142. The Chairperson proposed that the Council schedule its next meeting for 16 and 17 February 1999. As regards the other dates that the Secretariat had tentatively pencilled in for 1999, namely, 27 and 28 April6, 7 and 8 July, 15 and 16 September and 23 and 24 November, he suggested, in the light of comments made, that the Council consider further its autumn schedule at its July meeting.