163. Turning to the election of the next Chairperson of the Council for TRIPS, the representative of the Secretariat recalled that the Chair of the General Council had carried out informal consultations on a slate of names for appointment as Chairpersons of various WTO bodies, in accordance with the established guidelines for election of officers and that, at its meeting of 16 February 1999, the General Council had taken note of the proposed nominations. On the basis of the understandings reached, he proposed that the Council for TRIPS elect H.E. Ambassador Pérez del Castillo of Uruguay as Chairperson of this body by acclamation.
