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forward. It is not anticipated that the Prepcom resolution 

 will be adopted until the final session of the Conference. 



2. What is the U.S. position on participation in the 

 Prepcom? 



A. This is one of the questions that will be decided 



as a result of our policy review. At present we do not have 



a position. 



3. What is the status of the negotiation on preparatory 

 investment protection? 



A. Preparatory Investment Protection was one of the items 



generally considered to be on the agenda for the Tenth Session 



of the Law of the Sea Conference in New York. After the 



United States announced its new position, however, the 



developing countries made clear early in the session that 



they were unwilling to discuss the subject until the United 



States had completed its review and was ready to resume 



negotiations. 



4. Will you elaborate on the work of the Drafting 

 Committee at the Tenth Session? What are the prospects for 

 completing its work by the end of the August session? 



A. The Drafting Committee began its work this year in 



January, and met up to, during, and for one week after the 



negotiating session. The Herculean task of harmonizing the 



texts both "vertically", that is making each article in the 



text consistent in usage, punctuation, etc., with the others, 



and "horizontally", that is attempting to make the texts in 



each of the six official languages as close to one another in 



