than 100 youth organizations leaders from the ECE region participated. The meeting agreed on a Youth Agenda for Action to be presented at the Conference. III. THE BERGEN CONFERENCE 31. The Conference consisted of two parts -a Working Session and a Ministerial Session. 32. The Conference was opened in the presence of His Majesty the King of Norway. The opening address by Mr. Jan P. Syse, Prime Minister of Norway, welcomed the delegates and outlined the structure of the Conference. Other speakers included I• • • A/CONF.151/PC/10 English Page 8 Ms. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Member of Parliament and former Chairman of the World Commission on Environment and Development; Mr. Gerald Hinteregger, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Ms. Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund; Mr. Lester R. Brown, President, Worldwatch Institute, Washington D.C.; and Mr. Bengt Martin Olsen, Mayor, City of Bergen. (i) Working Session (8-11 May) 33, The Working Session was attended by 427 delegates from Governments and the five NGO groups. Reflecting the multisectoral character of the Working Session, several countries included non-governmental representatives in their national delegations and 29 had participants from more than one ministry. The five NGO groups were represented by 173 delegates. Observers were present from 11 other Governments, 20 United Nations and other international organizations, and 8 international NGOs. 34. A bureau was elected for the Working Session with the Vice-Presidents, as listed below, having the additional responsbility of chairing the open fora and negotiating meetings on Awareness Raising, Energy, Industry, and Economics, respectively. Members of the Bureau were as follow5: President: Ms. Kristin Hille Valla, Minister of the Environment, Norway Vice-Presidents: Voluntary Organizations: Ms. Fran Spivy-Weber, Director, International Programmes, National ~udubon Society, USA Dr. Edda Muller, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a conference related to youth organizations and sustainable development, with a focus on environmental and economic issues. The presence of speakers from organizations such as the World Commission on Environment and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the Worldwatch Institute suggests that the conference is likely to be focused on environmental and economic development issues.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Economic development