1. The Chairperson said that the Council had before it 15 outstanding requests from intergovernmental organizations for observer status. The organizations in question were listed in document IP/C/W/52/Rev.7. Among these pending requests were three which had been submitted since the previous meeting. These were from the Conférence des Ministres de l'Agriculture de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre, the Islamic Development Bank and the World Health Organization.
2. The Chairperson said that informal consultations on the issue of the pending requests for observer status had not revealed any new developments. Consequently, he suggested that the Council revert to the matter at its next meeting.
