At that meeting it was agreed that the third step should involve a series of regional consultations to be held in February or early March. These consultations would concentrate on helping governments to gather more detailed and precise data about refugees, displaced people and other migrants who have moved to and from their territory, as well as information about the causes and effects of such movements. If the momentum is maintained, the main conference could take place in late 1995. The conference will also probably not be confined to the CIS and the Baltic States. The outcome of the consultations and meetings tentatively scheduled for the first few months of 1995 will be crucial.
Nobody is under any illusions about the extent of the challenge.
Convention, were built on an extensive body of existing laws, conventions and agreements, and lengthy experience in the international arena. Similarly we have no experience in that part of the world. The system is full of gaping holes. It is imperative that we succeed in plugging them as soon as possible. Organizers want the conference to lead to a firm plan of action, rather than a worthless paper mountain.