4. The Chairman recalled that in the informal consultations held by Ambassador Chidyausiku on 15 February 2002, delegations indicated a preference for holding the regular Council meetings and Special Sessions back-to-back. The TRIPS Council had agreed to hold three further regular sessions this year, in June, September and November. Taking into account the desire of delegations for the meetings of the two bodies to be held back-to-back and the other rules relating to the timing of meetings, including those as laid down by the TNC, he suggested the dates of 28 June, 20 September and 28 November for the Special Sessions. This would not rule out the possibility of the Special Session deciding, after consultations and taking into account the scheduling of the meetings of the various negotiating and other WTO bodies, to hold additional meetings if necessary.
