There would appear to be consensus on closing the list of speakers at the latest at the beginning of the consideration of the item in order to enable the secretariat to evaluate how much time would be necessary for each agenda item.
看来对于最迟在项目审议开始时截止发言报名的做法取得了协商一致意见，这样做是为了使得秘书处能够估计每项议程项目需要多少时间。