The first session concentrated more on weapons of mass destruction verification.

The first session concentrated more on verification of destruction of weapons of mass destruction.

The sessions concentrated on first-hand encounters with the culture, realities and the individual and national viewpoints in the host countries to help media professionals better understand the life on continents other than their own.

He therefore hoped that future sessions would concentrate on substantive issues unrelated to the highly politicized matter of working methods.

In our view, greater efficiency would result from having two annual sessions and concentrating the Council's work in New York.

Session 5 concentrated on the “Vision and recommendations for expert advice to the Human Rights Council: the future of the Social Forum”.

We believe that the Working Group should resort to concentrated sessions, preceded by intensive consultations conducted by the Bureau.

At sessions held during the COP, the CRIC considered the comprehensive report of the intersessional session and concentrated on the review of the performance of institutional arrangements under the Convention.

In this connection, it was proposed that the first session could concentrate on the strategic framework while the resumed session could consider the programme performance report and monitoring of the evaluation aspects.

I hope that these meetings will help us make progress on at least some procedural aspects of our work, so as to enable the second Preparatory Committee session to concentrate on the substance of our work.