RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON C/25 22 October 1962 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

COUNCIL • "' £2 October 1962

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL AND APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES (as at 20 October 1962)

1. Thirty-five contracting parties and two governments which have acceded © provisionally have accepted the responsibilities of membership in the Council, Of these the following thirty-one governments have nominated their permanent representatives on the Council: Alternates AUSTRALIA Mr. G.P Phillips, Senior Commercial Adviser, Office of the High in the United Kingdom

AUSTRIA H.E. Mr. E. Treu, , to the European Office of the United Nations

© BELGIUM Mr. Paul De Smet, Mr. Robert De Smaele, Director of Administration, Deputy Counsellor in charge of Head of the Multilateral GATT affairs, Division of Relations Services, International Organizations, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Foreign Trade

BRAZIL Mr. A.T. Valladao, Mr. Sergio L. Portella de Aquiar, Minister, Member of the Permanent Permanent Delegation to the Delegation in Geneva international organizations C/25 Page 2

Alternates'" CANADA " ' Mr. J.H. Warren, Mr. R. Campbell Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Counsellor and Special Representative Department of Trade and Commerce to GATT

CHILE H.E. Mr. P. Garcia Oldini, Ambassador Extraordinary and in Switzerland

CUBA H.E. Dr. E. Camejo-Argudin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Permanent Mission to the international organizations in Geneva

CZECHOSLOVAKIA Dr. Otto Benes, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the European Office of the United Nations

DENMARK Mr. N.V. Skak-Nielsen, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the international organizations in Geneva

FINLAND H.E. Mr. R.I. Honkaranta, Mr. Tankmar Horn, Ambassador, First Secretary, Permanent Delegate to the international Permanent Delegation to the organizations in Geneva international organizations in Geneva

GHANA Mr. M.R. Darko-Sarkwa, M.P., Deputy Minister of Trade, Ministry of Finance and Trade Alternates INDIA H.E. Mr. K.B. Lall, Shri M.G. Mathur, Ambassador Extraordinary and Counsellor (Commercial) Plenipotentiary to Belgium Indian Embassy, Brussels

INDONESIA H.E. Mr. Mohamad Nazir, Mr. Moerad Astrawinata, Ambassador Extraordinary and Chief Senior Official, Plenipotentiary to Switzerland Department of Finance

ISRAEL H.E. Mr. M. Bartur, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate to the European Office of the United Nations

JAPAN H.E. Mr. Morio Aoki, Mr. Fumihiko Suzuki, Ambassador, First Secretary, Head of the Permanent Delegation to the Permanent Delegation to the inter­ international organizations in Geneva national organizations in Geneva

LUXUMBURG Mr. Albert Duhr, Chief of the Division of Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

FEDERATION OF MALAYA Inche Sujak Bin Rahiman, Inche Nasaruddin Bin Mohammed, Controller Trade Division, Deputy Controller, Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Commerce and Industry Mr. Yeo Beng Poh, Commercial Secretary, Office of the in the United Kingdom

KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS Mr. M.H. van Wijk, Head of the Division of International Organizations, Directorate-General of Foreign Economic Relations C/25 Page 4

Alternates NEW ZEALAND Mr. K.L. Press, Counsellor (Commercial), Office of the High Commissioner in the United Kingdom

NORWAY H.E. Mr. S6"ren Christian Sommerfelt, Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Delegation to the international organizations in Geneva

PAKISTAN Mr. M.H.E.A. Baig, Commercial Secretary to the for Pakistan to Italy, Switzerland and Austria, Milan

PORTUGAL H.E. Mr. Ruy Teixeira Guerra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland

FEDERATION OF RHODESIA AND NYASALAND Mr. M.M. Cawood, Mr. G.I. Brown, Under-Secretary, Federal Ministry of Senior Trade Commissioner, Commerce and Industry Office of the High Commissioner in the United Kingdom

SOUTH AFRICA H.E. Mr. C.H. Taljaard, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Switzerland

SWEDEN Mr. G. Ryding, Deputy Head of the Commercial Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

SWITZERLAND Mr. A. Weitnauer, Mr. Adolphe Schnebli, Minister, Delegate of the Federal First Chief of Section in the Trade Council for Trade Agreements Division Mr. Klaus Jacobi, Trade Division C/25 Page 5

Alternates TUNISIA H.E. Mr. Zouhir Chelli, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European Office of the United Nations

TURKEY Mr. Cahit Kayra, Permanent Representative to the GATT secretariat

UNITED KINGDOM H.E. Sir Edgar Cohen, K.C.M.G., Ambassador, Permanent Delegate to GATT

UNITED STATES Mr. John W. Evans, Mrs. Doris Whitnack, Minister for Economic Affairs, Mission Economic Officer, Mission to the to the international organizations in international organizations in Geneva Geneva

URUGUAY H.E. Mr. Julio A. Lacarte, Mr. Pablo Bosch, Ambassador Extraordinary and General in Geneva Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany

2. The following six members of the Council have not nominated their permanent representatives: France Italy Federal Republic of Germany Nigeria Greece Peru

3. The Commission of the European Economic Community has nominated the following representative:

Mr. T.H. Hijzen, Director, Directorate-General of External Relations