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States: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela and Viet Nam. The list of participants appears as annex I.

At its first meeting, on 29 June 1987, the Expert Group elected by acclamation the following officers:

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Chairman

First Vice-Chairman

Second Vice-Chairman

Third Vice-Chairman

Rapporteur

Dr. Enrique Parejo González (Colombia)

Mr. Gioacchino Polimeni (Italy)

Mr. E.A. Babayan (USSR)

Mr. Maurice Randrianame (Madagascar)

Mr. Hema Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka)

In

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At its first meeting the Expert Group also approved its provisional agenda (DND/DCTT/1 *) and a provisional timetable (DND/DCIT/2/Rev.1). adopting its timetable, the Expert Group decided to examine the various articles and sections of the draft convention, time permitting, in the following sequence: articles 14, 13, 6, 10, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 1, followed by the implementation articles, the preamble and the final clauses. It was understood that time constraints and the complexity of the task might not permit a complete review during the first meeting of two weeks duration.

8. The Expert Group had before it the working document prepared by the Secretary-General (DND/DCIT/WP.1 and Corr.1 (English only) and Corr.2 (Russian only) and Add.1) and considered that document during the 20 plenary meetings that it held at its first session.

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In the course of its deliberations at its first session, the Expert Group considered and completed its discussion of articles 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14; it began its discussion of article 2 and agreed on a redraft of

and it had article 8 as the basis for further discussion at its next session; a preliminary exchange of views on the preamble, the implementation measures and the final clauses of the draft convention. The discussions of the Group, insofar as they concern the textual changes finally approved or proposed for inclusion in the revised draft, are reflected in chapter II, on an article-by-article basis. At the last meeting of its first session, on 10 July 1987, the Expert Group agreed upon the draft texts of those articles, as amended by consensus or with an indication of the variant formulations proposed for inclusion when no complete agreement could be reached. of the revised draft articles appears in annex II.

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At that meeting the Expert Group also requested the Secretariat to make the necessary arrangements, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1987/27, to convene the second session of the

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