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FORMATION OF THE PANEL OF EXPERTS
: The selection of the
members of the multidisciplinary panel of experts, which will serve
as the principle source of technical input for the Secretariat,
will take place by the end of the first week in February when
Diallo forwards a short list of social and natural scientists to UN
Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali. The 12-member panel will
meet from 22 - 25 February in Geneva for an orientation session and
then again on 18 March to discuss the format for a convention and
the title headings of the main chapters. The Secretariat would like
to see the individual members of the panel serve as focal points
for input from scientists in each discipline into the process. It
is planned that the panel will meet approximately six weeks before
each of the negotiating sessions to review the program of work and
contribute to elements of the convention under negotiation. In
addition, the Secretariat also has plans to convene an inter-agency
working party following each Experts Group meeting.