Establishment of an Advisory Board in accordance with paragraph 166 of the Bangkok Plan of Action

The Trade and Development Board,

1. Decides to establish an Advisory Body to advise the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, in accordance with paragraph 166 of the Bangkok Plan of Action (TD/386), with the terms of reference annexed hereto; the Advisory Body will not be a subsidiary organ of the Trade and Development Board and will not be part of the intergovernmental structure of UNCTAD;
2. Decides that the Trade and Development Board will appoint members of the Advisory Body annually at its regular sessions on the basis of the recommendations of the regional groups;
3. Requests the Secretary-General of UNCTAD to report to the forty-eighth session of the Trade and Development Board on the implementation of paragraph 166 of the Plan of Action;
4. Decides to review the arrangements for the implementation of the regular training courses provided for in paragraph 166 of the Plan of Action at its next regular session;
5. Decides further that the President of the Advisory Body will inform the Board, at its regular sessions, on the activities of the Advisory Body;
6. Decides that the Advisory Body will hold its first meeting as soon as the detailed proposals mandated by paragraph 166 of the Bangkok Plan of Action are made available by the secretariat, and urges the Secretary-General of UNCTAD to make those proposals available as soon as possible.

917^th plenary meeting
20 October 2000