The forty-seventh session of the Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget will be held from 11 to 15 September 2006. It will convene at 10 a.m. on Monday, 11 September 2006, in room XXVI of the Palais des Nations, Geneva.

The provisional agenda for the session, together with the secretariat´s annotations thereto, is contained in document TD/B/WP/187.

Members of the Working Party are requested to submit to the UNCTAD secretariat the names of their representatives, alternate representatives and advisers who will participate in the session. Other States members of UNCTAD, United Nations bodies and programmes, specialized agencies and other intergovernmental bodies that may wish to participate in the session as observers are also requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives.

All communications concerning representation should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat, Intergovernmental Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10 (fax: +41(0)22 917 0214; e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org).

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Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
8 August 2006

Membership of the Working Party for the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget for 2006

At its 977th plenary meeting, on 14 October 2005, the Board approved the membership of the Working Party for 2006, as follows: