NOTE BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL

NOTIFICATION AND PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF

THE SECOND SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES

1. In accordance with Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference and the decision of the Conference of the States Parties at its First Session (paragraph 18 of C-I/9*, dated 23 May 1997), the Director-General hereby notifies all members of the Organisation that the Second Session of the Conference of the States Parties will take place in The Hague from 1 to 5 December 1997.

2. Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference, the Executive Council at its Fourth Session drew up the provisional agenda of the Second Session of the Conference (subparagraph 12.2 of EC-IV/1, dated 5 September 1997). The provisional agenda drawn up by the Council is annexed to this notification.

3. Should the Director-General receive, by 31 October 1997, any request under Rule 14 of the Rules of Procedure of the Conference for the inclusion of a supplementary item on the provisional agenda of the Second Session of the Conference, any such item will be placed on a supplementary list which will be circulated to members of the Organisation not later than 10 November 1997.

Annex

PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF

THE SECOND SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES

1. AGENDA ITEM ONE - Opening of the session

2. AGENDA ITEM TWO - Election of the Chairman

3. AGENDA ITEM THREE - Election of Vice-Chairmen and other officers

4. AGENDA ITEM FOUR - Adoption of the agenda

5. AGENDA ITEM FIVE - Organisation of work and establishment of subsidiary bodies

6. AGENDA ITEM SIX - Appointment of Credentials Committee

7. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN - Statement by the Director-General

8. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT - General debate

9. AGENDA ITEM NINE - Draft report of the Organisation on the implementation of the Convention (May - 15 October 1997)

10. AGENDA ITEM TEN - Report of the Executive Council on the performance of its activities

11. AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN - Election of members of the Executive Council

12. AGENDA ITEM TWELVE - The programme and budget of the Organisation, submitted by the Executive Council for the ensuing financial period, and all items pertaining to this budget

13. AGENDA ITEM THIRTEEN - The scale of assessments to be paid by States Parties

14. AGENDA ITEM FOURTEEN - Fostering of international cooperation for peaceful purposes in the field of chemical activities

15. AGENDA ITEM FIFTEEN - Report of subsidiary bodies

(a) Committee of the Whole

(b) General Committee

(c) Confidentiality Commission

(d) Credentials Committee

16. AGENDA ITEM SIXTEEN - Terms of reference of the Scientific Advisory Board

17. AGENDA ITEM SEVENTEEN - Any other business

18. AGENDA ITEM EIGHTEEN - Date and duration of the next regular session of the Conference

19. AGENDA ITEM NINETEEN - Adoption of the Report of the Conference

20. AGENDA ITEM TWENTY - Closure

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