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Preparatory Process

Article 12 of the Convention states that a Review Conference shall be convened five years after the entry into force of the Convention. Because the Convention entered into force in 1999, the First Review Conference will be held in 2004. To establish a process to prepare for this important event, the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties provided a mandate to that meeting's President, Ambassador Jean Lint of Belgium, to facilitate consultations leading to consideration by the Fifth Meeting of the States Parties on a variety of pertinent matters.

Report of the President of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties with respect to Consultations on Preparations for the Convention’s First Review Conference (pdf - 15KB)
Distributed by the Secretariat of the Fifth Meeting of the States Parties
27 August 2003

Update on the President’s Consultations held in Geneva on 12 May 2003 on Preparing for the Convention’s First Review Conference: Matters to be considered by States Parties at the Fifth Meeting of the States Parties in Bangkok on 19 September 2003 (pdf - 127KB)
Paper distributed by the President of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties
15 May 2003

Preparing for the Convention’s First Review Conference: Update on the President’s Consultations (pdf - 127KB)
Invitation and paper distributed by the President of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties
24 April 2003

Informal open-ended consultations held in Geneva on 31 January 2003 on matters related to a preparatory process for the Convention’s First Review Conference (pdf - 92KB)
Non-Paper distributed by the President of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties
7 February 2003

Developing a Process to Prepare for the Convention’s First Review Conference (pdf - 99KB)
Invitation and questions for consideration distributed by the President of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties
16 December 2002

President's Paper on Developing a Process to Prepare for the Convention's First Review Conference (pdf - 10KB)
Annex IV to the Final Report of the Fourth Meeting of the States Parties
16-20 September 2002

Dialogue on a process to prepare for the Convention's First Review Conference (pdf - 220KB)
Invitation to an informal dialogue
19 June 2002