Advance copy UNITED NATIONS TD United Nations Conference on Trade and Distr. GENERAL TD/B/46/8 27 September 1999 Original: ENGLISH TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Forty-sixth session Geneva, 18 October 1999 Item 7 (b) of the provisional agenda OTHER MATTERS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Progressive development of the law of international trade: thirty-second annual report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Note by the UNCTAD secretariat Attention is drawn to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-second session, held in Vienna from 17 May to 4 June 1999 (A/54/17). As provided in section II, paragraph 10, of General Assembly resolution 2205 (XXI), the report is being submitted to the Trade and Development Board for comments or recommendations. Copies of the report will be made available in limited quantities in each language version received. GE.99-