APRIL  (cont'd)
13 GOOD FRIDAY
(WTO non-working day)
16 EASTER MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)
18 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
23 & 24 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Ad Hoc Group on Implementation
25 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention
26 – 27 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices30 Committee on Safeguards
MAY
1 Working Party on Subsidy Notifications
2 & 3 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures7 & 8 GENERAL COUNCIL7 – 9 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY9 & 11 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - COSTA RICA
16 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
17 Committee on Trade and Development17 & 18 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES21 & 23 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – BRUNEI DARUSSALAM24 ASCENSION DAY
(WTO non-working day)
28 – 30 TEXTILES MONITORING BODYWT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
JUNE
4 WHIT MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)
6 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
5 & 7 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - OECS5 & 6 Working Group on the Interaction between
Trade and Competition Policy
11 – 15 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY12 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
18 – 22 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
20 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 & 27 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - GABON
26 Committee on Market Access26 – 29 Committee on Agriculture27 & 28 Committee on Trade and Environment28 & 29 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
JULY
2 & 3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
2 – 4 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY5 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS10 & 11 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures12 & 13 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
16 – 20 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
18 & 19 GENERAL COUNCILWT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
JULY  (cont'd)
24 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 & 27 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - CAMEROUN
SEPTEMBER
6 JEÛNE GENEVOIS
(WTO non-working day)
7 JEÛNE GENEVOIS
(WTO non-working day)
10 – 12 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY12 & 14 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
20 Committee on Trade and Development20 & 21 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
24 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
24 & 26 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - PAKISTAN25 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
OCTOBER
5 Committee on Rules of Origin
8 & 9 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES9 Committee on Import Licensing10 & 11 GENERAL COUNCIL12 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES15 – 17 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
16 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
17 Committee on Market AccessOCTOBER  (cont'd)WT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
17 & 19 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – CZECH REPUBLIC
22 & 23 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements22 & 23 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Ad Hoc Group on Implementation
24 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention
25 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 & 26 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices29 Committee on Safeguards30 Working Party on Subsidy Notifications30 & 31 Committee on Trade and Environment31 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
31 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
31 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MAURITIUS
NOVEMBER
1 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
1 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
1 & 30 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
2 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MAURITIUS9 Committee on Trade & Development12 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
12 – 14 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY12 & 14 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – SLOVAK REPUBLIC13 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODYNOVEMBER  (cont'd)WT/GC/37
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Date Meetings
15 Committee on Customs Valuation
16 Committee on Rules of Origin
21 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
26 – 29 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
DECEMBER
3 & 5 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MALAYSIA
6 & 7 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES10 – 12 TEXTILES MONITORING BODY12 – 14 GENERAL COUNCIL
17 & 19 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - UGANDA
18 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY24 CHRISTMAS EVE
(WTO non-working day)
25 CHRISTMAS DAY
(WTO non-working day)
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