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WT/BFA/W/652  
 
29 September 2023  
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Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration    
 
 
INTERNAL COMPILATION  
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF WTO REGULAR AND NEGOTIATING BODIES  
AND NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED  
(JANUARY 20 21-JULY 2023 ) 
Contents  
1   REGULAR BODIES - GC, DSB, TPRB AND SUBSIDIARY BODIES  ................................ ... 2 
2   REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN  
GOODS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  8 
3   REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN 
SERVICES  ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  14 
4   COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PLURILATERAL TRADE 
AGREEMENTS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  15 
5   NEGOTIATING BODIES  ................................ ................................ .............................  16 
6   ACCESSION WORKING PARTIES  ................................ ................................ ...............  18 
7   DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO SPECIFIC WTO DISPUTES  ................................ ..... 18 
ANNEX I – OTHER/JOINT STATEMENT INITIATIVES  ................................ .....................  19 
 
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  1  REGULAR BODIES - GC, DSB, TPRB AND SUBSIDIARY BODIES1 
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
General Council  
 16 formal GC 
meetings  
23 informal GC 
meetings  
3 retreats  on WTO 
reform  
 
Total GC: 42 
meetings  
 
*** 
 
Work Programme 
on Electronic 
Commerce  
8 Dedicated 
Discussions  
1 Structured 
discussion  
4 Informal open -
ended meetings  
1 Workshop  
 
Total WPEC: 14 
meetings  
 
*** 
WTO Response to 
the Pandemic  
(process conducted 
by H.E. Dacio 
Castillo, from 
December 2021 to 
June 2022)  
 
14 Informal Open -
ended on WTO 
response to the 
pandemic   
 
 
Grand Total : 70 
meetings  
 19 airgrams  
16 WT/GC/M 
(minutes)  
37 WT/GC   
133 WT/GC/W2  
47 WT/L3  
128 JOB/GC4  
18 RD/GC5 
7 WT/GC/WPEC/M  
 
 
[Note: For the 
process on the WTO 
response to the 
pandemic, 
documents were 
issued in the 
JOB/GC, WT/GC and 
WT/MIN(22) series.]  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 405  General Council  
395 bilateral 
consultations6 
(approx.)  
30 small group 
meetings  (approx.)7 
13 meetings with 
Chairpersons of 
regular bodies  
 
Work Programme 
on Electronic 
Commerce  
16 small group 
consultations    
37 bilateral 
consultations  
(During MC12:  
3 Small group 
consultations  
1 Thematic session)  
 
WTO Response to 
the Pandemic 
(process conducted 
by H.E. Dacio 
Castillo, from 
December 2021 to 
June 2022)   
11 full days of text - 
based negotiations in 
the process on WTO 
response to the 
pandemic  
Several informal 
consultations in 
various 
configurations , from 
December 2021 to 
April 2022  
 
Grand Total: 
approx. 5028 General Council:  
2 additional regular 
GC meetings and  at 
least 1 more retreat 
on WTO reform 
scheduled  until the 
end of 2023.  
Additional meetings  
and consultations  are 
likely to  be 
scheduled . 
 
 
Work Programme on 
Electronic 
Commerce:  4 more 
meetings scheduled 
until the end of 2023  
 
 
 
 
1 Inputs  and figures  reproduced  in this matrix have been provided by the Divisions  overseeing the respective areas of 
work. 
2 Includes submissions on the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce . 
3 Does not include the double symbol WT/L – WT/MIN(22) documents (outcomes of MC12)  
4 Includes  submissions on the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce . 
5 Includes submissions on the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce . 
6 Does not include the consultations undertaken by the GC Chairperson during MC12.  
7 Does not include the consultations undertak en by the GC Chairperson during MC12.  
8 Does not include the consultations undertaken by the GC Chairperson during MC12.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Dispute 
Settlement 
Body  35 Formal DSB 
meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 35 meetings9  35 Airgrams  
35 Proposed 
Agendas  
35 Minutes of DSB  
meetings  
9 DSB documents 
related to the 
approval of new 
nominations for the 
Indicative List of 
Panelists WT/DSB/W  
10 Revisions of the 
Indicative List of 
Panelists WT/DSB/  
6 versions of revised 
proposals for 
appointment of 
Appellate Body 
members WT/DSB/W  
3 MPIA documents 
JOB/DSB/Suppl.  
2 Job/DSB 
documents  
2 Annual Reports of 
the DSB WT/DSB  
 
 
Total 13 7  10 informal 
consultations held by 
the DSB Chair with 
delegations upon 
request of 
delegations;  
 
20 informal 
meetings held by the 
DSB Facilitator in the 
context of one 
specific dispute in 
order to assist the 
parties to find a 
mutually agreed 
solution.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 30  
 (a) 4 more formal 
DSB meetings 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023 + any 
additional special 
DSB meetings to be 
requested by 
Members as provided 
for in the DSU;  
(b) 1 more Annual 
Report of the DSB to 
be circulated by the 
end of 2023 ; 
(c) Additional 
informal 
consultations to be 
held by the DSB 
chair upon request of 
delegations  
(d) Other documents 
related to the 
preparation of DSB 
meetings:  
35 Chairnotes  
35 DG Memos  
63 Chair's 
communications  
(133)  
Trade Policy 
Review Body  45 formal meetings  
 
12 informal 
meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 57 meetings  156 reports 
(WT/TPR/S/ and G/; 
WT/TPR/OV/W and 
WT/TPR/OV/);  
 
119 Minutes and 
Reports of Meetings 
(WT/TPR/M/, 
WT/TPR/R/, 
WT/TPR/OV/M);  
 
86 Draft Minutes and 
Draft Reports 
(WT/TPR/W/);  
 
72 Arrangements for 
Review meeting, 
TPRB Annual Report 
and Appraisal 
(WT/TPR/);  
 
524 RD/TPR/; and  
 
3 Jobs (JOB/TPR/)  
 
Total 960  11 dedicated 
sessions and 
2 informative 
sessions  
 
13 consultations 
with Members  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 26 
  
Council for 
Trade in Goods  8 Formal  
13 Informal  
3 Meetings of the 
CTG Chairperson 
with the 
Chairpersons of the 
14 subsidiary bodies  Convening Notices : 
8 Airgrams, plus 
revisions 
(WTO/AIR/CTG/)  
11 Informal 
Convening Notices  
(ICN/ CTG/) plus 
addenda  
 15 bilateral 
consultations of the 
Chairperson with 
Members to discuss 
MC12 implement. 
matters  
Several  bilateral and 
small group 2 more meetings 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023 
(1 formal, 
1 informal)  
In addition to the 
regular annual 
reports, the CTG will 
 
9 This document does not include the meetings held under the informal multilateral process on dispute settlement 
reform.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
1 Information 
Session on Digital 
Tools 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 25 meetings  Regular documents : 
8 Minutes of 
meetings  (G/C/M/)  
2 Reports to the GC 
(G/L/)  
3 Status of 
implementation of 
notifications 
(G/L/223/)  
44 working 
documents (G/C/W)  
12 JOB documents  
9 Room documents  
 
Ad hoc documents  
1 Decision adopted 
through written 
procedures  
15 reports by the 
CTG and its 
subsidiary bodies 
concerning their 
current functioning 
of their bodies  
(G/L/ series)  
13 reports on the 
work by the CTG and 
its subsidiary bodies 
concerning the 
report to the COVID -
19 Pandemi c  
(G/L/ series)  
24 JOB documents, 
including 9 from the 
Chair, 4 from 
Members, and 11 
from the Secretariat  
 
Total  150 
 consultations with 
regional group  
coordinators and 
Members on the 
appointment of the 
Chairpersons of the 
CTG subsidiary 
bodies  be submitting to the 
GC two ad hoc 
reports based on 
inputs provided by 
the 14 CTS 
subsidiary bodies  
(1 on the response 
to the COVID -19 
pandemic, 1 on the 
improvements to the 
functioning of these 
bodies)  
 
 
Council for 
Trade in 
Services  10 Formal  
1 Seminar  
1 experience -sharing 
session  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 12 meetings  10 Airgrams  
134 Notification s 
3 Enquiry points  
64 W/ docs by 
Members  
7 W/ docs by 
Secretariat  
11 Minutes  
3 Chair reports  
2 Annual reports  
50 Legal docs  
1 Job by Members  
4 Jobs by Chair 
13 Jobs by 
Secretariat  
 
Total 302  
 Several informal 
consultations  
 
 5 more meetings 
scheduled before end 
2023 (2 formal, 
2 experience -sharing 
sessions and one 
workshop).  
Council for 
TRIPS  25 formal meetings  
29 informal 
meetings  
11 text-based 
negotiations  
3 Workshops  
2 Secretariat Briefing 
Sessions  
 
 29 Airgrams, 
including revisions 
(WTO/AIR/IP)  
7 Convening Notices 
(ICN/IP)  
1 TRIPS Council 
decision  (IP/C)  
3 Council proposals 
and Ca. 30 Chair's group 
consultations and ca. 
45 Chair's bilateral 
consultations  
 
 
 
 
 
 4 more meetings are 
scheduled in 2023: 
1 thematic session, 
1 informal meeting, 
1 formal meeting, 
and 1 Workshop.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 70 meetings  
 recommendations to 
the GC or MC  (IP/C)  
4 Annual reports and 
reviews  (IP/C)  
612 Notifications  
(IP/N)  
49 Members' annual 
reports and 
information 
submitted pursuant 
to reviews  (IP/C/R)  
26 Minutes  (IP/C/M)  
49 Working 
documents of the 
Council  (IP/C/W)  
- 42 Members  
- 2 Chair  
- 5 Secretariat  
31 Informal 
documents  (JOB/IP)  
11 Room document s 
(RD/IP)  
 
Total 822   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total ca. 75  
Committee on 
Trade and 
Development  8 formal meetings   
1 informal meeting   
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
 Total 9 meetings   15 Airgrams + Revs  
1 Infomal convening  
notice  
8 Minutes  
21 Reports 
(including  Chair 
reports ) 
19 Communications 
from Members  
16 Room Documents  
  
Total 8010  
 24 bilateral or small 
group consultations    
CTD (Aid for 
Trade)  8 Formal Meetings  
8 Informal  
7 Workshops  
1 Stocktaking Event  
(39 sessions)  
1 Global Review  
(59 sessions)  
 
 
Total 25 meetings  
 9 Airgrams  
22  Convening 
notices  
8 Minutes  
17 Working 
documents  
25 Informal (JOB)  
docs 
 
Total 81  2 M&E Consultations  
8 Workshops  
1 Global Review   
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session 
Monitoring 
Mechanism  on 
Special and 
Differential 
Treatment  5 formal meetings   
  
  
  
 
 
Total 5 meetings   6 airgrams   
5 minutes   
  
 
 
  
 Total 1111   
  
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session – 
Regional Trade 
Agreements  8 formal meetings   
  
  
  
  
   16 airgrams   
19 minutes   
20 reports (including 
Chair reports)   
11 communications 
from Members   4 bilateral or small 
group consultations    
 
10 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate documents.  
11 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate documents.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
Total 8 meetings   507 notifications   
 
Total 57312 
 
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session 
Preferential 
Trade 
Arrangements  8 formal meetings   
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
Total 8 meetings   16 airgrams   
9 minutes   
9 reports (including 
Chair reports)   
1 communication 
from Members   
8 notifications   
 
Total 4313  5 bilateral or small 
group consultations    
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session Small 
Economies  4 formal meetings   
  
  
  
  
  
  
Total 4 meetings   6 airgrams   
6 minutes   
4 reports    
2 communications 
from Members   
2 room documents   
  
Total 2014 
   
Sub Committee 
on Least -
Developed 
Countries  7 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
Total: 8 meetings  9 Airgrams  
7 Minutes  
1 Report  
2 Working 
document  
4 Room docs  
 
Total 2315 3 Workshops  
2 South -South 
Dialogues on LDCs 
and Development  
2 Regional 
Consultations (LDC)  
 
Total 7  
  
Committee on 
Balance -of-
Payments 
Restrictions  2 formal meetings  
 
 
 
 
Total 2 meetings  4 Reports 
(WT/BOP/W)  
4 Draft Reports 
(WT/BOP/R)  
 
Total 8  1 informal cttee 
followed by BOPs 
workshop  
 
 
Total 1  
  
Committee on 
Budget, 
Finance and 
Administration  20 Formal meetings  
5 Informal meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 25 meetings  
 22 WTO/AIR/BFA/ 
documents  
41 JOB/BFA/ 
documents  
21 WT/BFA/ 
documents  
124 WT/BFA /W/ 
documents  
7 WT/BFA/INF/ 
documents  
 
Total 215   
 6 on Financial 
Regulations  
16 on Trust Funds  
5 on Budget matters  
12 on Pension Plan 
Reform  
 
 
 
 
 
Total 39   
Committee on 
Trade and 
Environment  8 formal meetings  
1 informal meeting  
2 environment 
weeks (about 37 
events)  
8 Side-events  
1 Secretariat Briefing 
Sessions  
 8 Airgrams 
(WTO/AIR/CTE)  
7 Convening Notices  
2 Annual reports 
(WTO/CTE)  
8 Minutes (CTE/M)  
8 Working 
documents (CTE/W)  6 rounds of bilateral 
consultations and 2 
breakfast meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
12 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate documents.  
13 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate documents.  
14 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate documents.  
15 Revisions, corrigenda and addenda counted as separate d ocuments.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 55 meetings  3 Environmental 
Databases 
documents 
(CTE/EDB)  
10 Communications 
(CTE/GEN and 
CTE/COM)  
20 Informal 
documents (JOB/TE)  
57 Room documents 
(RD/TE)  
 
Total 123  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 8  
 
Committee on 
Regional Trade 
Agreements  9 Formal Meetings  
1 Informal Meeting  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10 meetings  
 91 Notifications  
54 Factual 
Presentations  
(includes 7 revisions)  
2 Annual Reports  
48 Questions and 
Replies  
45 Minutes  
29 Working 
documents  
18 Airgrams 
(includes 9 revisions)  
 
Total 287  The Chair of the 
CRTA held numerous 
short informal 
consultations before 
each formal CRTA  
meeting with 
delegations where 
RTA Data submission 
are missing.  
 
 2 online Webinars  
(information sessions 
on RTA Data 
submission 
requirements)  
 
 
Working Group 
on Trade, Debt 
and Finance  5 formal  
2 informal  
 
 
 
 
 
Total 7 meetings  2 Annual Reports  
5 minutes  
13 Members' 
submissions, working 
documents and 
revisions  
 
Total 13  
 In addition to open -
ended informal 
meetings, there have 
been several small 
group consultations 
on Members' 
submissions  The exact number of 
small group 
consultations was 
not recor ded 
Working Group 
on Trade and 
Transfer of 
Technology  6 Formal meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  8 Airgrams + 
revisions  
6 Minutes  
2 Reports  
5 Working 
documents + revision  
1 Statement 
containing an Oral 
Report by the Chair  
1 Room document  
 
 
Total 23   
 September 2022 
Chairperson's Informal 
consultations  
 
30.05 -02.06.2023  
Chairperson's Informal 
Consultations  
 + 13  Presentations 
made at the 68th 
Session by Members, 
IGOs and other 
external speakers  
 
One more formal 
session is scheduled to 
be held on 13 October 
2023 
 
 
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  2  REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Market Access  5 Formal  
10 Informal  
7 Experience -
sharing sessions on 
COVID -19 
6 Workshops/  
training  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 28 meetings  Convening notices : 
5 Airgrams  
5 Annotated agendas  
16 Informal 
convening 
notices/follow -ups 
(ICN/MA)  
 
Notifications : 
59 Changes to Goods 
Schedules16 
(G/MA/TAR/RS)  
139 QR notifications17 
(G/MA/QR/N)  
20 Submissions by 
Members (G/MA; 
G/MA/W; JOB/MA)  
 
Other:  
176 Reports by the 
Secretariat18 
13 Draft Decisions 
prepared by the 
Secretariat19 
5 Minutes  
40 Room documents 
(RD/MA)  
 
Total 478  
 4 Consultations by 
the Chairperson 
(open -ended)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 4  3 more meetings 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023 
(1 formal, 2 informal)  
 
Committee on 
Trade 
Facilitation  13 Formal meetings  
9 Informal meetings   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 22 meetings  30 Airgrams (13 
Drafts; 17 Revisions)  
10 Minutes    
248 Notifications  
5 Committee 
documents  
6 Information 
documents    
101 Working 
documents  
2 Disputes, Request 
for consultations  
19 Job documents  
7 Convening notices  
1 Questions and 
replies  
5 TFA Facility  
 
Total 434   8 TFAF 
3 Four-year review  
3 Art. 17 matters  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 14  
  
 
16 These include draft changes circulated under the "Procedures for modification and rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions", Decision of 26 March 1980(L/4962), BISD 27S/25 -26. 
17 Pursuant to the "Decision on notification procedures for quantitative restrictions" (G/L/59/Rev.1)  
18 These include a number of reports under different areas of work covered by the CMA, including: i) regular reports by 
the Secretariat on the introduction o f HS changes in Schedules of Concessions; status of the CTS database; status of IDB 
notifications; situation of Schedules; status of GATT Article XXVIII renegotiations; status report on QR notifications; annua l 
reports to the CTG; and ad-hoc reports on tra de-related measures relating to the COVID -19 pandemic; summary reports from 
the experience -sharing sessions on trade in COVID -19 goods; draft procedures for the introduction of HS changes into 
Schedules of concessions; notes on methodology for the introduc tion of HS changes; draft procedures for the derestriction of 
the Uruguay Round negotiating materials; reports to the CTG on the Committee's functioning and the Committee's work in 
relation to the COVID -19 pandemic.  
19 These include the draft HS -related wai vers (HS2002; HS2007; HS2012; HS2017; HS2022); the procedures for the 
introduction of HS 2022 changes to Schedules of Concessions; the notes on methodology for the introduction of HS2022 
changes; the derestriction of the Uruguay Round negotiating material;  and the Committee document on lessons learned from 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Agriculture  2021  
3 Formal CoA  
2 informal CoA  
1 Annual Agriculture 
Symposium  
4 Trade Dialogues 
on Food  
2 Workshop/Side 
Event/Information 
session  
 
Total 12 meetings  
2022  
4 Formal CoA  
10 Informal CoA 
and CoA Working 
Group  
4 Workshop/Side 
Event/Information 
session  
1 Annual Agriculture 
Symposium  
5 Trade Dialogues 
on Food  
 
Total 24 meetings  
2023   
9 Informal CoA and 
CoA Working Group  
2 Formal CoA  
5 Workshop/Side 
Event/Information 
session  
2 Trade Dialogues 
on Food  
 
Total 18 meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand Total: 54 
meetings  2021  
38 Secretariat 
documents:  
24 G/AG/W  
5 G/AG/R  
6 WTO/AIR/AG  
1 RD/AG  
1 G/L 
1 G/AG  
5 G/AG/GEN  
 
9 Documents by 
Observer 
Organizations  
8 Member 
submissions  
319 Notifications  
 
Total 379  
 
2022  
 
82 Secretariat 
documents:  
34 G/AG/W  
3 G/AG/R  
10 WTO/AIR/AG  
17 RD/AG  
3 G/L 
4 G/AG  
11 G/AG/GEN  
 
18 Documents by 
Observer 
Organizations  
1 Member 
submissions  
381 Notifications  
Total: 482  
 
Jan – July 2023  
57 Secretariat 
documents:  
24 G/AG/W  
2 G/AG/R  
4 WTO/AIR/AG  
17 RD/AG  
0 G/L 
1 G/AG  
5 ICN/AG  
4 G/AG/GEN  
 
4 Documents by 
Observer 
Organizations  
1 Member submission  
272 Notifications  
 
Total 334  
  
 2023  
5 more meetings 
planned until the 
end of the year  
(Annual Agriculture 
Symposium, 2 
informal CoA and 2 
formal CoA and some 
Workshop/Side 
Event/Information 
session  
Committee on 
Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures  8 Formal  
11 Informal  
2 Workshops  
5 Thematic sessions  
36 Working Group 
and Thematic Group 
meetings  Convening Notices : 
8 Airgrams  
3 ICN/SPS documents  
16 Annotated 
agendas  
 
  4 more meetings 
scheduled before end 
2023 (2 informal, 1 
formal and 1 thematic 
session)  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
13 Side events  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 75 meetings  Other Documents : 
9 Reports (G/SPS/R)  
222 Submissions by 
Members 
(G/SPS/GEN, 
G/SPS/W and 
JOB/SPS)  
60 Documents by the 
Secretariat 
(G/SPS/GEN and 
G/SPS/W)  
93 Documents by 
Observers 
(G/SPS/GEN)  
4 CTG Reports (G/L)  
2 Decisions (G/SPS)  
98 Room documents 
(RD/SPS)  
 
SPS Notifications : 
3690  New 
notifica tions 
30 Revisions  
1473  Addenda and 
Corrigenda  
 
Total 515  docs +  
5193 notifications  
 
Committee on 
Technical 
Barriers to Trade  8 Formal meetings(1) 
13 Informal 
meetings  
11 Thematic 
Sessions  
1 Special Meeting on 
Procedures for 
Information 
Exchange  
3 Transparency 
Working Group 
meetings  
9 Chair 
Consultations on 
Conformity 
Assessment 
Procedures  
2 Side Events 
(Symposium Easing 
Regulatory 
Bottlenecks, Trade 
Forum 
Decarbonization)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Breakdown  
Documents  
8 G/TBT/M/** 
(Minutes)  
2 G/L/* (CTG Report)  
45 G/TBT/W/** 
(Statements, 
Submissions by 
Members, etc.)  
58 G/TBT/GEN/** 
(Statements, 
Reports)   
145 JOB/TBT/** 
(Reports, Proposals, 
presentations, 
Programmes, etc.)  
8 Airgrams  
34 ICN/TBT/* 
Convening notice for 
Informal meetings  
52 room documents 
RD/TBT/** 
(Presentations, draft 
reports)  
6 G/TBT/* (Decisions, 
Annual Reviews, 
Triennial Reviews)  
1 G/TBT/1/Rev.* 
(Compilation of 
Decisions and 
Recommendations)  
1 G/TBT/D/** (TBT 
relevant disputes)  
 
TBT Notifications  
6231  New 
Notifications  
149 Revisions  
3509  Addenda  Numerous 
consultations in 
various 
configurations with 
delegations and/or 
the Chair  (1) The formal 
meetings usually last 
three days.  
(2) A number of 
document series have 
been discontinued 
and replaced by the 
ePing  SPS &TBT 
Platform, which 
generates reports. 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 47  meetings  286 Corrigenda  
21 G/TBT/10.7/N/** 
(notifications on 
Agreements between 
Members -Art.10.7)  
3 G/TBT/2/Add.** 
Statements of 
Implementation 
Art. 15.2  
5 G/TBT/CS/** 
Notifications 
Acceptance Code of 
Good Practice  
 
Total 
360 documents  (2) 
+ 
10,204  notifications  
 
Committee on 
TRIMS  5 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  7 G/TRIMS/N  
5 G/TRIMS/Q  
5 G/TRIMS/M  
4 G/TRIMS/D  
5 G/TRIMS/W  
4 G/TRIMS  
5 Airgrams  
1 ICN  
14 RD  
 
Total  50  
  
  
Committee on 
Anti-Dumping 
Practices  5 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  397 G/ADP/N  
43 G/ADP/Q  
6 G/ADP/M  
10 G/ADP/D  
5 G/ADP/W  
5 G/ADP  
10 Airgrams  
3 ICN  
18 RD  
 
Total  497  
  
  
(Informal Group 
on Anti -
Circumvention)  1 meeting  
 
Total 1 meeting  
 Included in the ADP 
data   
(Working Group 
on 
Implementation)  4 meetings  
 
 
Total 4 meetings  
 Included in the ADP 
data 6 Plurilateral 
consultations  
 
Total 6  
  
Committee on 
Customs 
Valuation  5 formal meetings  
1 informal meeting  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 Airgrams 
(WTO/AIR/VAL/)  
1 Informal Convening 
Notice (ICN/VAL/)  
5 Minutes of meetings  
(G/VAL/M/)  
15 Notifications of 
customs valuation 
legislation 
(G/VAL/N1/)  
80 Sets of questions 
or replies concerning 
customs valuation Four series of 
consultations in 
various 
configurations  Two meetings 
planned for the 
remainder of 2023 – 
one informal (9/2 3); 
one formal (11/23)  
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  
 legislation  
(G/VAL/Q/)  
11 Notifications of 
responses to checklist 
of issues (G/VAL/N2/)  
18 Notificati ons of 
implementation of 
decisions 
(G/VAL/N3/)  
5 Status of 
implementation of 
N1/N2 notifications 
(G/VAL/W/232/)  
5 Status of 
implementation of N3 
notifications 
(G/VAL/W/5/)  
5 Report on Technical 
Assistance Activities  
(G/VAL/8/)  
4 Draft and final 
reports to the GC 
(G/L/)  
4 Draft and final 
reports of CCV annual 
review  
(G/VAL/)  
5 Status on PSI 
legislation  
(G/PSI/N1/)  
8 Sets of questions or 
replies relating to PSI 
regimes  
(G/PSI/Q/)  
2 Reports by PSI 
Independent Entity to 
the GC  
(G/L/)  
2 Draft and final 
reports on Triennial 
Review of PSI 
Agreement (G/L/)  
 
Total  175  
Committee on 
Rules of Origin  5 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  
 Convening notices:  
5 Airgrams  
5 E-Mails 
11 Minutes  
Member Submissions:  
9 Working Documents  
68 Notifications  
Notes by the 
Secretariat:  
8 Reports to the GC 
and CTG  
11 Working Docs etc.  
5 JOB/RO documents  
14 Room Documents  
 
Total 136  5 Information 
Session  
2 LDC Core -Group 
Meetings  
1 two-day GVA 
based training for 
LDCs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 8   WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Import Licensing  
 5 Formal   
3 Informal   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 8  meetings  Convening notices : 
5 Airgrams   
2 Fax/E -mail   
1 ICNs   
Report of Meetings : 
5 Minutes   
3 Chair Summaries  
of Informal meetings  
Notifications 
circulated :  
N1 notification: 3 
N2 notification : 226 
N3 notification : 99 
30 Questions & 
Replies  
1 Biennial Review  
Documents by the 
Secretariat : 
4 Reports to the CTG 
5 Job / INF    
5 Working documents  
 
Total  389 2 Capacity building 
workshops   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total  2 
  
Committee on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing 
Measures  10 Formal  
3 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 13 meetings  318 G/SCM/N  
230 G/SCM/Q  
13 G/SCM/M  
11 G/SCM/D  
10 G/SCM/W  
10 G/SCM  
16 Airgrams  
3 ICN  
26 RD  
 
Total :637  
 21 Bilateral 
consultations  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 21   
Committee on 
Safeguards  5 Formal  
3 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 8 meetings  413 G/SG/N  
43 G/SG/Q  
7 G/SG/M  
2 G/SG/D  
7 G/SG/W  
37 G/SG  
6 Airgrams  
4 ICN  
24 RD  
 
Total 543   10 bilateral 
consultations  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10  
  
Working Party 
on State Trading 
Enterprises  5 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  66 G/STR/N  
10 G/STR/Q  
5 G/STR/M  
7 G/STR  
7 Airgrams  
2 ICN  
18 RD  
 
Total  115  
   
Committee of 
Participants on 
the Expansion of 
Trade in 
Information 
Technology 
Products  6 Formal  
4 Informal  
1 Information 
Session  
 
 
 
 11 Convening notices  
6 Airgrams  
11 Emails  
6 Minutes  
1 Status of 
Implementation  
5 Report s  
5 Working documents  10 Chair 
consultations  
1 ITA Symposium  
5 ITA Expansion 
related meetings  
 
 
  
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 to July 
2023  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 11 meetings  
 1 Questions and 
Replies  
8 JOB documents  
27 Room Documents  
5 Other papers  
 
Total 86   
 
 
 
 
 
Total 16 
3  REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES  
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal / informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021  
(and type)  to July 
2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Working Party 
on Domestic 
Regulation  2 formal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 2 meetings   
 2 Airgrams  
4 W/ docs by 
Secretariat  
3 Minutes  
2 Annual reports  
 
1 RD/ by Members  
 
Total 12    
Working Party 
on GATS Rules  No meeting s 2 annual reports  
  The WPGR  used to 
hold between 3 and 5 
formal negotiating 
meetings a year – in 
addition to a variable 
number of informal 
consultations.    
The last WPGR formal 
meeting took place 
on 5 October 2016.  It 
has remained inactive 
since due to the lack 
of new proposals 
subm itted/issues 
raised by Members 
under its three 
negotiating 
mandates, namely: 
emergency 
safeguards, 
government 
procurement, and 
subsidies regarding 
services.  
 
Committee on 
Specific 
Commitments  8 Formal  
1 Briefing Session  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 9 meetings  8 Airgrams  
9 Minutes  
2 Annual reports  
9 Working Docs  
11 Jobs  
1 Room doc  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 40  Several informal 
consultations, in 
various 
configurations  The CSC used to hold 
4-5 meetings per 
year. A regular body 
under the CTS, the 
substance of its 
mandate is closely 
linked to services 
market access 
negotiations. The 
decline of meetings is 
directly caused by an 
absence of progress 
in market access 
negotiations.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23 
(formal / informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021  
(and type)  to July 
2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Trade in 
Financial 
Services  4 formal  
1 Seminar  
 
 
 
 
Total 5 meetings  4 Airgrams  
4 Minutes  
2 Annual reports  
2 Working Docs  
9 Jobs  
 
Total 21 
 Several consultations 
took place in various 
configurations   
 
4  COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PLURILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
21 – July 23 
(formal / informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 (and 
type)  to July 2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Trade in Civil 
Aircraft  2 formal  
6 informal  
 
 
 
 
Total 8 meetings  3 TCA/M  
12 TCA  
5 Airgrams  
6 ICN  
10 RD  
 
Total  36 documents  
 12 consultations  
 
 
 
 
 
Total 12   
Committee on 
Government 
Procurement  2 formal  
2 sets of informal 
meetings.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 4 meetings  2 Reports of the CGP 
Committee;  
57 Docs related to 
GPA Accessions;  
9 Docs related to the 
Committee's agreed 
Work Programmes;  
6 sets of Minutes;  
4 Summaries of the 
CGP's Informal 
meetings;  
5 Airgrams;  
13 Convening notices 
(ICN/GPA);  
2 Docs circulated in 
the GPA/W/;  
2 Docs circulated in 
the RD/GPA/ series;  
9 systemic 
compilations of GPA 
documents;  
 
115 docs related to 
GPA notifications:  
26 Docs related 
to Thresholds;  
15 Statistical 
reports;  
52 Docs related 
to modifications 
to GPA 
Appendices;  
22 Notifications 
of National 
Legislation.  
 
Total 224  
 Between January 
2021 and July 2023, 
informal Chair 
consultations, and 
informal 
consultations 
between GPA Parties, 
as well as between 
GPA Parties and CGP 
observers, as 
appropriate, took 
place on many 
occasions.  Owing to the 
absence of a CGP 
Chair between July 
2021 and May 
2023, no meetings 
took place (except 
for one ad hoc 
meeting). A new 
CGP Chair was 
elected on 
15/05/2023.  
 
Additional formal 
meetings (2) and 
informal sessions are 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023.  
 
 
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  5  NEGOTIATING BODIES  
WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
21 – July 23 
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Trade 
Negotiations 
Committee and 
Informal H ODs 
meetings  9 meetings  
(3 formals)  - 2021 
4 meetings  
(1 formal)  - 2022 
5 meetings  
(3 formals)  - 2023 
 
 
 
Total 18 meetings  7 TN/C/M  
3 TN/C 
10 TN/C/W  
24 JOB/TNC  
Excluding TNC 
Chair's reports at the 
GC (circulated in 
JOB/GC series ) 
 
Total 44  
  
  
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Agriculture  1 formal  meeting  
66 informal 
meetings  
1 retreat  
6 seminars  
 
 
Total 74 meetings  59 Submissions  
14 Chair reports to 
CoA-SS and TNC  
2 Compilations  
6 Chair reports and 
draft texts  
 
Total 81  65 consultations  
72 bilaterals  
 
 
 
 
 
Total 137   
 Some Chair's reports 
to the TNC are 
included in TNC 
documents only  
 
DG-led Consultations 
on agriculture not 
included.  
Sub-Committee 
on Cotton  10 informal 
meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10 meetings  9 submissions  
13 background 
documents including 
evolving table and 
table on domestic 
reforms  
11 meeting reports  
4 specific events 
reports  
3 DG's reports  
1 study (COVID -19) 
 
Total 41  13 consultations  
3 specific events  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 16  
 Covering dedicated 
discussions on cotton 
and Director General 
Consultative 
Mechanism 
Framework on 
cotton, plus cotton 
specific negotiation 
submissions and 
meetings . 
Special Session 
of the Council 
for Trade in 
Services  10 informal 
meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10 meetings  7 JOB/ by Members  
4 RD/ by Members  
2 W/ docs by the 
Chair 
11 Jobs by the Chair 
(including 5 
summaries of 
discussions)  
2 RD/ by Facilitator  
1 Chair report to 
MC12  
 
Total 27  
 13 sets of 
consultation s in 
various 
configurations   
Negotiating 
Group on 
Market Access  No meetings   
  
  
Special Session 
of the Council 
for TRIPS  No meetings  
 
 3 Chair reports to 
TNC 
Total 3  19 Chair's 
consultations § 
Total 19   
 
 
Negotiating 
Group on Rules  105 informal open -
ended  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 105 meetings  58 RD  
1 AIR 
14 TN/RL  
3 TN/C 
1 MIN/21  
2 MIN/22  
 
 
Total  79 633 informal 
bilateral 
consultations and 
201 small group 
meetings  
14 workshops / 
retreats  
 
Total 848   WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
21 – July 23 
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021 
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Special Session 
of the Dispute 
Settlement  
Body  No meetings  
 
 
 
 1 TN/DS document, 
(report by the Chair 
to the TNC).  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 1    
 
 As noted in the 
Chair's report dated 
17 November 2021, 
delegations consider 
that discussing 
clarifications and 
improvements to the 
DSU in the context of 
the DSB -SS is 
unlikely to be 
productive at this 
stage, while issues 
with the overall 
functioning of the  
dispute settlement 
system remain to be 
resolved. The 
Secretariat continues 
to assist the Chair 
with respect to 
issues regarding the 
DSB in Special 
Session.  
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Trade and 
Environment  1 Secretariat session  
 
 
 
 
 
Total 1  1 working document 
(TN/TE/S)  
 
2 reports by the 
Chair (TN/TE)  
 
Total 3  
  
  
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Trade and 
Development  4 formal meetings   
5 informal meetings   
  
  
  
  
  
  
Total 9 meetings   
 4 airgrams   
7 informal convening 
notices   
4 minutes   
2 Chair reports20  
7 communications 
from Members   
  
Total 2421 15 bilateral or small 
group consultations    
 
  
 
20 Other reports by the Chair of the Special Session of the CTD were circulated in TNC or GC documents.  
21 Revisions, corrigenda and adden da counted as separate documents.  WT/BFA/W/652  
 
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  6  ACCESSION WORKING PARTIES  
WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
21 – July 23  
(formal /  
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Accessions 
Working 
Parties  3 + 5 + 4 Working 
Party meetings  
 
1 Technical Verification 
Meeting on Goods and 
Services Schedules  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 13 meetings  
 63 + 73 + 51 
(until July 2023)  
 
WT/ACC, 
WT/ACC/SPEC, 
JOB/ACC series  
 
3 + 5 + 3 (until 
July 2023)  
WTO/AIR/ACC 
series  
 
Total 198  4 (Informal Group on 
Accessions in 2021)  
 
1 Briefing session on 
WTO Accessions for 
Members in 2022  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total  5 
 a) 2 more Working 
Party meetings 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023  
7  DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO SPECIFIC WTO DISPUTES  
A total of 590 documents (7,239 pages) in the DS series relating to specific WTO dispute settlement 
proceedings were issued in the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 July 2023.  
 
These documents include:  
 
23 Panel Reports  (Plus 29 addenda to panel reports)  
 
2 Article 22 Arbitration Reports  (Compensation and the Suspension of Concessions) (Plus 2 addenda to these 
awards)  
 
2 Article 25 Arbitration Reports (Plus 2 addenda to these awards)  
 
_______________  
 
 
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  ANNEX I – OTHER /JOINT STATEMENT INITIATIVES  
JSI co -
Coordinators 
led process  No of meetings  
Jan 21 – July 23  
 No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2021  
(and type) to July 
2023  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Joint Initiative 
on Electronic 
Commerce  
(JSI)  22 Plenary sessions  
190 small group 
negotiating meetings  
23 information sessions  
1 HoDs meeting  
 
Total 236 meetings  
 21 INF/ECOM*  
  
 
 
 
 
Total 21  
 3 more meetings 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023  
Joint Initiative 
on Services 
Domestic 
Regulation 
(JSI)1 
 13 meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 13 54 Communications 
by Members  
7 Notes by the 
Chairperson  
11 Informal 
summaries by the 
Chairperson  
2 Negotiating texts  
1 Ministerial 
Declaration  
 
Total 75  
 12 consultation 
meetings in various 
configurations  
 
2 briefing sessions 
requested by 
participating 
Members  
 
 
 
 
Total  14  
Joint Initiative 
on Investment 
Facilitation for 
Development 
(JSI)2 38 Plenaries  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 38  
 38 Convening 
notices (documents 
without document 
symbol)  
12 Annotated 
agendas  
31 Meeting reports  
60 Communications 
by Members (text 
proposals, 
comments, 
notification of joining 
the JSI) (room 
documents)  
16 Negotiating texts 
by the co -
Coordinators (room 
docum ents) 
3 Joint Statement / 
Statements by the 
co-Coordinators  
5 Needs -
assessment -related 
documents  
13 Other documents  
Total 178  19 Large Group 
consultations  
30 Small Groups 
consultations  
21 Tiny Groups 
consultations  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 70  3 more plenary 
meetings,  5 
consultations, and 
1 small group 
meeting are 
scheduled before the 
end of 2023 so far.  
 
 
__________  
 
1 Updated to September 2023 . 
2 Updated to September 2023.