provision on services to the Committee. He reminded delegations of the. importance of punctuality and of doing sufficient preparatory work so that time ~as not lost by the failure of speakers to sign the list of speakers and make their statements in good time. The list of speakers on each item would be closed when one third of the meetings allocated to the item had been held. Once the list had been closed, changes in the ord~r could be made only by mutual consent among delegations. The name ot any representative not prepared to speak when his name came up on the list would be placed at the end of the list of speakers. 8. He recalled that the General Assembly had decidea to allow delegations to exercise their right of reply only twice, the first time being limited to 10 minutes and the second to five minutes. Explanations of vote should be limited to 10 minutes, and delegations should make them only once, unless their votes in plenary meeting were different from their votes in the Committee. The General Assembly had decided to impose a mandatory deadline of 1 December for submission to the Fifth Committee of all draft resolutions having financial implications and to allow a minimum period of 48 hours between the submission of and the voting on any draft resolution involving expenditure. / ... A/SPC/40/SR.2 English Page 3 (The Chairman) 9. He appealed to all delegations to limit their requests for additional documentation and tor duplicate copies of material already distributed. He drew attention to the procedure for submitting corrections to provisional summary records, which was explained on the cover page of each record. The Committee was authorized to receive, on specific request, transcriptions of the debates of some of its meetings, or portions thereof. 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing procedural rules and guidelines for a committee, specifically regarding the submission and presentation of documents, speeches, and resolutions. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a high-level international organization or conference. The content does not seem to be related to any specific sector or industry, but rather focuses on the mechanics of committee work.

**Category**
International trade, Administration