The group held a plenary session in Washington DC, at which The Government of Norway, Statoil, Norsk Hydro, and Pax Christi joined the group. A Steering Committee was established at the meeting, which consisted of the US, UK and Dutch governments, Amnesty International, International Alert, BP, ChevronTexaco, Business for Social Responsibility and the International Business Leaders Forum. The governments were tasked with retaining their diplomatic roles by providing formal briefings to host/home country governments as well as facilitating agendas, the establishment of workshops and plenary meetings. The three functions of the Committee include: 1) to carry forward the workplan agreed by the plenary; 2) to receive information from prospective participants, consulting with existing participants; and 3) to submit recommendations on an IBLF proposal for a Voluntary Principles website. It was decided that Committee membership would rotate annually. It was also decided that the group’s next country of focus would be Angola.