WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/37/Rev.1
28 February 2001
(01-0985)
WTO PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS IN 2001*
Revision
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)
10 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
17 Working Party on the Accession of China
19 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY22 & 23 Textiles Monitoring Body24 & 26 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – MOZAMBIQUE26 Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
30 GENERAL COUNCIL
FEBRUARY
1 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
5 - 7 Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture8 & 9 GENERAL COUNCIL9 Special Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
12 Textiles Monitoring Body
                                                     
* 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/Rev.1
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Date Meetings
FEBRUARY  (cont'd)
12 & 13 Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries
13 & 14 Committee on Trade and Environment14 Seminar on Technology, Trade and Development16 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
16 Committee on Trade and Development
19 Working Party on the Accession of Moldova19 & 21 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – MADAGASCAR22 & 23 Symposium on Tourism and Services22 & 23 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements26 & 28 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – GHANA
27 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
28 Committee on Specific Commitments
MARCH
1 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
5 Working Party on the Accession of Belarus7 & 8 Working Group on Trade and Investment9 Committee on Customs Valuation12 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
12 Workshop on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
12 – 14 Textiles Monitoring Body13 Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement14 & 15 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures15 Working Party on the Accession the Former Yugoslav Republic of
MacedoniaWT/GC/37/Rev1
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Date Meetings
MARCH  (cont'd)
16 Committee on Rules of Origin
19 & 21 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MACAU, CHINA20 Committee on Market Access20 Working Party on Domestic Regulation
21 Working Party on GATS Rules
22 & 23 Working Group on the Interaction between
Trade and Competition Policy
22 & 23 Committee on Specific Commitments
22 - 28 Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture
28 – 30 Committee on Agriculture28 – 30 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES30 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
APRIL
2 – 6 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
2 – 4 Textiles Monitoring Body
4 Committee on Import Licensing
5 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY10 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
11 Committee on Customs Valuation
13 GOOD FRIDAY
(WTO non-working day)
16 EASTER MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)
17 & 18 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed CountriesWT/GC/37/Rev.1
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Date Meetings
APRIL  (cont'd)
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 Practices
30 Committee on Safeguards
MAY
1 Working Party on Subsidy Notifications
2 & 3 Committee on Government Procurement2 & 3 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
7 GENERAL COUNCIL
7 – 9 Textiles Monitoring Body9 & 11 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - COSTA RICA16 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY17 & 18 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
18 Committee on Rules of Origin
21 & 23 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – BRUNEI DARUSSALAM22 Committee on Trade and Development24 ASCENSION DAY
(WTO non-working day)
28 – 30 Textiles Monitoring Body
JUNE
4 WHIT MONDAY
(WTO non-working day)WT/GC/37/Rev1
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Date Meetings
JUNE  (cont'd)
5 & 7 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – WTO Members of the
Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS)
6 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
11 – 15 Textiles Monitoring Body12 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
13 & 14 Working Group on Trade and Investment18 – 22 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
20 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 & 27 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – GABON26 Committee on Market Access26 – 29 Committee on Agriculture27 & 28 Committee on Trade and Environment
28 & 29 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
JULY
2 & 3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
2 – 4 Textiles Monitoring Body3 Committee on Rules of Origin5 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
5 & 6 Working Group on the Interaction between
Trade and Competition Policy
10 & 11 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
12 & 13 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
16 – 20 Textiles Monitoring BodyWT/GC/37/Rev.1
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Date Meetings
JULY  (cont'd)
18 GENERAL COUNCIL
24 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY25 & 27 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – CAMEROON
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 & 21 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
24 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
25 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
25 – 28 Committee on Agriculture27 & 28 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
OCTOBER
3 & 4 Committee on Trade and Environment
4 Committee on Rules of Origin
5 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
8 Committee on Trade and Development8 & 9 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES8 & 9 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade9 Committee on Import LicensingWT/GC/37/Rev1
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Date Meetings
OCTOBER  (cont'd)
10 GENERAL COUNCIL
12 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES15 – 17 Textiles Monitoring Body17 Committee on Market Access
17 & 19 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – CZECH REPUBLIC
22 & 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 BODY25 & 26 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
29 Committee on Safeguards
30 Working Party on Subsidy Notifications30 & 31 Committee on Trade and Environment31 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures31 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOVEMBER
1 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
1 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures1 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS2 & 5 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - MAURITIUS9 – 13 4 FOURTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE - DOHA
12 Committee of Participants on the Expansion of
Trade in Information Technology Products
12 – 14 Textiles Monitoring BodyWT/GC/37/Rev.1
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Date Meetings
NOVEMBER  (cont'd)
13 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
13 – 16 Committee on Agriculture15 Committee on Customs Valuation16 Committee on Rules of Origin
21 Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
21 & 23 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – SLOVAK REPUBLIC26 – 29 COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
27 & 28 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries
30 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
DECEMBER
3 & 5 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY – MALAYSIA
6 & 7 COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
10 – 12 Textiles Monitoring Body
12 GENERAL COUNCIL17 & 19 TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - UGANDA18 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY24 CHRISTMAS EVE
(WTO non-working day)
25 CHRISTMAS DAY
(WTO non-working day)
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