During the intersession period, the ad hoc consultative group had exchanged views by electronic mail as well as at a meeting in Geneva in April 2002.

(a) The meetings of working groups should be distributed over the entire intersession, to avoid a concentration of activity shortly before Commission sessions;

The UNCTAD secretariat indicated that during the intersession period the Consultative Group had conducted consultations, including during its meeting in Geneva in early July 2007.

A representative of the European Commission discussed various regulatory developments in the area of financial reporting that occurred in the European Union during the intersession period.

The representative provided updates on a number of activities that various Boards and Committees of IFAC undertook during the intersession period of ISAR.

The Technical Director of the European Federation of Accountants (FEE) highlighted a number of activities that her Organization had undertaken during the intersession period of ISAR.

Intersession Report by Reine Alapini-Gansou, Special Rapporteur on the rights of human rights defenders in Africa, May 2008-November 2009.

She also highlighted a number of activities which the UNCTAD secretariat undertook during the intersession period of the Commission to disseminate the output of ISAR.

The Co-Chair invited the Secretariat to present the planned activities carried out by the Secretariat during the period of intersession.

The Group of Experts was briefed on further work carried out during the intersession period in the area of environmental accounting.