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30 United Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités 1992national reconciliation among the Cambodian Parties. The Ad HocCommittee held several meetings during the first session of theConference.The Coordination Committee of the Conference, chaired bythe representatives of the two Co-Presidents, was establishedand given responsibility for general coordination of the workof the other four committees. The Coordination Committee met atboth the first and second sessions of the Conference. Aninformal meeting of the Coordination Committee was also held inNew York on 21 September 1991.7. At the conclusion of the first session, theConference had achieved progress in elaborating a wide varietyof elements necessary for the achievement of a comprehensivesettlement of the conflict in Cambodia. The Conference noted,however, that it was not yet possible to achieve acomprehensive settlement. It was therefore decided to suspendthe Conference on 30 August 1989. However, in doing so, theConference urged all parties concerned to intensify theirefforts to achieve a comprehensive settlement, and asked theCo-Presidents to lend their good offices to facilitate theseefforts.8. Following the suspension of the first session of theConference, the Co-Presidents and the Secretary-General of theUnited Nations undertook extensive consultations, in particularwith the five permanent members of the United Nations SecurityCouncil, with the Supreme National Council of Cambodia, andwith other participants in the Paris Conference. The object ofthese consultations was to forge agreement on all aspects of asettlement, to ensure that all initiatives to this end werecompatible and to enhance the prospects of ending the bloodshedin Cambodia at the earliest possible date. The efforts of theCo-Presidents and the Secretary-General paved the way for thereconvening of the Paris Conference on Cambodia.Vol. 1663, 1-28613