WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/56
2 January 2002
(02-0008)
WTO PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS IN 2002*
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.  However, in a few cases, some overlapping could not be avoided.
Date Meetings
JANUARY
1 NEW YEAR'S DAY
(WTO non-working day)
16 & 18 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - GUATEMALA
21 Committee on Market Access
22 Committee on Trade and Development22 & 23 Textiles Monitoring Body23 & 25 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - PAKISTAN23 & 24 Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation
28 TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE
30 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
FEBRUARY
1 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
6 & 8 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MALAWI7 Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture
7 Working Party on the Accession of Algeria
13 GENERAL COUNCIL14 Committee on Trade and Development
                                                     
* 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/56
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Date Meetings
FEBRUARY  (cont'd)
15 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
18 Committee on Customs Valuation
18 - 20 Textiles Monitoring Body19 Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement21 Committee on Government Procurement28 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries
MARCH
5 – 7 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
8 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
13 Committee on Market Access
11 Working Party on the Accession of Samoa11 - 22 Services14 & 15 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade14 & 15 Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy
18 - 20 Textiles Monitoring Body20 & 21 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
20 & 22 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MEXICO
21 & 22 Committee on Trade and Environment25 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS25 - 28 Agriculture
29 GOOD FRIDAY
(WTO non-working day)WT/GC/56
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Date Meetings
APRIL
1 EASTER MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)
9 Committee on Import Licensing
15 - 18 Textiles Monitoring Body17 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY19 Committee on Customs Valuation22 Committee on Trade and Development – Seminar on E-commerce
22 & 23 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices – Working Group on
Implementation
23 Committee on Trade and Development24 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices – Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
25 & 26 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices29 Committee on Safeguards30 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
MAY
1 – 3 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
2 GENERAL COUNCIL3 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
9 & 10 ASCENSION
(WTO non-working days)
13 - 15 Textiles Monitoring Body
13 & 15 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - SLOVENIA
20 WHIT MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)WT/GC/56
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Date Meetings
MAY  cont'd)
27 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries
28 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
JUNE
5 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
5 & 7 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - HAITI
10 - 12 Textiles Monitoring Body12 Committee on Market Access12 & 13 Committee on Trade and Environment19 & 20 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures19 & 21 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – INDIA
20 & 21 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
24 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY24 – 28 Agriculture25 – 27 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
28 Committee on Rules of Origin
JULY
1 & 2 Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy
2 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS3 Committee on Trade and Development10 & 12 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – VENEZUELA
12 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
17 & 19 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – BARBADOSWT/GC/56
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Date Meetings
JULY  (cont'd)
22 GENERAL COUNCIL
22 - 24 Textiles Monitoring Body24 & 26 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – EU29 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
SEPTEMBER
5 & 6 JEÛNE GENEVOIS
(WTO non-working days)
11 & 13 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – MAURITANIA
16 - 18 Textiles Monitoring Body
18 – 20 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
20 Committee on Market Access
23 – 27 Agriculture23 & 25 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – AUSTRALIA24 Committee on Import Licensing26 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
26 & 27 Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy
OCTOBER
1 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
2 & 3 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
7 & 9 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC8 Committee on Trade and Development9 & 10 Committee on Trade and EnvironmentWT/GC/56
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Date Meetings
OCTOBER  (cont'd)
11 Committee on Rules of Origin
14 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
14 - 16 Textiles Monitoring Body15 GENERAL COUNCIL21 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries21 & 22 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices – Working Group on
Implementation
23 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices – Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
23 & 25 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – ZAMBIA23 & 24 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures24 & 25 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices29 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
NOVEMBER
4 Committee on Safeguards
5 Working Party on Subsidy Notifications5 Committee on Customs Valuation6 & 7 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures6 & 8 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – JAPAN
8 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures – Special Meeting
11 - 13 Textiles Monitoring Body
13 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
18 – 22 AgricultureWT/GC/56
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Date Meetings
NOVEMBER  (cont'd)
20 & 21 Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy
22 Committee on Rules of Origin
25 – 27 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
26 & 28 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – SACU
29 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
DECEMBER
2 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
6 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology Products
9 - 11 Textiles Monitoring Body10 GENERAL COUNCIL16 & 18 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – HONG KONG, CHINA
19 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 CHRISTMAS DAY
(WTO non-working day)
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