Member States are involved actively in all aspects of the Conference preparations mainly through CIGEPS but also through many bilateral consultations.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

The Durban II conference preparations were captured from the start by such nations as Libya, Iran and Pakistan (on behalf of the OIC).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama, the appeaser?

The Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee, meeting from 24 to 28 July, will review preparations for the Conference and also assess progress in the implementation of international support measures for those countries, particularly in the areas of official development assistance (ODA), debt relief, investment and trade.

UN: [21 Jul 2000] DEV/2253 : LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

The fraught significance of May 4th Mr Arafat cites it as the day on which he will declare, or will have the right to declare, Palestinian statehood has been prominent in everyone's mind during the preparations for the Wye conference.

ECONOMIST: Israeli twists and turns

The Syrian government is, meanwhile, pushing ahead with preparations for a national dialogue conference and a referendum on a national charter.

BBC: Middle East

Will we be living by the values implied in the Obama administration's decision to "engage" in preparations for the United Nations Durban II conference scheduled this April in Geneva.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama, the appeaser?

The State Department announcement claims that participating in Durban II preparations still leaves open the possibility of refusing to attend the April conference itself.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama at Durban II

"We don't want to say what kind of preparations we made, but we are staying alerted, " he told a news conference at his palace.

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