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Peter Sutherland Takes Over GATT Newsletter No 100 July 1993 Peter Sutherland takes over t a Special Session of the Contracting he new GATT Director-General, Mr. AParties in Geneva on 9 June, Mr. TER TPeter Sutherland, promised to "leave Peter Sutherland (Ireland) was appointed no stone unturned" in trying to bring the as the next Director-General of GATT. Uruguay Round negotiations to a bal­ Mr. Sutherland, whose appointment was anced conclusion before the end of the decided by consensus, took office on l year. He made this pledge after the Trade July 1993. He will serve for an initial Negotiations Committee, which oversees period of two years. the Round, elected him by acclamation on "The dedication and the ability of Mr. 5 July as TNC Chairman at officials level Sutherland as a national and international to succeed the former Director-General, public servant as well as in the private Mr. Arthur Dunkel. sector will ensure that the helm of the Mr. Sutherland was elected Chairman GATT and the Uruguay Round will be in in his personal capacity. As Director- good hands," said Mr. Arthur Dunkel, the General, he already heads the Group of outgoing Director-General, in welcoming Negotiations on Goods. The TNC over­ the decision. sees negotiations in both trade in goods and trade in services. In a statement to the press, following Director-General Sutherland., The Chairman of the Contracting Par­ the decision on his appointment, Mr. and his predecessors: Sutherland said: ties, Ambassador B.K. Zutshi, who in­ itially chaired the meeting, noted that one principal criterion of GATT members in their search for a new Director-General The immediate priority is Sir Eric concluding the Round was finding a person who had the ability Wyndham- and the capacity to facilitate an early suc­ My appointment a's Director-General White, cess to the Round. "In Mr. Sutherland, we brings with it an extraordinary responsi­ 1948-68 have found that person," Ambassador bility and an enormous personal chal­ Zutshi said. lenge. In many ways the GATT system Referring to the G-7 Meeting, Mr. holds the key to the future world pros­ Sutherland said "the new days would be perity and a way out of the pain of unem­ of considerable importance to the conclu­ ployment which so many nations face sion of the Uruguay Round". But "what­ today. ever results from the Tokyo Summit, the Above all, it is a multilateral system Mr. Olivier function of concluding the Round is with looking after the interests of countries, Long, us." He added: "one of the defining mo­ large and small, developed and develo­ 1968-80 ments of the latter half of this century ping. None of the demands of my new job would be bringing the Uruguay Round to can be more important than safeguarding a successful conclusion -1 gladly take this every one of the varying interests repre­ responsibility, and I gladly share it with sented among GATT's 111 members. you." Clearly, the immediate priority must be The new Chairman cautioned that he to help the participants of the Uruguay- was "at best a facilitator - not a magician". Round secure a quick, comprehensive and "It would be impossible to organize deals far-reaching conclusion to their negotia­ Mr. Arthur if the deal-makers - that is, you, the gov­ tions. The meeting of the G7 in Tokyo will Dunkel, ernments - are not ready or willing; our be crucial - but we will need deeds, not 1980-93 partnership will have to be, therefore, a Continued on page 10 Continued on page 12 GATT FOCUS June Council Russia applies for GATT membership Panel rules against EC members'restrictions on bananas ussia's formal application to join the The former Soviet Union was origin­ the type of agreement described by the RGATT was hailed by many contract­ ally a member of a preparatory committee EEC in the Panel's proceedings, but ing parties, at the 16-17 June meeting of appointed in 1946 by the UN Economic only from an action of the Contracting the Council, as a contribution to the and Social Council to draft the charter of Parties under Article XXV (on joint universalization of the GATT and an in­ a world trade organization. However, it action by the Contracting Parties). The dication of its relevance to reforming chose not to attend the meetings of the Panel recommended that the Contract­ countries. committee, whose members became the ing Parties request the EC to bring the Russia's Minister for External Econ­ founding contracting parties to the GATT preference into conformity with the omic Relations. Mr. Sergei Glaziev. told in 1948. In May 1990. the Council granted General Agreement unless, in accord­ the Council that the importance of GATT observer status to the former Soviet ance with the provisions of Article membership for his country w as shown by Union. In February 1992, the Council XXV. the EEC were authorized to the fact that President Boris Yeltsin had Chairman announced that the former maintain this preference. personally handed the accession request USSR's GATT observer status would be Costa Rica, speaking on behalf of the to the GATT Director-General, Mr. Art­ continued through the Russian Feder­ complainants, urged the immediate adop­ hur Dunkel. in Moscow on 11 June. Mr. ation. tion of the panel report, which it said Glaziev said the request was a logical part resulted from a sound and logical analysis of Russia's market-economy reforms, and EC member states' import of the import regimes in question. It said a necessary step in Russia's integration restrictions on bananas that compliance with the panel's recom­ into the world trading system. He said that mendations would demonstrate that the after several years of economic reforms. The panel that examined the complaint by GATT dispute-settlement system was a Russia had become an open market. Mr. Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala. Nica­ true guarantee for the development of in­ Glaziev stressed that Russia's accession ragua and Venezuela against the EC mem­ ternational trade relations based on multi­ would present trading opportunities for ber states' import regimes for bananas lateral rules. both Russia and the contracting parties, presented its report to the Council. This The EC said it had received the report and would contribute to world trade panel was established by the Council on only recently, and was still analysing its growth. 10 February 1993 under the expedited legal implications, particularly the part The United States described Russia's procedures of the 1966 Decision for dis­ dealing with Community's trade pref­ decision as "a momentous one" for both putes involving developing countries, the erences under the Lomé Convention. It the country and GATT, adding that the first time the Decision was used to estab­ said this part presented a major problem accession process could contribute to the lish a GATT panel. The panel submitted not only for the EC but also for other construction and maintenance of a firm its report to the parties within nine weeks countries that had non-reciprocal pref­ and comprehensive framework for Rus­ of its constitution - faster than any other erential trade agreements with developing sia's future trade-led economic develop­ previous GATT panel. countries. The Community said it would ment. The European Community said The panel reached the following con­ be prepared for a substantial discussion of accession was an essential step for Rus­ clusions: the matter at the next Council meeting in sia's reform process, to which it had been • The quantitative restrictions main­ July. making significant contributions. tained by France, Italy, Portugal, Spain Many ACP contracting parties de­ In welcoming Russia's application, and the United Kingdom on imports of nounced the panel's findings. Jamaica, Norway, speaking on behalf of the Nordic bananas were inconsistent with Article emphasizing the critical economic im­ countries, pointed out that the working XI: 1 (this Article refers to the general portance of banana exports to many ACP party process would necessarily take elimination of quantitative restrictions) members, maintained that the panel had some time to be completed. Japan under­ and were not justified by Article overstepped its mandate. Saint Lucia ob­ lined that an acceding country should XI:2(c)(i). Article XXIV (on customs jected to the panel's conclusions with re­ have a system compatible with the unions and free-trade areas), or the spect to the Lomé Convention, arguing General Agreement, and hoped that Rus­ existing legislation clauses in the proto­ that the EC-ACP arrangement had been sia would be fully prepared for the work­ cols through which these EEC member the most successful example of North- ing party exercise. States had become contracting parties. South cooperation. St. Vincent and the Brazil said Russia's accession would The Panel recommended that the Con­ Grenadines questioned why the EC affirm GATT as a truly universal agree­ tracting Parties request the EEC to bring should be condemned for extending a ment. Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the these restrictions into conformity with helping hand to some of the poorest coun­ ASEAN contracting parties, said Russia's the General Agreement. tries in the world. Dominica said the panel move was a sign of world confidence in • The tariff preference accorded by the findings had incited banana farmers to the GATT. Hungary said accession would EEC to imports of bananas originating vigorous public protests. add "a catalyst to Russia's moves towards in ACP countries was inconsistent with A number of Latin-American countries an open market economy". Article I (on most-favoured-nation urged the adoption of the report.
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