Regelmæssige kontakter har lige siden forhandlingernes start i Genève i april 1992 (kakao) og i London i juni 1992 (kaffe) gjort det muligt for parterne at under rette og konsultere hinanden om deres respektive hold ninger både i konventionens organer og på stedet i de forskellige forhandlingsfora.
Regular contacts, in Convention bodies and on the spot in the negotiating fora, had enabled them to keep each other informed and to consult on their respective positions from the start of the negotiations, which had been going on in Geneva since April 1992 (cocoa) and in London since June 1992 (coffee).