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was to make the prospective period very likely to be some 13 years, with an inclusion of a gradual phasing-out, the feeling of the Group was lukewarm. The 10 year period was reaffirmed along with the need for suitable review provisions before it elapsed. There was no other suggestion of a longer period beyond. a suggestion by Mlle. Guyot (France) that the Group should consider, at least in the individual capitals, the possibility of, say, a 2 year extension to the 10 year period, but simply as a leaver for obtaining something from the developing countries in eventual discussions with them.
(a) Safeguard Mechanisms
Discussion was short and confused.
The general
feeling was that the exercise of escape clauses or other safeguard mechanisms by developed donor countries should Acfinitely not be under rigid control or supervision by the developing countries and prior consultation in the event* resort mechanism was not favoured either. Belgium and the to such
U.S. argued for safeguard provisions which were fairly loose and general in their scope and application. Frence argued that the UNCTAD night well be preferable to the GATT as a forum for consultation with developing countries when safeguards were invoked as it possessed less of a legal flavour than the latter institutions. Perhaps the UNCTAD Manufactures' Committee, who had little to do, right usefully do this job.
Next Mooting
8. The next meeting of the Group will begin on the afternoon' of Wednesday 24 September. The main hoads of the agenda will be any new developments in the position of donor countries and the preparation of a report by the Group to the O.E.C.D. Trado
The 0.3.C.D. Committee in the light of any such developments. Secretariat is to consider what it can do by way of preliminary out line drafting for a paper to go to the Trade Committee. Delegates to this next meeting are to come ready for it to be an open-ended one, i.e. carrying on the following week beginn- ing Monday 29 September and for as long as necessary that week. Experts on various subjects like primary products are supposed to be on cell in capitals during the meeting in case the Group. decides, as it may well, to split up into small working parties to try and reach some kind of solution
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