Committee on Trade and Development - Thirty-Fourth Special Session - Note on the Meeting of 9 December 2008

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED TN/CTD/M/34 19 December 2008 (08-6248) Committee on Trade and Development Thirty-Fourth Special Session Note on the meeting of 9 December 2008 Chairman: Ambassador Thawatchai Sophastienphong (Thailand) A. adoption of the agenda 1 B. reporting on work undertaken over the past few months 1 C. other business 2 adoption of the agenda The draft agenda for the meeting as contained in airgram WTO/AIR/3291 of 26 November 2008 was adopted. reporting on work undertaken over the past few months The Chairman said that the purpose of the meeting was not to engage in substantive discussions on any of the work but rather to update Members on the work that had been carried out since the Special Session had last met in October 2008. He said that since Members had given him the go ahead to resume work in October, he had held a number of small group consultations. These consultations had focused on addressing the Agreement