On behalf of the Subgroup, Mr. A. Agarwal (India) reported on the informal planning meeting of the Subgroup held on 12 November 1997, on the basis of which the Executive Committed decided:
(a) That the Subgroup on the Production Sector be reconstituted from amongst members of the next Executive Committee;
(b) That the next meeting of the Subgroup be held on 17-19 February 1998 in Washington;
(c) To request the Subgroup to continue its work and report the results of its meeting in February 1998 to the next meeting of the Executive Committee;
(d) To accept the offer of the representative of the United States of America to host the meeting in Washington; and
(e) To make a provision of additional US $30,000 in the budget of the Secretariat for the meeting of the Subgroup in February 1998 and for another potential meeting after March 1998.