9. Decides to establish an open-ended inter-governmental preparatory committee for the Conference to review the organizational and substantive preparations for the Conference, approve the programme of work of the Conference and propose rules of procedure for adoption by the Conference, and also decides that the preparatory committee will meet at Geneva, following the 2004 semi-annual sessions of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction, for up to two days each time, and that it will hold a one-day meeting at Kobe within the dates mentioned in paragraph 8 above, as necessary;
9. 决定为这次会议设立一个不限成员名额的政府间筹备委员会，负责审查会议的组织安排和实质筹备工作，核准会议的工作方案，建议议事规则，以供会议通过，并且决定筹备委员会将在减少灾害机构间工作队2004年半年期会议后在日内瓦举行会议，每次会议至多为期两天，必要时筹备委员会并将在上文第8段所述日期内在神户举行为期一天的会议；