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WORLD TRADE S/NGNP/4
13March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0543)
Negotiating Group onMovement ofNatural Persons
NOTE ONTHE MEETING OF8FEBRUARY 1995
TheNegotiating Group onMovement ofNatural Persons helditsfourth meeting under the
chairmanship ofAmbassador L.Bautista ofthePhilippines. Themeeting followed theagenda contained
inAirgram WTO/AIR/1.
TheGroup accepted requests forobserver status from theRussian Federation andBulgaria
andfrom theInternational Organization forMigration (IOM). TheGroup alsoconsidered, and
subsequently agreed to,asimilar request from theInternational Labour Office (ILO).
With respect tothemain agenda item, theprogress ofbilateral negotiations, anumber of
delegations reported thatthemostrecent round ofbilateral meetings hadbeenuseful from thepoint
ofviewofclarification ofoffers andstock-taking. Itwaspointed outbysome participants thatprogress
inthisareawaslinked topossible progress inother negotiating areas, notably financial services with
aviewtoachieving abroader package andhigher levels ofcommitments overall. Itwasalsopointed
outthatdelegations should beprepared atthenextround ofbilaterals toindicate inmore concrete terms
where theywere ready tomake improvements inthefourth mode withrespect toboththecoverage
ofthedifferent categories ofpersonnel aswelltobetter market access forthose categories. Itwas
therefore proposed, andsubsequently agreed, thattheGroup should meetagain on5April withfurther
bilaterals tobescheduled forthefirstweek ofApril.