Dispute Settlement Body - Special Session - Minutes of Meeting - Held in the Centre William Rappard on 5 April 2005

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED TN/DS/M/24 26 May 2005 (05-2149) Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body 5 April 2005 Minutes of Meeting Held in the Centre William Rappard on 5 April 2005 Chairman: Mr. David Spencer (Australia) The Chairman welcomed participants to the twenty-seventh meeting of the Special Session and said that the airgram for the meeting had been circulated in WTO/AIR/2541 and that the draft agenda (TN/DS/W/75) contained two items: (i) discussion of contributions from participants and (ii) "Other Business". He asked whether any participant would like to raise any issue under "Other Business". As there was no response from participants, he suggested the deletion of "Other Business" from the agenda of the meeting. The Chairman's suggestion was accepted and the agenda was adopted as amended. Discussion of the contributions contained in Job(05)/19, Job(05)/23, Job(05)/47 and Job(05)/48 The Chairman recalled that a