UNITED NATIONS General Assembly

Draft programme of work

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

Holy See

Kazakhstan

Indonesia

Algeria

Czech Republic

Cote 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.-l 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.-l p.m. General statements by participating States

Italy

Slovakia

United Arab Emirates

Mozambique

Brunei Darussalam

Turkey

Guinea

Hungary

Islamic Republic of Iran

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.-l 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

19 June 1998

Drafting Committee (German Room) 1st meeting

10-10.15 a.m. Organization of work

10.15 a.m.-l 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