This meeting opened the route to many more, in Tunis and elsewhere.
As the meeting opens Monday, one issue could presage the outcome of others.
Dinner is served at 7 pm and the meeting opens with guest keynote speakers.
They were the first such contacts since the meeting opened.
The meeting opened Saturday and is expected to last four days.
The meeting opened on 3 July 1630 by Ferdinand himself.
The 10-day meeting, which is expected to attract up to 18,000 officials and delegates, opens on Sept. 19.
The annual meeting of the 53-nation group opened on Sunday and runs until April 23.
The meeting will open at eight o'clock tomorrow morning in the auditorium.
The meeting opened with complaints from various states about the wrongs done to them during the war.