Draft programme of work


[15 June][16 June][17 June][18 June]


15 June 1998
Plenary (Plenary Hall)

1st meeting

Opening of the Conference
10 a.m. Opening of the Conference by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
10.15 a.m. Statement by the President of the Republic of Italy
10.30 a.m. Election of the President of the Conference
Statement by the President
10.35 a.m. Statement by the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Adoption of the agenda
10.40 a.m.-1 p.m. Adoption of the rules of procedure
(A/CONF.183/2/Add.2, A/CONF.183/4 and A/CONF.183/5)
Election of Vice-Presidents
Election of the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
Election of the Chairman of the Drafting Committee
Appointment of the Credentials Committee

2nd meeting

3-6 p.m. Appointment of other members of the Drafting Committee
Organization of work
3.15-6 p.m. General statements by participating States (seven minutes per speaker)

Australia
South Africa
Norway
Bangladesh
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
     (European Union Presidency)
Japan
Venezuela
Canada
Sweden
Lesotho
Mexico
Malawi
Egypt
Republic of Korea
Slovenia

Statements by the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Law Commission

Statements by non-governmental organizations

General Committee (German Room)

1st meeting

2.30-3 p.m. Appointment of other members of the Drafting Committee
Organization of work


16 June 1998
Plenary (Plenary Hall)

3rd meeting

10 a.m.-1 p.m. General statements by participating States (seven minutes per speaker)

Holy See
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Algeria
Czech Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
United Republic of Tanzania
China
Latvia
Brazil
Lithuania
Peru Sudan
Romania
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Costa Rica
Armenia
Pakistan

Statements by the European Court of Human Rights, the
International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and
the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Statements by non-governmental organizations

4th meeting

3-6 p.m. General statements by participating States (seven minutes per speaker)

Andorra
Singapore
Philippines
Syrian Arab Republic
Senegal
Albania
Germany
Colombia
Portugal
Burkina Faso
Ukraine
Ghana
Austria
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
India
Sierra Leone
Fiji
Namibia
Afghanistan
Spain

Statements by the League of Arab States, the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the
European Community

Statements by non-governmental organizations

Committee of the Whole
16 June 1998

1st meeting

10-11.15 a.m. Election of the Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur
Organization of work
10.15 a.m.-1 p.m. Consideration of the draft Statute and Final Act

2nd meeting

3-6 p.m. Consideration of the draft Statute and Final Act


17 June 1998
Plenary (Plenary Hall)

5th meeting

10 a.m.-1 p.m. General statements by participating States

Italy
Slovakia
United Arab Emirates
Mozambique
Brunei Darussalam
Turkey
Guinea
Hungary
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Zambia
Azerbaijan
Cuba
Poland
San Marino
Lebanon
Croatia
United States of America
Estonia
Republic of Moldova
Bulgaria

Statements by intergovernmental organizations
Statements by non-governmental organizations

6th meeting

3.15-6 p.m. General statements

Belgium
Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Finland
Israel
Greece
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Uruguay
France
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Luxembourg
Paraguay
Argentina
Nigeria
Niger
Burundi
Chile

Statements by the International Criminal Police Organization

Statements by non-governmental organizations

18 June 1998
Plenary (Plenary Hall)

7th meeting

10 a.m.-1 p.m. General statements by participating States

Statements by the United Nations Children's Fund
Statements by non-governmental organizations

8th meeting

3.15-6 p.m. General statements by participating States

Statements by intergovernmental organizations
Statements by non-governmental organizations

Drafting Committee (German Room)
19 June 1998

1st meeting

10-10.15 a.m. Organization of work
10.15 a.m.-1 p.m. Consideration of draft articles referred to the Committee by the Committee of the Whole
3-6 p.m. Consideration of draft articles referred to the Committee by the Committee of the Whole

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