Political imperatives and timetable. Is the Convention at a turning point? I'm not talking about the content of its papers but of its timetable and the importance of this in relation to the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) which will have to confirm the results. The schema, which appeared settled, was that of an IGC organised very rapidly at the end of the Convention's work and being particularly brief: without beginning negotiations again, it is expected to look at the conclusions of the...