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C. SECRETARIAT:
Most delegations favored the establishment
of a permanent secretariat to service the administrative needs of
the Convention, but felt that it was premature to start defining
its functions, size or structure. Botswana, on behalf of the
African Group, argued that some minimum structure should at least
be agreed upon. The NGOs suggested that countries should submit
progress reports and that a Secretariat should be established with
an NGO liaison unit.