./.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/146
11 February 1999
(99-0503)
General Council
15 and 16 February 1999
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL
II. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (WT/L/274)
III. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE WTO AND THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK
A. ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF ISSUES RAISED BY DELEGATIONS (WT/GC/W/140):  F ORUM FOR
DISCUSSION WITH MEMBERS
IV. PROMOTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL IMAGE OF THE WTO
A. COMMUNICATION FROM VENEZUELA (WT/GC/W/142)
V. REQUEST FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE INTERPRETATION PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE IX:2 OF THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
A. C
OMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (WT/GC/W/133, WT/GC/W/143)
VI. PROCEDURES FOR AMENDMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING:  RESPONSE TO THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES' REQUEST FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE INTERPRETATION OFTHE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX:2
OF THE WTO AGREEMENT
A. C
OMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES (WT/GC/W/144)
VII. ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES OF THE
MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE WTO PENSION PLAN
A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
VIII.  REVIEW OF PROCEDURES FOR THE CIRCULATION AND DERESTRICTION
OF WTO DOCUMENTS (WT/L/ 160/REV.1, WT/G C/W/117/REV.1)
A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
IX. GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHEDULING OF WTO MEETINGSWT/GC/W/146
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X. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO WTO BODIES
XI. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL
OTHER BUSINESS
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