31. The Chairperson recalled that, as indicated in paragraph 3 of TN/IP/W/7, the compilation was a summary of issues and points and could not be a full reflection of all the documents or interventions made in the past years. For a full appreciation of the position of a particular Member, a list of documents issued was attached in Annex 1. When the Special Session agreed to ask the Secretariat to prepare this document, it had not expected that the compilation would be the main objective of the Session. It was envisaged to have the paper as an aid for future negotiations. For that reason, the paper was to be prepared under the responsibility of the Secretariat. If there were any factual errors or inaccuracies and if there were new suggestions or ideas in the course of the meeting, the Secretariat would make, under its own responsibility, a revision. He recalled the clear mandate given by Ministers and said that from his point of view the Special Session had not made the necessary progress and would therefore need to "change gears" in the future.
