Intersessional meetings of Bureaux were considered valuable, as was the establishment of intersessional working groups.

The five members of the Bureau participated in the intersessional meeting.

Table 1. Coordinators of the intersessional work of the Expert Group

Requests the Chairperson Rapporteur of the intersessional Working Group to undertake informal consultations with all interested parties in order to prepare the next session of the intersessional working group

Agenda of the intersessional meeting of the Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development

The group therefore decided to develop criteria for choosing meeting locations.

(b) Focal points should be designated for intersessional liaison

Requests the Chairperson Rapporteur of the intersessional working group to undertake informal consultations with all interested parties in order to prepare the next session of the intersessional working group

Requests the Chairperson Rapporteur of the intersessional Working Group to undertake informal consultations with all interested parties in order to prepare the next session of the intersessional working group

Mr. Chamie stressed the importance of intersessional meetings in providing timely guidance for the preparation of the annual sessions of the Commission and ensuring their efficiency.

Requests the Chairperson Rapporteur of the intersessional working group to undertake informal consultations with all interested parties in order to prepare the next session of the intersessional working group

Between successive sessions of the Assembly, the Council of IMO, who is the governing body meets in regular sessions every six months and performs the functions of the Assembly between successive sessions of the Assembly.

This is an essential part of promoting governmental accountability between elections.

Substantive servicing of meetings intersessional meetings of the Bureau (8) meetings of the Commission (32)

The conclusions and recommendations of the intersessional workshops are contained in an addendum to the present report

The intersessional sessions of the CRIC should ideally take place one year before the COP sessions to if they are truly to play a role of intersessional sessions.

Having incorporated implementation provisions within the text of the Overarching Policy Strategy of the Strategic Approach,

Dates of sessions

Rule 1

Substantive servicing of meetings intersessional meetings of the Bureau (12) meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee (120)

Other activities. The Commission has consistently selected timely substantive themes for its inter sessional work programmes.

Amendments 29

Trainings

Duration and venue of the sessions 8 2.

Duration and venue of the sessions

Sessions of the Committee shall be convened at dates decided by the Council in consultation with the Secretary General of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the Secretary General ).

Transmission of the provisional agenda and basic documents 32

Sessions

The Committee shall normally hold three regular sessions each year.

Special sessions of the Committee shall be convened by decision of the Committee.

Distribution of official documents 72

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter referred to as the Committee ), established under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter referred to as the Convention ), shall hold two regular sessions each year.

Dates of sessions

The Committee shall hold such regular sessions each year as shall be authorized by the States parties to the Convention.

Special sessions of the Committee shall be convened by decision of the Committee or at the request of a State party to the Convention.

Meetings of the Committee 133 2.

The Committee against Torture (hereinafter referred to as the Committee ) shall hold meetings as may be required for the satisfactory performance of its functions in accordance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as the Convention ).

The Committee shall normally hold two regular sessions each year.

Meetings of the Committee 171 2.

Amendments 189

The Committee shall normally hold two regular sessions annually.

Meetings of the Committee 194 2.

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (hereinafter referred to as the Committee ) shall hold meetings as may be required for the satisfactory performance of its functions in accordance with the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (hereinafter referred to as the Convention ).

During the intersessional period, the elected Chairman and the first Vice Chairman of the Commission became unavailable.

d. Meetings of the High Level Committee on Programmes (2 sessions per year) intersessional meetings (2 sessions per year)