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ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION:
The PrepCom held its organizational
session in New York from 12-16 April 1993. Amb. Juan Somav¡a
(Chile) was elected Chair and it was decided that the Bureau would
have nine Vice-Chairs and that Denmark would serve as an
ex
officio member of the Bureau and as a Vice-Chair. The PrepCom
elected the following Bureau members: Australia, Cameroon, India,
Indonesia, Latvia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, and Zimbabwe.
The PrepCom also adopted decisions on: 1) intersessional meetings
of the Bureau; 2) the modalities for the participation of NGOs; 3)
national preparations for the WSSD; 4) the mobilization of
resources for the WSSD Trust Fund; 5) the intention of the UN
Department of Public Information (DPI) to launch a public
information programme on the issues and objectives of the Summit;
6) deferring a decision on organizational matters; 7) its
organization of work, including the tasks of the PrepCom, a
timetable and level of representation; 8) the expert group
meetings; 9) the dates for the Summit and the PrepCom sessions; and
10) the provisional agenda for the first session of the PrepCom.