THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

BY

THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES

The following items were not referred to the Committee of the Whole: agenda items
1-11 (organisational matters), agenda item 18 (headquarters agreement) and agenda item 44 (appointment of the Commission for the settlement of disputes related to confidentiality) all of which will be dealt with in the plenary; and agenda items 13 and 15 (budget and scale of assessments) which will be dealt with in the plenary after receipt of recommendations from the Executive Council. The square brackets used below indicate only that there are no recommendations from the Commission for the bracketed items.

In accordance with the recommendation of the General Committee, the Conference at its First Session in May 1997 requested the Committee of the Whole to consider and report on the following items of the Conference's agenda[1:

14. Financial Regulations

[16. Staff Regulations]

17. All matters related to the transfer of property, functions and recommendations of the Commission to the Organisation

19. The (Preliminary) Tenancy Agreement of the OPCW Building and related Understandings between the Host Country and the Preparatory Commission for the OPCW concerning the Implementation of Paragraphs 6, 7, 9 and 11 of Annex 3 of the Paris Resolution and Supplementary Understandings between the Preparatory Commission for the OPCW and the Host Country relating to the (Preliminary) Tenancy Agreement for the New Purpose-Built Office Building

20. Guidelines on detailed procedures for verification and for the conduct of inspections, in accordance with, ]inter alia, Part II, paragraph 42, of the Verification Annex, for:

[20.1 Chemical Weapons Production Facilities

20.2 Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities]

20.3 Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities

[20.4 Schedule 1 facilities

20.5 Schedule 2 and 3 plant sites

20.6 Old Chemical Weapons sites

20.7 Abandoned Chemical Weapons sites

20.8 Challenge inspections

20.9 Investigations of alleged use of Chemical Weapons]

21. Lists of items to be stockpiled for emergency and humanitarian assistance in accordance with Article VIII, paragraph 39 (b)

[22. Agreements between the Organisation and the States Parties in accordance with Article VIII, paragraph 50]

[23. Procedures for the provision of information by States Parties on their programmes related to protective purposes, in accordance with Article X, paragraph 4]

24. A list of approved equipment, in accordance with Part II, paragraph 27, of the Verification Annex

25. Procedures for the inspection of equipment, in accordance with Part II, paragraph 29, of the Verification Annex

26. Procedures concerning the implementation of safety requirements for activities of inspectors and inspection assistants, in accordance with Part II, paragraph 43, of the Verification Annex

[27. Procedures for inclusion in the inspection manual concerning the security, integrity and preservation of samples and for ensuring the protection of the confidentiality of samples transferred for analysis off-site, in accordance with Part II, paragraph 56, of the Verification Annex]

[28. Models for facility agreements in accordance with Part III, paragraph 8, of the Verification Annex, for

28.1 Chemical Weapons Production Facilities

28.2 Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities

28.3 Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities

28.4 Schedule 1 facilities]

[29. Appropriate detailed procedures to implement Part III, paragraphs 11 and 12 of the Verification Annex, in accordance with paragraph 13 of that Part]

30. Deadlines for submission of the information specified in Part IV (A), paragraphs 30 to 32 of the Verification Annex, in accordance with paragraph 34 of that Part

31. Recommendations for determining the frequency of systematic on-site inspections of storage facilities, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraph 44, of the Verification Annex

32. Recommendations for guidelines for transitional verification arrangements, in accordance with Part IV (A), paragraph 51, of the Verification Annex

[33. Guidelines to determine the usability of chemical weapons produced between 1925 and 1946, in accordance with Part IV (B), paragraph 5, of the Verification Annex]

[34. Guidelines for determining the frequency of systematic on-site inspections of chemical weapons production facilities, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 54, of the Verification Annex]

[35. Criteria for toxicity, corrosiveness and, if applicable, other technical factors, in accordance with Part V, paragraph 71 (b), of the Verification Annex]

[36. Guidelines to assess the risk to the object and purpose of the Convention posed by the relevant chemicals, the characteristics of the facility and the nature of the activities carried out there, in accordance with Part VI, paragraph 23, of the Verification Annex]

[37. Guidelines to assess the risk to the object and purpose of the Convention posed by the quantities of chemicals produced, the characteristics of the facility and the nature of the activities carried out there, in accordance with Part VI, paragraph 30, of the Verification Annex]

[38. Guidelines for provisions regarding scheduled chemicals in low concentrations, including in mixtures, in accordance with Part VII, paragraph 5, and Part VIII, paragraph 5, of the Verification Annex]

39. Guidelines for procedures on the release of classified information by the Organisation, in accordance with paragraph 2(c)(iii) of the Confidentiality Annex; A classification system for levels of sensitivity of confidential data and documents, taking into account relevant work undertaken in the preparation of the Convention, in accordance with paragraph 2(d) of the Confidentiality Annex; Recommendations for procedures to be followed in case of breaches or alleged breaches of confidentiality, in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Confidentiality Annex (Paris Resolution, subparagraphs 12(u), (v) and (w)).

40. Draft OPCW Media and Public Affairs Policy

41. Visa Matters

[42. Relationship agreements between the OPCW and international organisations]

[43. Terms of reference of the Scientific Advisory Board]

[45. Information Management System]

46. Chemical weapons issues

46.1 Chemical weapons storage facilities

46.2 Chemical weapons destruction facilities

46.3 Chemical weapons production facilities

47. Industry issues

48. Challenge inspections

49. Investigations of alleged use

50. Declaration issues

51. Analytical issues

52. Training

53 Inspection equipment

[54. Verification-related staffing issues]

[55. QA/QC regime]

[56. Inspection logistics]

57. Voluntary Fund for Assistance

58. Data bank on protection against chemical weapons

59. Draft Model Bilateral Agreement Concerning the Procurement of Assistance

[60. Outstanding issues under Articles X and XI]

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