The Open-ended Working Group began its deliberations in January 1994. The present report is prepared and submitted pursuant to that decision. Proceedings of the Working Group during the fifty-third session of the General Assembly 5. A total of 53 meetings were held during the six sessions. During these sessions, delegations made several written as well as oral proposals related to the issues discussed.
All proposals remain on the table.
The Working Group affirmed that the work of the General Assembly on Security Council reform should be conducted in conformity with the relevant Assembly resolutions, fully respecting the need for transparency and open-endedness. A. First session of the Working Group 7. It was also agreed that cluster I and cluster II should continue to be considered by the Working Group in tandem, meaning that the Working Group should, in terms of time and emphasis, consider cluster I and cluster II in a similar and balanced manner. I issues were chaired by the Chairman of the Working Group, while meetings on cluster II issues were chaired by each of the Vice-Chairmen alternatively. The Working Group undertook general discussions on cluster I issues.