RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON c/29 21 February 196j5 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

COUNCIL 19-22 February 1965

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL AND APPOINTMENT 0? REPRESENTATIVES

(as at 19 February 19&5)

1, Thirty-five contracting parties and four governments which have acceded provisionally have accepted the responsibilities of membership in the Council, Of these the following thirty-three governments bave nominated their permanent representatives on the Council:

Alternates ARGENTINA H.E. Dr. Raul C. Migone, Mr. Fernando G, Lerena, , Economic Counsellor, to the Permanent Mission to the European Office of the United European Office of the Nations United Nations

AUSTRALIA Mr. G.P. Phillips, Senior Commercial Adviser, Office of the High in the United Kingdom

AUSTRIA H.E. Mr. E. Treu, Ambassador, Permanent Representative 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 c/29 Page 2

Alternates

BRAZIL

Mr, A.T. Valladao, Mr. Sergio L. Portella de Aquiar, Minister, Member of the Permanent Delegation Permanent Delegation to the in Geneva international organizations

CANADA

Mr. J.H. Warren, Mr. R. Campbell Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Counsellor and Special Representative Department of Trade and Commerce te 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 H.E. Mr. N.V. Skak-Nielsen, Ambassador, 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 C/29 Page 3

Alternates

GHANA Mr. M.R. Darko-Sarkwa, M.P., Deputy Minister of Trade, Ministry of Finance and Trade

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. Moric 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 c/29 Page 4

Alternates KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS • • Mr. M.H. van Wijk, Head of the Division of International Organizations, Directorate-General of Foreign Economic Relations

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

NORWAY H.E. Mr. Soren 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 C/29 Page 5

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

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

UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC Mr. Mahmoud Hamza Commercial Minister, Bern

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 C/29 Page 6

2. The following six members of the Council have not nominated their permanent representatives:

France Italy Federal Republic of Germany Nigeria Greece Peru

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

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