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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994

WHO HAVE SUSTAINED DURING

MEANWHILE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS SOUGHT TREATMENT FOR INJURIES CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN THE OPERATION NOW STANDS AT 250.

A TOTAL OF 54 COMPLAINTS OF USE OF UNNECESSARY FORCE DURING THE OPERATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO DATE.

STI SIGNS URUGUAY ROUND FINAL ACT * * * * *

AND

MR INDUSTRY,

TODAY TH CHAU, IN SIGNING THE FINAL ACT

THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE (FRIDAY) JOINED OVER 120 OTHER MINISTERS THAT EMBODIES THE RESULTS OF THE URUGUAY ROUND TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

M

NEGOTIATIONS, "THIS FORMALLY ENDS ALMOST EIGHT YEARS OF TRADE SAID MR CHAU IN MARRAKESH, MOROCCO, AT THE SIGNING

CEREMONY,

INTERNATIONAL BROAD-RANGING

MILESTONE IN THE

REPRESENTING

"IT IS THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND

SIGNED, AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM.

TRADE

EVER

MR CHAU ALSO SIGNED THE AGREEMENT TO

TO SUBJECT

TRADE ORGANISATION GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

(WTO),

A

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ESTABLISH THE NEW WORLD RATIFICATION BY THE

FORMAL

SAID.

WILL

"WE HOPE TO SEE THE WTO START ON

JANUARY 1, 1995, MR

WORLD

CHAU BANK. IT DISPUTE HAD. WE HAVE LAID THE THE WORLD'S MOST

AUTHORITATIVE

"IT WILL HAVE A SIMILAR STATUS TO THE IMF AND HAVE A BROADER SCOPE AND A MORE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM THAN THE GATT HAS EVER FOUNDATION TODAY OF WHAT WILL SURELY BECOME ONE OF IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS.'

TT

IN ADDITION TO BILATERAL MEETINGS HELD EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH THAILAND, CANADA, MEXICO, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA, MR CHAU HAS RECENTLY HELD MEETINGS WITH INDIA'S MINISTER FOR COMMERCE, PRANAB MUKHERJEE, THE PHILIPPINES' SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, RIZALINO NAVARRO, AUSTRALIA'S MINISTER OF TRADE, SENATOR BOB MCMULLAN AND BRAZIL'S MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS, CELSO AMORIM.

THESE BILATERALS WERE LARGELY FOCUSED ON GETTING THE NEWLY AGREED ARRANGEMENTS IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND ON NEW ISSUES WHICH THE WTO AND THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE SETTING WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS.

TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN MARRAKESH, MOROCCO. THE PROGRAMME WILL END WITH AN EVENING RECEPTION FOR VISITING MINISTERS HOSTED BY HIS MAJESTY KING HASSAN II OF MOROCCO IN THE ROYAL PALACE.

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