In accordance with rule 22, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure, the Bureau elected at the first meeting of the Conference continued to serve until the closure of the current meeting.

The officers elected are to commence their terms of office at the closure of the meeting and serve until the closure of the following ordinary meeting, including for any intervening extraordinary meeting.

1 Always say yes to invitations, even if it's not clear what you'll get out of the meeting.

The committees work by mail and telephone conferences until the final, defining meeting, which takes place in Rome, Italy.

One representative suggested that the provision in decision XV 3 should be extended by two years, to the Nineteenth Meeting of the Parties.

The report of the meeting as of the end of plenary on Thursday afternoon will be approved with any amendments in plenary on Friday.

) Unfortunately, the Parties did not have sufficient time at the meeting to prepare or even consider a decision on this matter.

The fourth inter committee meeting decided that the Chairperson of the current inter committee meeting should report on the implementation of its recommendations at the beginning of the next inter committee meeting, before the election of the Chairperson of that meeting.

It was vital that the participants in the Meeting should agree on a specific document focused on the future, and so far the negotiations augured well.

Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology, J. F.

C. States parties that have accepted the amendments to the Convention adopted at the Fourteenth Meeting of States Parties (39) as at 19 August 2005

I will submit a report to the Economic and Social Council following the meeting that will provide Member States with a summary of progress made so far and further steps in view of the guidance of the Summit.

Opening of the meeting

STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND

Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

The present document was submitted late owing to delay in the approval of the appointment of new members to the newly established Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.

Tuesday 15th November

Sixth meeting

Subsequent to the meeting

High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly separate meeting on Financing for Development

The conference venue had been chosen, the meeting rooms booked and a transport system organized.

The Secretariat would note that in accordance with section 2.7 of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel terms of reference, temporary co chairs may only serve up to the time of the next meeting of the Parties.

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When did the meeting end?

We'll have to postpone the meeting.

I'm going to be late for the meeting.

Sami interrupted the meeting.

Fifteenth Meeting

Report of the sixth meeting

Montreal, 1 July 2005

Closure of the Meeting

Vienna, 19 21 September 2005

Closure of the meeting.

Conclusions of the meeting

Recommendations of the meeting

Organization of the meeting

Fifteenth meeting

The meeting is held in private.

Organization of the meeting

Closing of the meeting.

Introduction

Closure of the meeting

Second meeting

Closure of the meeting.

Opening of the Meetingpening of the Meeting