139. The sixty-fifth session of the Executive Committee (AC.3) was held on 15 November 2022 and chaired by the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and vice-chaired by the representatives of Japan and of the United States of America. Decision taking and voting followed the special proceedings during COVID-19 period, which had been adopted by all Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement under a silence procedure on 4 November 2022. The representatives of 14 of the 39 Contracting Parties to the agreement attended: Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), India, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

140. Election of officers for AC.3 will take place during the first session of the year, in March 2023.