|  | It was agreed that the four Standing Committees established by the States Parties will meet in Geneva the week of 8 to 12 May 2006.  
 
The following States Parties were selected to serve as the Standing Committees’ Co-Chairs and Co-Rapporteurs until the end of the Seventh Meeting of the States Parties:  
 
Mine Clearance, Mine-Risk Education and Mine-Action Technologies: Jordan and Slovenia (Co-Chairs); Chile and Norway (Co-Rapporteurs);  
 
Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration: Afghanistan and Switzerland (Co-Chairs); Austria and Sudan (Co-Rapporteurs);  
 
Stockpile Destruction: Japan and the United Republic of Tanzania (Co-Chairs); Algeria and Estonia (Co-Rapporteurs); 
 
General Status and Operation of the Convention: Belgium and Guatemala (Co-Chairs); Argentina and Italy (Co-Rapporteurs).  
 
 It was agreed that the Seventh Meeting of the States Parties (7MSP) would be held in Geneva from 18 to 22 September 2006 and that Australia would preside over the 7MSP.  
 
The offer made by Jordan to host and preside over the Eighth Meeting of the States Parties (8MSP) in 2007 was warmly welcomed.  
 
The report of the Director of the GICHD on the activities of the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) was noted. 
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