Advance copy TD UNITED NATIONS United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Distr. GENERAL TD/B/51/7 22 September 2004 Original: ENGLISH TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Fifty-first session Geneva, 4–15 October 2004 Item 10(a) of the provisional agenda OTHER MATTERS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Progressive development of the law of international trade: thirty-seventh annual report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Note by the UNCTAD secretariat 1. Attention is drawn to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (A/59/17) on the work of its thirty-seventh session, held in New York from 14 to 25 June 2004. 2. 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 and recommendations. 3. Copies of the report will be made available in each language version received, in limited quantities.