Special Session - Summary Report on the Meeting of the Special Session Held on 23 - 24 March 2000 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED G/AG/NG/R/1 18 April 2000 (00-1579) Committee on Agriculture Special Session SUMMARY REPORT ON THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL SESSION HELD ON 23-24 MARCH 2000 Note by the Secretariat The Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture, which was established by the General Council to conduct the negotiations for continuing the reform process under Article 20 of the Agreement on Agriculture (WT/GC/M/53, paragraph 39 refers), held its first meeting on 2324 March 2000 on the basis of the agenda as set out in the convening airgram WTO/AIR/1264. The present report provides a detailed summary of the Committee's discussions on substantive matters under the relevant agenda item and should be read in conjunction with the short factual report to the General Council on the meeting as a whole by the interim Chairman (G/AG/NG/1, copy attached). item a: Negotiations under Article 20 of the Agreement on Agriculture: Statement by