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      FTAA.ngin/com/17 
      August 2, 2002 
       
      Original: Spanish 
Translation: FTAA Secretariat 
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT  
       
      Seventeenth Meeting 
       
      Panama City, July 8-10, 2002 
      
      PRESS COMMUNIQUE- The Seventeenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group 
on Investment (NGIN) was held in Panama City, Panama from 8 to 10 July 2002. In 
attendance were delegates of the following countries: Argentina, Bahamas, 
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, 
Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
  - The approved   
      agenda is attached hereto as Annex I. 
  -  In connection with the only item to be addressed on the agenda, 
the NGIN concluded its final report on the Group’s activities for the period 
April 2001- July 2002, which will be submitted to the TNC.
 
   The next meeting of the NGIN will be held from 23 to 27 September 2002.
      
       
      
  
      
      
       
      FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INVESTMENT 
       
      Seventeenth Meeting 
       
      Panama City, July 8-10, 2002 
       
      AGENDA
 
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  Monday, 8 July  | 
 
|  9:45 - 13:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC.  | 
 
|  13:00 - 15:00 | 
 Lunch | 
 
|  15:00 - 18:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC.  | 
 
|  Tuesday, 9 July | 
 
|  9:00 - 13:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC.  | 
 
|  13:00 - 15:00 | 
Lunch | 
 
|  15:00 - 18:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. | 
 
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 Wednesday, 10 July  | 
 
|  9:00 - 13:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC.  | 
 
|  13:00 - 15:00 | 
Lunch | 
 
|  15:00 - 18:00 | 
 Work session on the final report from 
the NGIN to the TNC. | 
 
 
      
*If the Group considers it necessary, it might extend the meeting to five days. 
 
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