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H4Y#{ +3; C#XHIntroduction    b 9(\03,b#X~X%&Ff#1.WhilethedecisiontoreorganizetheCommitteeinthecomingbienniumandthenew K CommitteesdrafttermsofreferencewereapprovedbyECOSOCinaccordancewithResolution1999/65asshowninAnnex2todocumentST/SG/AC.10/2000/41,anoutstandingissueisthemakeupofthenewCommittee.PWhiletPQOTOQOhismatterwasagaintakenupinthe_IOMC_ԀmeetinginRomeObnodecisionswerebcbabcdmadeanddeR,ReRtRSTSodatenoTconsensusTUdetailedUVVproposalonthemakeupoftheCommitteehasbeendeveloped.Intheabsenceofaconsensusagreementonthemakeup,thisissuewillbelefttotheCounciltoresolve.GiventheheavyworkloadofECOSOC,itcanbeexpectedthatlittletimewillbeavailabletoWdiscussWthemakeupoftheCommitteeattheECOSOCmeeting.DevelopingaconsensusrecommendationattheUNCommitteelevelisinthebestinterestofthefutureCommittee.ThisCommitteemeetingoffersthelastopportunitytoprovideECOSOCwithaconsensusopinion.Thispaperisofferedinthehopeofreachingsuchaconsensus.L MeetingSchedule   2.ApracticalpointwhichmayhavesomebearingonthemakeupoftheCommitteeisthetimingofthe  Committeemeetings.TherulesofprocedureprecludeschedulingtheCommitteemeetinginDecemberat j theendofeachbienniumimmediatelyfollowingthefourthseriesofTransportand_GHS_ԀSubcommittee R  meetings.DocumentsprovidedtotheCommitteemustbepreparedandmadeavailabletotheCommittee : u! participantsthreemonthsinadvanceofthemeeting.Giventheadditionaltimeconstraintofpreparing "!]" documentsfromtheCommitteeforapprovalbyECOSOC,theCommitteemeetingswillmostlikelybe  "E# scheduledforApriloftheyearfollowingthelastSubcommitteemeetingsofthebiennium.Whileithas "- $ beenwidelyassumedLthatacommonviewhasbeenLthatparticipationintheCommitteewouldnotimposeadditionaltravelexpenses #!% sinceitwasassumedthattheCommitteemeetingwouldbeinDecemberandsincedelegatestothe $!& SubcommitteeswouldnormallyalsoserveaCommitteedelegates,itmustnowbeacknowledgedLshouldbe %"' recognizedLthat %"' participationinCommitteemeetingswillrequireadditionaltravelexpensesforalldelegates. &#( L CommitteesTermsofReference 󀀀 T M2MN3N.ThedrafttermsofreferencefortheCommitteewhichweredevelopedbythe_IOMC_CoordinatingGroupandtheCommitteethatwereapprovedbyECOSOCareasfollows:0 ? 0? #? #0  # # ThereconfiguredCommitteeshalldealwithstrategicissuesratherthantechnicalissues.Itisnotenvisagedthatitwillreview,changeorrevisittechnicalrecommendationsoftheSubcommittees.Accordingly,itsmainfunctionsshallbeto:   #  # 0 ? 0? #? #0  # #(a) a ApprovetheworkprogrammesfortheSubcommitteesinthelightofavailableresources;   #  # 0 ? 0? #? #0  # #(b) a Coordinatestrategicandpolicydirectionsinareasofsharedinterestsandoverlap;   #  # ]Cv  #Cc1O !D##X]0  0  (c)GiveformalendorsementtotherecommendationsoftheSubcommitteesandprovidethemechanismforchannellingthemtotheEconomicandSocialCouncil;  # # Cv  #Cc1O !D#v  #1D#Cv  #Cc1O !D#v  #1D# A (d)  FacilitateandcoordinatethesmoothrunningoftheSubcommittees. )'. r4[ y )"v  #1D#r A o1[ y )"[ y )"oThetermsofreferencewerespecifiednarrowlyoutofconcernthattheCommitteebeingmadeupofrepresentativeswithexpertiseinTransportand_GHS_ԀmightinappropriatelyoverridedecisionsoftheSubcommitteeswheretheexpertiseintheseareasreside.GiventhelimitedscopeofTtheCommitteestermsofreferencewouldXnormallyXtranslateintothefollowingCommitteeactions:,theworkoftheCommitteeshouldnormallybelimitedto:0 A 1.approvingforconveyancetoECOSOCforadoptionandwithoutchangingamendmentstodocumentsthattheSubcommitteesareresponsible(e.g.;admendmentstotheTheUNRecommendations);#1.7A #A # / #Ї0 A 2.approvingtheworkplansofthetwoSubcommitteesforthecomingbienniumforadoptionbyECOSOC; A #A # 0 A 3.decidingontheallocationofmeetingdaysduringthecomingbiennium;and A #A # 0 A 4.conveyingcommunicationsbetweenthetwosubcommittees. A #A # aa AvailableOptionsfortheMakeupoftheCommittee  b  4.ItwouldappearthatatthispointtwooptionsonthemakeupoftheCommitteearelikelytobeapproved:0 A  ( a )  . 1.aAAalargeCommitteeopentoanycountrywishingtoparticipate_;or_ A #A # 0 A 2.  (b) aAsmallCommitteewithlimitedandequalparticipationbybothSubcommittees. A #A # 64.68667 MeetingSchedule 77 i#! 77 i#! 2.77787ApracticalpointwhichmayhavesomebearingonthemakeupoftheCommitteeisthetimingoftheCommitteemeetings79,particularlyiftheoptionofalargeCommitteeisfollowed97.Therulesofprocedure7:would:7precludeschedulingtheCommitteemeetinginDecemberattheendofeachbienniumimmediatelyfollowingthefourthseriesofTransportand_GHS_ԀSubcommitteemeetings.DocumentsprovidedtotheCommittee7;wouldhaveto;<7must7<7bepreparedandmadeavailabletotheCommitteeparticipantsthreemonthsinadvanceofthemeeting.GiventheadditionaltimeconstraintofpreparingdocumentsfromtheCommitteeforapprovalbyECOSOC,theCommitteemeetingsw7=ould=>7ill777>7mostlikelybescheduledforApriloftheyearfollowingthelastSubcommitteemeetingsofthebiennium.WhileithasbeenwidelyassumedthatparticipationintheCommitteewouldnotimposeadditionaltravelexpenses7YasYZ7since77it77was77assumed77that7Z7theCommitteemeetingw7[asexpectedto[\7ould7\7beinDecemberandsincedelegatestotheSubcommitteeswouldnormallyalsoservea7`s`7Committeedelegates,itmustnowbeacknowledgedthatparticipationinCommitteemeetings7GcGH7w7H?ould?@7ill7@7requireadditionaltravelexpenses7I7for777IJforJK7all777K7delegates.7AADThDEeneedtoscheduleCommitteeatadifferenttimemaynotbenecessaryinthecaseofasmallCommittee.EFDisDDDAIABtBBmightBBbeBBpossibleBBforBBaBBsmallBBBFCAfAAtheAAoptionAAofAAaAAsmallAAACFACommitteeAAwereAAchosenAAitAAisAApossibleAF]]5.Alargecommitteewithopenparticipationismorelikelytoresultinsomeimbalanceintherepresentationof_GHS_ԀandTransportinterestsattheCommitteelevel.Forexample,someparticipatingcountriesmaynothaveindustriesheavilyinvolvedintheproductionandfurtherprocessingmanufacturinguseofchemicalsandthereforenotconsiderresolutionoftransportissuesondangerousgoodsahighpriority.ItisalasopossiblethatanumberofcountriesIXXQnIalargenumberofECOSOCcouldchoosetomember  '!% countriesfromtheworldoverignorethemeetingsofthetwosubcommitteesandawaitthemeetingofthecommitteeandattempttoopendiscussionsonissuesalreadyaddressedbythesubcommittees.redshowupclaimingmembershipand (X#' therighttorehashthemanyissuesalreadydebatedanddecided.#XQXI.##XQXXXC..#Inaddition,simplybyvirtueofthenumberofparticipants,thelikelihoodoftheCommitteeventuringbeyondtheintentionsofthetermsofreferenceincrease.6.TheexpertsfromItalyandtheUnitedStatesbelievethat2giventhelimitedtermsofreference2^,^22themostcosteffectiveapproach2giventhe +&* limitedtermsofreference2istohaveasmallCommittee.AsmallCommitteewithequalrepresentationofthemembersofeachsubcommitteewouldassure that !a!""thebalanceof3interests##3#Transportand_GHS_ԀinterestswithintheCommitteeand#4#that###4#sucha#%#Commiittee#%%Committee%##$aremaintainedand$would5also5belessinclinedtodeviatefromthetermsofreferencethathavealreadybeenadopted.Decisionswouldbemadeonthebasisofconsensus.7.'&A&')(A()*Giventhelimitedtermsofreference*--*oftheCommittee*+,t+,**T,heexpertsfromItalyandtheUnitedStatesconsiderrecommendthatthe.officersofeach.1.Subcommiittee.11Subcommittee1.,namelythe.ChairmanandViceChairman/,/0ofeach 1h,1 subcommittee0bethedesignatedparticipantstotheCommittee.iikj  jkiik  ki____________i