II. Organizational Framework and Other Modalities

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The Meeting will open on Monday, 24 September 1990, at 3 p.m., in Palma de Mallorca; it will close not later than Friday, 19 October 1990.

2. Agenda items 1, 2, 3 and 7 will be dealt with in open Plenary.

3. Agenda item 6 will be dealt with in closed Plenary by the participating States.

4. Agenda item 4 will be dealt with in Subsidiary Working Body (SWB) I.

5. Agenda item 5 will be dealt with in SWB II.

6. The timetable of the Meeting will be the following:

—from Monday, 24 September to Wednesday, 26 September, the Plenary will deal

with Agenda items 1 and 2;

on Thursday, 27 September and Friday, 28 September, the Plenary will deal with Agenda item 3;

-from Monday, 1 October, to Tuesday, 16 October, the two SWBS will meet

alternately to deal with Agenda items 4 and 5;

-Tuesday, 16 October, will be devoted to the adoption of reports by the SWBS for

submission to the Plenary;

on Wednesday, 17 October, and Thursday, 18 October, the Plenary will deal with Agenda item 6;

-on Friday, 19 October, the Plenary will deal with Agenda item 7.

7. Meetings of the Plenary and of the SWBs will be held according to the work programme set forth on page 5 of this Annex.

8. Participants may circulate written contributions prior to the Meeting through diplomatic channels or through the Executive Secretary to all other participating States in order to allow a thorough preparation of the Meeting.

9. The Chair at the opening and closing Plenary meetings will be taken by a representative of the host country. After the opening meeting, the Chair will be taken in daily rotation among the representatives of the participating States, in French alphabetical order, starting with a representative of Italy.

The Chair at the opening meetings of the SWBs will be taken by a representative of (the host country). Selection of the next chairman will be by lot. The Chair will then be taken in daily rotation among the representatives of the participating States in French alphabetical order.

11. Opening statements under Agenda item 2 will be made in the following order:

Opening statements: Liechtenstein, Cyprus, the United States of America, Italy, Norway, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Turkey, the Holy See, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Canada, Austria, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Belgium, Romania, the German Democratic Republic, Iceland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Spain, Hungary, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, San Marino, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland

12. In conformity with paragraph 74 of the Final Recommendations of the Helsinki Consultations, the Government of Spain will designate an Executive Secretary. This designation will be subject to the agreement of the participating States.

13. The other rules of procedure, the working methods, and the scale of distribution of the expenses of the CSCE will, mutatis mutandis, be applied to the Meeting.

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