Madrid Conference duration and delegation
The conference was expected to last three to five months; staffing and leadership arrangements had not yet been decided.
andMr. Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the anticipated length of time of the Madrid Conference on the Helsinki Final Act, the number of Irish staff who will be sent to the conference and if the Irish ambassador to Spain will lead the Irish delegation.
Comment on this
It is not possible to estimate the length of the conference accurately but three to five months seems likely. The Irish delegation will be adequately staffed but the details have not yet been decided. The main conference, which begins in November, will be preceded by a preparatory meeting which opens on 9 September. This meeting will decide the number of working groups for the main conference. The probable number will be three, corresponding to the main chapters of the Final Act, plus one other. The staffing of the delegation will be decided in the light of the results of the preparatory meeting and a total of four or five, including the head of delegation, seems likely.
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