354. The delegate of India, on behalf of the other members of the Asian Region attending the Commission's session, requested that consideration be given to the establishment of a Coordinating Committee for Asia as set out in the following proposal.
The delegates from the Asian Region present at the Ninth Session of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission met during the session and unanimously resolved that the
Commission is advised to take necessary steps to find the possibility of establishing
a Coordinating Committee for the region and also resolved to urge the Commission once
again to hold a seminar in the region at the earliest possible opportunity.”
(Signed by the delegates of India, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia and Thailand).
355. The Commission agreed that the Executive Committee should study this request concerning a Coordinating Committee for Asia and that the Secretariat should continue its efforts to find extra-budgetary funds for the holding of a Seminar.
