143. The representative of the United States said that his delegation generally agreed with the Chair's suggestion. However, it shared the concerns expressed by the delegation of Australia that the Chairperson should not come forward with a text prematurely, given that it might move delegations further apart. Given that the deadline of Cancún was September 2003, he was not convinced that delegations would only have four working months after April and thought that they might have to work in August.
