Unofficial Notes of the Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee (charged with drafting a Comprehensive Convention Against Terrorism, March 3, 2006 Rapporteur [introduces the http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/documents/draft_report_of_the_ad_hoc_comm_terrorism_3-1-06.pdf draft report] The report of the chairman on the informal consultations and meetings on the draft and the proposed high level conference will be appended to the report. Chairman [gives his http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/documents/chairman_report_on_ad_hoc_comm_3-3-06.pdf report]: I ask members to consider the draft report. Please be brief on comments, do not reopen matters of substance. Pakistan: Regarding the http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/documents/Information_note_ad_hoc_comm_terrorism_3-3-06.pdf information note, there were many ideas that emerged in bilateral consultations. Ideas we presented are not in the information note. The ones in the information note are all in a certain direction and don’t contain comments on sub-paragraphs 18.2 and 18.3, which are deleted. Delegations should have all options before them. Syria: My delegation has many concerns with the information note distributed. First of all, the working method, we heard many ideas, some informally. We couldn’t make our views known. This process is not transparent. The note that I got included some ideas.... Switzerland [interrupts]: I don’t know what paper we are talking about—not all delegations have it. Chairman: Various ideas emerged in consultations; we arranged a collation of ideas. It has no formal status, accept it or leave it. It is an information sheet so I am asking you to approach it in this spirit. Syria: We wished all delegations had a copy of it. Pakistan said that many other ideas were to be discussed. We prefer ideas made by all delegations should be included in the note. Chairman: All proposals remain on the table. It is in that context that we circulated the note. Morocco: We shouldn’t proceed until everyone has a copy. Egypt: Maybe the secretariat can circulate copies? Chairman: The document will be available shortly....Adoption of the report [Then the Chairman goes through each paragraph and there are no objections to any part. The Chairman then tries to add a http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/documents/proposed_recommendation_ad_hoc_comm_terrorism_3-3-06.pdf recommendation of the committee.]. The bureau proposes the recommendation that consultations continue among interested delegations in accordance with A/RES/6043 of December 8, 2005. Syria: [inaudible]…we are against the recommendation. Venezuela: We have serious doubts about this recommendation. We have many questions. Who defines “interested delegations”? How do we pursue these upcoming meetings? This recommendation is very ambiguous. Transparency is needed. Egypt We agree that we need consultations as it says in the World Summit Outcome until the end of the session in September. We need more clarity on the process. We need our capitals to be involved. We agree in principle, but we need to make the process transparent. Are some in discussions, and others don’t know about it, like last July? Bolivia This recommendation is disappointing. We just had 5 days of work. How do we explain this—we have to go on consulting? On what basis do we have to go on? Why haven’t we made more headway? We need to exert more effort. Sierra Leone: This recommendation is not satisfactory. My assessment of the past 5 days: we’ve wasted time. I would have thought we would have made tremendous strides. We agree with Syria. We question the working methods — they are not productive. If consultations are brought to the attention of delegations, that was not done and it is difficult to support this recommendation. Pakistan: What would be the scope of the consultation? The entire membership? Not “Universal”. Information note—it is not balanced. We are urged to accept the bureau’s ideas, but the OIC [Organization of the Islamic Conference] has proposals and we want people to be urged to accept our proposals. Why are we always urged to accept the Coordinator’s text? Chairman: The recommendation was not meant to exclude delegations. It includes all proposals. It could provide a structured basis for moving forward. [MEETING SUSPENDED FOR OVER 30 MINUTES TO DISCUSS THIS] Chairman: It is not possible to reach an agreement on the language. So we will delete the recommended proposal [to continue consultations on a comprehensive convention against terrorism] from the report. The other annexes will be appended to the report. The report is hereby adopted as a whole. With this we reach the end of the session. There is no consensus, but I am encouraged by the strong resolve to continue negotiations on the draft. Future approaches -- further consultations are necessary. We urge delegations to consult among themselves to get a package solution. The bureau will remain engaged. We must reach a consensus on the text. Colombia: We acknowledge your efforts and we think bilateral consultations are complimentary to formal consultations. We must produce a compendium text which we don’t have yet. Argentina: We proposed an addition to http://www.eyeontheun.org/assets/attachments/documents/Proposed_preambular_para_draft_terrorrism_2-28-06.pdf preambular paragraph on self-determination. The purpose was to incorporate the juridical framework according to Resolution 1514 on the granting of independence to colonial peoples. Self-determination is not an absolute concept but it must fit into a juridical framework. Mexico: We congratulate you on your work Uruguay: We also congratulate you on your work.