Forhandlingerne skulle have været indledt i slut­ningen af juni måned 1990, men er blevet udsat som følge af vanskeligheder af teknisk art blandt Golfstaterne (an­vendelse af en stand-still klausul under forhandlingerne).
Negotiations should have begun by the end of June 1990 but due to difficulties of a technical nature among the Gulf States (application of a standstill clause during negotiations) they had to be adjourned.