The First Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts (20-24 September 2004) took place for an initial exchange of views on the Preliminary Report of the Director-General accompanied by a first Preliminary Draft of the Convention prepared by the group of independent experts and submitted to the Member States in July 2004.

UNESCO: Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Xinhua news agency revealed no details of Vice-Marshall Choe Ryong-hae's meeting with Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's international department, except for an exchange of views on "issues of common concern regarding the Korean Peninsula".

BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy