Mr. Shimizu (Japan), speaking in explanation of vote after the vote, said that his delegation had voted in favour of paragraph 14, and believed that the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of the subsidiary bodies were the core activities of that Convention, and that it was of the utmost importance that the conference-servicing costs be covered as they had been before.
M. Shimizu (Japon), intervenant pour expliquer le vote de sa délégation a posteriori, dit que sa délégation a voté pour le paragraphe 14 et considère que la Conférence des parties et les réunions des organes subsidiaires sont des activités essentielles menées dans le cadre de cette Convention et qu'il est indispensable que le coût des services de conférence soit financé comme il l'a toujours été.