Information on the Latest Governmental Bureau Meeting

The Governmental Bureau met on Tuesday 8 April afternoon to discuss the Paris inter-sessional meeting and the mechanisms for working on the draft documents (draft Declaration and Plan of Action).

Decisions taken: the Paris inter-sessional meeting will be held from 15 until 18 July 2003. The number of participants to this meeting will be limited. A daily time slot will be allotted for interventions from observers (i.e. civil society, international organizations and private
sector).

The Governmental Bureau has not decided yet on modalities for re-drafting the working documents (draft Declaration and Plan of Action). A second meeting will be convened next Tuesday to further discuss this issue, as well as arrangements for Prepcom 3.