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SECRETARIAT ACTIVITIES:

On many occasions, the Chair and the Secretariat highlighted the fact that the process was still at an early stage and that, consequently, a lot of work must be carried out during the intersessional period. The Secretariat has now two texts in which the delegates have indicated what points they want to see highlighted. These take the form of recommendations that need to be taken into account while the Draft Plan of Action and national level Activities are developed. In addition, the Secretariat needs to prepare a list of the indicators that will be taken into account in the National Plans. It is expected that a first series of indicators will be mandatory and apply to all States in the preparation of their National Reports, while the adoption of other indicators will be recommended, but will not be binding. The Secretariat should make these indicators available to States before June 1994. The Secretariat will also draft the Global Plan of Action and the Declaration of Principles on the basis of the recommendations contained in the reports of the two Committees.