At its organizational meeting (1st meeting), on 13 May 2002, the Committee elected, by acclamation, Thomas Friedrich Heinrich Mazet (Germany), Chairman of the Committee for the forty-second session.
5． 在5月13日（第1次会议）上，委员会以鼓掌方式选举托马斯·弗里德里克·亨里希·马泽特（德国）为委员会第四十二届会议主席。