A/RES/57/116 10. Notes with appreciation that, in the context of paragraph 5 (b) (ii) above, the Governments of France and Italy hosted the intersessional meetings within the framework of the ad hoc consultative mechanism established in accordance with paragraph 10 of General Assembly resolution 56/51; 11. Agrees that the Legal Subcommittee should establish a working group to consider the questions reflected in paragraphs 5 (b) (ii) a and b above separately; 12. Notes that, in accordance with the measures relating to the working methods of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, 11 which were endorsed by the General Assembly in paragraph 11 of its resolution 52/56 of 10 December 1997, the Committee, at its forty-fifth session, considered the composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies for the third term, starting in 2003, and held informal consultations on the matter; 13. Notes also that, in accordance with the agreement of the Committee at its forty-fifth session, 12 the Government of Austria convened and facilitated and will continue to convene and facilitate intersessional informal consultations, including the chairpersons of the regional groups, on the composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies for the third term with a view to reaching consensus before the forty-sixth session of the Committee; 14. Agrees that, on the basis of agreements to be reached among the members of the Committee on the composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies for the third term, the election of the officers of the Committee for the third term should be conducted at the beginning of the forty-sixth session of the Committee; 15. Notes that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its thirty-ninth session, continued its work as mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 56/51; 13 16. Endorses the recommendation of the Committee that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its fortieth session, taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries: (a) Consider the following items: (i) General exchange of views and introduction to reports submitted on national activities; (ii) United Nations Programme on Space Applications; (iii) Implementation of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III); (iv) Matters relating to remote-sensing of the Earth by satellite, including applications for developing countries and monitoring of the Earth’s environment; _______________ 11 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/52/20), annex I. 12 Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/57/20), para. 209. 13 Ibid., chap. II.C. 4