15. Decides that the Commission, acting as the Preparatory Committee, should

approach to international chemicals management

2. Endorses the decisions adopted by the Preparatory Committee at its organizational session.

States that are not States Parties but that have accepted the invitation to take part in the meeting would share in the costs to the extent of their respective rates of assessment under the United Nations scale of assessments.

9. Reaffirms the important role of all relevant actors, including non governmental organizations, in implementing the Plan of Action, and stresses the need for their active involvement in the preparatory process, including in the work of the Preparatory Committee, and at the special session, the modalities for which are being addressed by the Preparatory Committee

In view of this agreement, despite the inability of the Preparatory Committee, the NPT Review Conference has a clear mandate to make a decision on Negative Security Assurances.

The preparatory committee established for the purpose will shortly issue its report.

Participation in the 1st Preparatory Committee for the High Level Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development of the General Assembly (New York, 30 May 2 June).

Member of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations International Criminal Court Preparatory Committee, the 1998 Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court and the subsequent International Criminal Court Preparatory Commission

The President said that, at its first session, the Preparatory Committee had decided to invite the Secretary General of the United Nations, in consultation with members of the Preparatory Committee, to nominate an official to act as provisional Secretary General of the 2005 Review Conference.

The Conference calls upon the Preparatory Committee to make recommendations to the 2005 Review Conference on this issue.

The Preparatory Committee had not reached an agreement on a provisional agenda for the Conference.

The conferences would remain within the six week time frame devoted to the preparatory process.

1. Welcomes the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference on its first session,A 62 375. including the annexes and appendices thereto, in particular the decisions adopted by the Preparatory Committee at its organizational session Ibid., annex I.

Pursuant to that decision, as of 2005, the Preparatory Committee will meet prior to the plenary of the Commission, to consider agenda items.

Member of the Hungarian delegations to the preparatory work of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (Diplomatic Conference, Rome, 1998) Head of the Hungarian delegation to the Preparatory Commission for ICC, 1999 2002.

10. Invites the Committee to continue to participate actively in the preparatory process for the World Conference and at the Conference itself

Information on the subject provided by the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization is contained in the annex.

UN General Assembly Special Session on Children The LWV attended the Preparatory Committee meetings for this Special Session.

11. Invites regional groups to nominate their candidates for the bureau of the preparatory committee by the end of January 2004, so that they can be involved in the preparations for the first meeting of the preparatory committee, and to notify the secretariat of the Conference of those nominations

11. Highlights the important role of children and young people in this process, and in this regard encourages States to facilitate and promote their active contribution to the preparatory process, including in the work of the Preparatory Committee, and the special session

4. Takes note of the report of the Commission on Sustainable Development, acting as the preparatory meeting for the International Meeting A CONF.207 3.

The Preparatory Committee will meet in New York this May, and this is where the necessary decisions should be made.

(e) The establishment of such subsidiary bodies would be recommended by the Preparatory Committee for each Review Conference in relation to the specific objectives of the Review Conference.

Chairman, Preparatory Committee for revising the Belgrade Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube, 1948 (2003 present).

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 52 100 of 12 December 1997, the Commission served as the open ended preparatory Committee for the review and appraisal of the Platform for Action.

In the two years immediately preceding a Review Conference, the Annual Conference will be extended by one week to carry out the function of a Preparatory Committee.

FI was requested by individual governments to suggest language on faith based groups and the role of civil society during negotiations at a PrepCom for the World Conference Against Racism in spring of 2001 and to suggest language on World Assembly on Ageing implementation, research and follow up at a PrepCom in 2001.

In order to make tangible contributions to the preparatory process for the 2005 Review Conference and to clearly explain its position on nuclear disarmament, Japan has presented the following working papers to each session of the Preparatory Committee

3. Encourages non governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to contribute further to, and actively participate in, the intergovernmental preparatory process for the Summit and in the Summit itself, according to the modalities of participation established by the Preparatory Committee

We believe that discussion of issues related to the Review Conference, including its agenda, should be left to the discretion of the Preparatory Committee in January.

2. Requests the Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to report to the Preparatory Committee at its second session on the activities of the Advisory Committee of Local Authorities

Preparations for elections

Most participants in the preparatory committee sessions leading up to the Review Conference had been dissatisfied with the lack of results and the inability of the committee to take decisions in its own right.

Dubai, 4 6 February 2006

Organizational preparations for the 2007 elections, including the restructuring of the National Electoral Commission and the delimitation of constituencies, are ongoing.

Participation in the 4th Preparatory Committee of the General Assembly for the International Conference Financing for Development (New York, 14 25 January).

Status of preparation

Status of preparations

Substantive preparations

Timing and duration of the preparatory process

E. Preparations and participation

1. Requests the Preparatory Committee, at its second session, to prepare a draft declaration on cities and other human settlements in the new millennium

12. Encourages Member States to involve persons with disabilities, representatives of disability organizations and experts in the preparatory processes contributing to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee

Welcoming further the establishment of the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on the Information Society, and encouraging Member States to support it in accomplishing its task,