196. The representative of the European Communities expressed surprise at the suggestion made by Argentina and Australia as a way forward that the European Communities modify its proposal to address the concerns they had expressed but which had not been appropriately addressed in the EC proposal. His delegation could also say exactly the same, namely that its concerns regarding the joint proposal had not been appropriately addressed, and that the appropriate way forward would therefore be for the Joint Proposal Group to modify its proposal before coming to the June meeting.
197. Referring to Switzerland's statement that what Members needed to do was to engage immediately in an informal process to understand each other's concerns so as to be able to work their way towards a compromise, he expressed the hope that for the June meeting Members would be able to establish a sufficient basis to produce that compromise text, which, as Switzerland also had said, at some point in time might come from the Chair.
