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CHAPTER III: COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS

Rule 11:

(1)

(2)

Credentials Committee

The Conference shall have a Credentials Committee.

The Credentials Committee shall consist of ten members elected by the Conference, meeting in Plenary, from among the Member Delegations.

Rule 12: Main Committee and Working Groups

(1) The Conference shall have a Main Committee. The Main Committee shall consist of all the Member Delegations. It shall be responsible for proposing for adoption by the Conference, meeting in Plenary, the Treaty and any recommendation, resolution or agreed statement referred to in Rule 1(2)(v) and (vi).

(2)

The Main Committee may establish such working groups as it deems useful. In establishing them, it shall define their tasks. The number of the members of any working group shall be decided by the Main Committee, which shall elect them from among the Member Delegations.

Rule 13: Drafting Committee

(1)

The Conference shall have a Drafting Committee.

(2) The Drafting Committee shall consist of eight members elected by the Conference, meeting in Plenary, from among the Member Delegations, as well as, ex officio, the Chairman of the Main Committee.

(3) The Drafting Committee shall prepare drafts and give advice on drafting as requested by the Main Committee. The Drafting Committee shall not alter the substance of texts submitted to it, but shall coordinate and review the drafting of all texts approved by the Main Committee, and shall submit the texts so reviewed for final approval to the Main Committee.

Rule 14: Steering Committee

(1) The Steering Committee of the Conference shall consist of the President of the Conference, the Chairman of the Credentials Committee, the Chairman of the Main Committee and the Chairman of the Drafting Committee. Its meetings shall be chaired by the President of the Conference and, in his absence, by the Chairman of the Main Committee.

(2) The Steering Committee shall meet from time to time to review the progress of the Conference and to make decisions for furthering such progress, including, in particular, decisions on the coordinating of the meetings of the Plenary, the committees and the working groups.

(3) The Steering Committee shall propose for adoption by the Conference, meeting in Plenary, the text of any final act of the Conference.