The early preparation of the 1993 revision of the SNA took the form of a number of meetings, organized by UN regional commissions. On the basis of these, the ISWGNA set up a series of meetings where experts in both national accounting generally and specific areas met to discuss what changes should be made to the System. These meetings were organized by topic and included the following:

When meetings on the revision of the SNA were complete, a series of coordinating meetings were held to ensure that all aspects of the proposed changes had been considered and that changes proposed by one group were consistent with changes proposed elsewhere. There were five such coordinating meetings as follows:

When the extent of the changes being proposed for the revision were clear, six meetings were organized by UN regional commissions to allow more widespread consultation. Details of these and the discussion paper are given below.

The document, prepared by Anne Harrison, incorporates the substantive discussion from the above meetings. The material has been rearranged in order to place together discussions on the same topic which took place at several meetings but is otherwise the same as that appearing in the reports. The reports of three meetings organised by the IMF appear with the agreement of the IMF.

The document, compiled by Carol Carson in 1991 and containing material arranged by source of comment and by topic, was prepared for the Expert Group on Coordination meeting in Harare, 8-17 April 1991.