Whereas in 2004 the Commission had met for a total of four weeks, which included two weeks of plenary meetings and two weeks of meetings of subcommissions, in 2009 the Commission tripled the amount of time it was in session, reaching a total of 13 weeks, which included four weeks of plenary meetings, six weeks of meetings of subcommissions and three weeks of intersessional meetings.
Si en 2004 la Commission a siégé pendant quatre semaines en tout, dont deux semaines de séances plénières et deux semaines consacrées aux réunions des sous-commissions en 2009, son temps de session a triplé, pour atteindre 13 semaines au total, dont 4 semaines de séances plénières et 6 semaines consacrées aux réunions des sous-commissions et 3 aux réunions intersessions.