October 1982, 38/3 of 27 October 1983, 39/5 of 30 October 1984, 40/7 of 5 November 1985, 41/6 of 21 October 1986, 42/3 of 14 October 1987, 43/19 of 3 November 1988 and 44/22 of 16 November 1989, the Assembly requested the Ad Hoc Committee to continue its work pending the reconvening of the Conference and authorized the Committee to convene when necessary and to carry out the tasks entrusted to it in its mandate. 3. The Ad Hoc Committee held its first formal meeting on 28 October 1981. The meeting was opened by Mr. Willibald Pahr (Austria), then President of the International Conference on Kampuchea. Mr. Massamba Sarré (Senegal) was elected Chairman of the Committee by acclamation. At the 2nd meeting of the Committee, on 11 January 1982, the representatives of Belgium and Malaysia were unanimously elected Vice-Chairman and Rapporteur, respectively. These officers have been re-elected to their posts in subsequent years. 4. The Ad Hoc Committee was originally composed of seven members. In 1982, it was enlarged to 10 members, in accordance with paragraph 1 of International Conference resolution 1 (I), which provided for the inclusion of additional members in the Committee. As a result, the Ad Hoc Committee is at present composed of the following member States: Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Thailand. A representative of the President of the International Conference on Kampuchea participates in the meetings of the Committee. À/CONF. 109/16 English Page 3 5. On 1 January 1986, Mr. Leopold Gratz, then Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, succeeded Mr. Willibald Pahr as President of the International Conference on Kampuchea. 6. At its 39th meeting, on 25 August 1988, the Ad Hoc Committee elected Mrs. Absa Claude Diallo (Senegal) as its Chairman. 7. On 16 September 1989, Mr. Alois Mock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of 
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