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SECOND SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

The second session of the Conference met from 14-31 March 1994, at UN Headquarters in New York. The delegates continued their debate on the issues left unresolved at the end of the previous session and their review of the Chair"s negotiating text (A/CONF.164/13*).

The first day of the Conference consisted of general statements and the Conference then convened in informals until the end of the second week when informal-informals were held to attempt to prepare a new "clean" version of the text. These sessions were held until the middle of the third week, and all NGOs were excluded. As a result, five out of fourteen days of negotiation were carried out behind closed doors. The Plenary resumed briefly on Wednesday when the Chair briefed the Conference on progress made during closed sessions. On the final day of the Conference, the Chair produced a revised negotiating text to serve as the basis for negotiations at the third session.