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PREPARATIONS FOR CAIRO:
At its final session, the PrepCom
adopted the draft provisional agenda for the Cairo Conference. It
includes the following: 1. Opening of the Conference; 2. Election
of the President; 3. Adoption of the Rules of Procedure; 4.
Adoption of the Agenda; 5. Election of officers other than the
President; 6. Organization of work, including the establishment of
the Main Committee of the Conference; 7. Credentials of
representatives to the Conference; 8. Experiences in population and
development strategies and programmes; 9. Programme of Action of
the Conference; 10. Other matters; and 11. Adoption of the report
of the Conference. The Conference shall be composed of a plenary
and one main committee. Agenda items 1-8 and 10 will be allocated
to the plenary and Item 9 (the Programme of Action) will be
allocated to the Main Committee. Negotiations on the draft
Programme of Action will be carried out in the Main Committee while
the general debate is taking place in plenary meetings.
It is expected that the general debate on item 8 (experiences in
population and development strategies and programmes) to be held in
plenary, will start on Monday, 5 September, and conclude by Friday,
9 September. The list of speakers for the general debate will be
opened at UN Headquarters at 10:00 am on 3 August 1994 and will
close at noon on Wednesday, 7 September, in Cairo. There will be no
general debate in the Main Committee, which will start its work at
3:00 pm on Monday, 5 September, and conclude by Friday, 9
September. Look for more detailed information about the Conference
itself to be distributed over the summer.