Executive Council agenda

Recalling the recommendations that the First Speeial Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (First Review Conference) made on national implementation measures (as eovered under agenda item 7(c)(v) of its report, subparagraphs 7.74 to 7.83 of RC-1/5, dated 9 May 2003), in particular the agreement in subparagraph 7.83(h) of that report to develop, at its next regular session, a plan of action based on a recommendation from the Executive Council (hereinafter the Coimcil ) regarding the im-... 

Agenda item five - Report of the Chairman of the Executive Council on the preparations for the First Review Conference Agenda item six - General debate... 

The provisional agenda for all regular sessions of the Conference shall be drawn up by the Executive Council and sent by the Director-General to all Members of the Organisation not later than 60 days in advance of the session. 

A Member of the Organisation, the Executive Council, the Director-General, in agreement with the Executive Council or the United Nations, may, not later than 30 days before the date set for the opening of any regular session, request the inclusion of supplementary items in the agenda. Such items shall be placed on a supplementary list, which shall be communicated to Members at least 21 days before the opening of the session. 

Any items of an important and urgent character, proposed by a Member, the Executive Council or the United Nations, which have not been placed on the provisional agenda pursuant to Rule 13 of these Rules or on the supplementary list pursuant to Rule 14 of these Rules, shall be referred to the General Committee, which shall report promptly thereon to the Conference. Such items may be placed on the agenda if the Conference so decides by a simple majority of Members present and voting. No additional item may be considered until seven days after it is placed on the agenda, unless the Conference, by a two thirds majority of Members present and voting, decides otherwise. 

The provisional agenda for each special session shall consist only of those items proposed for consideration in the decision by the Conference to convene such a session or in the request for the holding of the session by the Executive Council or a Member of the Organisation. The contents of the provisional agenda for the special sessions to review the operation of the Convention shall be drafted by the Executive Council in accordance with Article VIII, paragraph 22, of the Convention. 

Each item proposed for inelusion in the agenda, except an item proposed by the Executive Council, shall be accompanied by an explanatory memorandum and, if possible, by basic documents or by a draft decision. 

The United Nations may propose agenda items for consideration by the OPCW. In such cases, the United Nations shall notify the Director-General of the agenda item or items concerned, and the Director-General shall, in accordance with his/her authority and the relevant rules of procedure, bring any such agenda item or items to the attention of the Conference of the States Parties, the Executive Council or such other organ(s) of the OPCW as may be appropriate. 

Meeting The Challenge A Research Agenda for America s Health, Safety and Food. Committee on Health, Safety and Food, National Science and Technology Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC, 1996, 54 p. 

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