2. Election of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons of the twenty-third session, the Drafting Committee and the adoption of the provisional agenda and timetable

2.1 Election of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson of the twenty-third session

Asna Booty Othman, Malaysia was elected Chairperson of the twenty-third session of the APPPC.

The elected Vice-Chairpersons were:

The newly-elected Chairperson, Asna Booty asked the meeting to set terms of reference for the Chairperson.

2.2 Election of the Drafting Committee

John Hedley (New Zealand) was elected Chairperson of the Drafting Committee. Other members were:

2.3 Adoption of the provisional agenda and timetable

It was noted that agenda item 4 was to be considered after item 9 on the agenda. The draft agenda and timetable were adopted.