Weeks 1-2 = Adoption of the aaenda, establishment of subsidiary bodies and their mandates, decision on participation of non-member States, and statements on all items. Weeks 3-4 = Statements on all items, and informal presidential consultations on outstanding matters. Weeks 5-21 = Statements on all items, and supervision of work in subsidiary bodies. Weeks 22-24 = Final statements, and consideration and adoption of report. The Secretariat would also indicate in the Programme of Work, who would be the Presidents of the Conference, and for which weeks. 23. Rule 28 of the rules of procedure would be amended as follows in reflection of this consensus: "On the basis of its agenda, the Conference, at the beginning of its annual session, shall establish its programme of work, which will include a schedule of its activities for that session, taking also into account the recommendations, proposals and decisions referred to in rule 27." 24. Participation of Non-member States: The discussions focused on the aeneral concern that any disagreement on the participation in the work of the Conference by a specific non-member State, could impact adversely on the basic objective of enabling all those States who were not members of the Conference, to contribute their due share to its work and debates. There was widespread concern also about the possibility of blockages following a procedural disagreement about the application for participation of any specific non-member State. 25. All interventions welcomed as positive and constructive the procedure followed during the current session, according to which the applications of non-member States were all considered together, and not one by one. 26. Consensus existed in the hope that this practice would continue to be followed in future sessions with the same results. 27. It was agreed that the Secretariat would inform non-member States before 
**Analysis**
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International relations, Governance