APPENDIX 11 



Additional Questions Submitted in Writing for the Record by 

 Chairman Zablocki and Administration Responses 



1. What was the outcome of the discussions on the reso- 

 lution creating the Prepatory Commission? Was the resolution 

 adopted? 



A. The Preparatory Commission draft resolution and related 



issues were the subject of extended discussion at the New 



York session which ended in April of this year. The four 



major topics discussed were: 



— the status of the rules and regulations produced by 

 the Prepcom; that is, should they be binding on the Authority 

 until and unless changed or be recommendatory only; 



— decision making in the Prepcom; should it be by 

 consensus or some lesser majority, and the related question 

 of who should decide how the Prepcom makes its decisions, 

 the Prepcom itself or the Conference by means of the Prepcom 

 resolution; 



— the "ticket of admission" to the Prepcom; must a 

 state have signed the Convention in order to participate in 

 the Prepcom, or should signature of the Final Act of the 

 Conference be enough; 



— financial and administrative support for the Prepcom; 

 who should provide the funds and the secretariat services to the 

 Prepcom? 



Although there was an extensive exchange of views on 

 these topics, no consensus emerged and no new text was put 



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