7. The Chairperson said that, since the last meeting, he had continued his consultations with the aim of putting forward a concrete proposal in order to facilitate a decision by the Council at its present meeting, in particular with regard to delegations that might volunteer to have their legislation reviewed either in the first or second part of 2000. He had been consulting on the basis that Members should think in terms of setting off the process in the year 2000 with two review meetings in that year, for each of which a week would be allocated and at which the legislation of 12 Members would be addressed. To date, the following 12 Members had volunteered to have their legislation reviewed in the first part of the year 2000 (June or July): Cyprus; El Salvador; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Israel; Korea; Macau; Malta; Mexico; Poland (in respect of areas for which its legislation had not yet been reviewed); Singapore; and Trinidad and Tobago. For the second part of 2000 (November or December), the following 12 Members had volunteered: Chile; Colombia; Egypt; Ghana; Guatemala; Kuwait; Paraguay; Peru; Qatar; Saint Lucia; Turkey; and the United Arab Emirates. It therefore seemed that the Council could go ahead with its review programme for 2000 on the basis of the voluntary approach.
