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August 26, 1999
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FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Fifth Meeting
Miami, August 23 - 25, 1999
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
The fifth meeting of the Negotiating Group on
Government Procurement (NGGP) took place in Miami, Florida on August 23-25,
1999. Delegates from the following twenty-two countries were present: Argentina,
Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,
Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, and
Venezuela. The NGGP covered all issues listed on the agenda, which is attached
to this communiqué. The NGGP completed its Report to Ministers, which includes
its annotated outline of the Chapter on Government Procurement, and will forward
it to the Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee. The NGGP agreed to hold its
next meeting on February 9-11, 2000.
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Miami, Florida
August 23 - 25, 1999
AGENDA
- Opening of the meeting and approval of agenda
- Chair´s Report on TNC Meeting
- Review of Annotated Outline (Panorama Paper) on Government Procurement
- Statistics
- Review of the Compilation on Statistics and Responses regarding the Capacity
of National Statistical Systems
- Review of Draft Report to Ministers on Progress in the NGGP
- Next Steps and Schedule of Future Meetings.
- Discussion of How to Continue Fulfilling the Mandate from the TNC and the San José Ministerial Declaration
- Dates for Next Meeting.
- Public Summary of the Meeting/Derestriction of Documents
- Other Business
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