Opening statements: Poland, Spain, Norway, the Federal Republic of Germany, San Marino, Portugal, Turkey, Ireland, Bulgaria, Austria, Monaco, Yugoslavia, Malta, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus, France, the Holy See, Romania, Liechtenstein, Italy, the Netherlands, the German Democratic Republic, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg, Sweden, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United States of America.
The last one-and-a-half days will be devoted to Plenary meetings on Agenda items 3, 4 and 5.
The Symposium will proceed according to the attached work programme.
5. The Chair at the opening and closing meetings will be taken by a representative of the host country. After the opening Plenary meeting, the Chair at the Plenary meetings will be taken in daily rotation, in French alphabetical order, starting with a representative of Bulgaria.
The Chair at the opening sessions of the two Study Groups will be taken by a representative of the host country. Selection of the next chairman of each Study Group will be by lot. The Chair will then be taken in daily rotation, in French alphabetical order.
6. In conformity with paragraph 74 of the Final Recommendations of the Helsinki Consultations, the Government of Poland will designate an Executive Secretary. This designation will be subject to agreement by the participating States. The services of a technical secretariat will be provided by the host country.
7. Contributions on the subjects for consideration in one or more of the working languages of the CSCE may be sent through the proper channels-preferably not later than three months before the opening of the Symposium-to the Executive Secretary, who will circulate them to the other participating States and to UNESCO.
8. If the Symposium does not reach any agreed conclusions, projects and proposals submitted to it will be forwarded by the Government of the host country to the next follow- up meeting.
9. 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 Symposium.
WORK PROGRAMME
FROM 28 MAY TO 7 JUNE 1991
Working hours:
PL
Plenary meeting
10.30 a.m.-1 p.m.
SG A
Study Group A
3 p.m.-6 p.m.
SG B
Study Group B
1st WEEK
Monday 27 May
Tuesday 28 May
Wednesday 29 May
Thursday 30 May
Friday 31 May
Morning
Afternoon
PL
PL
SG B
SG B
PL
SG A
SG A
SG A
2nd WEEK
Monday 3 June
Tuesday 4 June
Wednesday
5 June
Thursday 6 June
Friday 7 June
Morning
PL
SG A
SG A
PL
PL
Afternoon
SG B
SG B
SG B
PL
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