Abstract
The Ad Hoc Group of Experts on State Participation and Privatization in the Minerals Sector held its session at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 26 to 27 October 1995. It was attended by 12 experts on different countries, invited by the Secretary-General of UNCTAD, by a number of other invited speakers and discussants, and by representatives of governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.