60. Discussions were based on document WO/PBC/1/5 ("Accounts for the 1996-1997 biennium") and its corrigendum (WO/PBC/1/5 Corr.).
61. In introducing those documents, the Secretariat stated that the audit of WIPO's accounts for the 1996-1997 biennium had resulted in a positive audit certificate issued by the External Auditor. The Auditor had made four recommendations in his audit report, and the observations of the Secretariat on those were contained in the two documents.
62. The Committee agreed with the contents of the documents.
