In July 2004, in application of Resolution 32C/34 and in accordance with the statutory timeframe (14 months before the 33^rd session of the General Conference), the Director-General submitted to the Member States a Preliminary Report, summarizing the progress made between December 2003 and May 2004, along with a first Preliminary Draft of the Convention, requesting them to submit their comments and observations to the Secretariat by mid-November 2004.

• First Preliminary Draft Convention