1. Paragraph 14 of General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX) provides that when the Conference is not in session, the Board shall carry out the functions that fall within the competence of the Conference. Paragraph 22 provides that the Board shall report to the Conference and it shall also report annually on its activities to the General Assembly.
2. The Board last reported to the Conference at its eighth session. Since that time, the Board has held eight regular session, twelve executive sessions (of which seven were pre-sessional sessions) and one special session, as indicated below:
| Regular sessions | |
|---|---|
| Thirty-eighth session, second part | 21 April-7 May 1992 |
| Thirty-ninth session, first part | 28 September-14 October 1992 |
| Thirty-ninth session, second part | 15-26 March 1993 |
| Fortieth session, first part | 20 September-1 October 1993 |
| Fortieth session, second part Resumed second part |
18-29 April 1994 25-27 May 1994 |
| Forty-first session, first part | 19-30 September 1994 |
| Forty-first session, second part | 20-31 March 1995 |
| Forty-second session, first part | 11-20 September 1995 |
| Executive sessions | |
| (a) Pre-sessional | |
| First (pre-sessional) executive session | 21 September 1992 |
| Second (pre-sessional) executive session | 5 March 1993 |
| Fourth (pre-sessional) executive session | 13 September 1993 |
| Fifth (pre-sessional) executive session | 8 April 1994 |
| Seventh (pre-sessional) executive session | 15 September 1994 |
| Ninth (pre-sessional) executive session | 17 March 1995 |
| Eleventh (pre-sessional) executive session | 5 September 1995 |
| (b) Convened to discuss specific topics | |
| Third executive session - Developments in the Uruguay Round |
27 April 1993 |
| Sixth executive session - Policy review of technical cooperation |
13-14 September 1994 |
| Eighth executive session - Follow-up to the United Nations International Symposium on Trade Efficiency (Columbus, Ohio, 17-21 October 1994) |
5 December 1994 and 29 June 1995 |
| Tenth executive session - New and emerging issues on the international trade agenda |
4 May 1995 |
| Twelfth executive session - Preparatory process for the ninth session of the Conference |
26 February and 29 March 1995 |
| Special session | |
| Eighteenth special session (convened as part of the preparatory process for the ninth session of the Conference) |
11-15 December 1995 |
3. The Board has reported regularly to the General Assembly. The Assembly has taken note of the relevant reports of the Board in its resolutions 47/183, of 22 December 1992; 48/55, of 10 December 1993; 49/99, of 19 December 1994; and 50/95, of 20 December 1995.
4. The reports of the Board on the sessions referred to in paragraph 2 above would be deemed to constitute the report of the Trade and Development Board to the Conference at its ninth session.
5. This information is brought to the attention of the Conference in pursuance of paragraph 22 of General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX).