1. Opening the proceedings, Adair Turner had said it was not his aim to achieve consensus today and that he was "under no delusions that different points of view are suddenly going to be reconciled". "What we hope to have is a discussion which clarifies the key choices before us, and which enables us to understand the full range of points of view." He added÷ "We will not be setting out, even tentatively, Pensions Commission conclusions on the way forward." The commission is due to publish its report this autumn.

2. Sincerely, Kolawole Olaniyan Program Director Africa Program Memorandum on "The Organization of Humanitarian and Voluntary Work Bill 2006" Amnesty International is seriously concerned that proposed new legislation regulating the activities of non–governmental and civil society organisations –as it is currently phrased– threatens the right to Freedom of Association, and can potentially undermine the operation and work of human rights non–governmental organisations (NGOs). Though not specifically prohibiting the Freedom of Association, a range of points in the implementation potentially allow the pending law to be used as a means of suppressing civil society organizations contrary to international human rights standards and the Bill of Rights of the Sudanese Interim National Constitution of 2005.