The Vice President made a statement on behalf of the President.

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The representative of Portugal (Vice Chairman of the Third Committee) made a statement.

The chairperson (referred to in the Act as the Commissioner) 4 persons representing the State 2 persons representing employers' organisations and 2 persons representing trade unions and 2 persons for each designated group, i.e. for racially disadvantaged persons, woman, and the disabled, respectively.

The PRESIDENT (translated from French) I thank the representative of the United States.

Other delegations were satisfied with the oral clarification provided by the Acting Chairman.

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Prelate Paul Bocklet, Representative of the German Bishops apos Conference

The President, or a Vice President acting as President, shall not vote in the Conference, but may designate another member of his delegation to vote in his place.

Only 44 delegates declined the invitation to participate 33 from NLD, 8 from its affiliate the Shan NLD and 3 from a minor Kokang group.

(Signed) Aminu Bashir Wali Ambassador Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Representative of the Current Chairman of the African Union

As the Syrian representative was temporarily absent, he invited the representative of Israel to take the floor.

For the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Signed) Mbusa Nyamwisi Minister for Regional Cooperation

The PRESIDENT (translated from French) I thank the representative of Syria.

The PRESIDENT (translated from French) I thank the representative of Mexico.

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On behalf of the delegation of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, I extend warm congratulations to the delegations of Sweden and of Gabon on their election to preside over this Meeting.

Following the vote, statements were made by the repre sentative of the United Kingdom and by the President, speaking in his capacity as the representative of Costa Rica.

Interventions were made favouring the establishment of a hierarchy between foreign representatives in the sense that a representative of a foreign main proceeding should have precedence over a representative of a foreign non main proceeding and that, if need be, precedence should be established also among several foreign non main representatives.

The Chairman and the Vice Chairman shall be elected, one from among the representatives of producer members and the other from among the representatives of consumer members.

Mr. AN (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) I would like to make a brief statement on behalf of my delegation.

The mission heard representatives of the main political parties, including Lavalas.

The representative of Poland introduced draft resolution A C.6 60 L.12, on behalf of the Bureau.

The Conference may elect the President from among representatives or it may elect as its President a person other than a representative of a participant.

The President made a statement on behalf of the Council (S PRST 1997 50).

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The representative of Canada made a statement as well as the Chairman.

108. The CHAIRMAN said that consideration should be given to the proposal of Bangladesh to limit further the length of statements.

4. The Chairman suggested that the representative of the Dominican Republic should confer with the representative of Poland with regard to the proposed amendment.

The Bureau of the Committee consists of the Chairperson, the three Vice Chairpersons, the Rapporteur and a representative of the host country who attends Bureau meetings ex officio.

Aksoy is a former deputy and chairman of the Party for Democracy and Renewal.

Various interventions were made in favour of limiting the right to request the opening of foreign non main proceedings to the representative in the main proceedings.

The CHAIRMAN confirmed that the representative of Iraq had the right to make a statement.

So this is the constitution we had a Bureau consisting of this representative and that representative.

Mission of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights.

Chairman of the delegation of Eritrea

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of France for his statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of South Africa for her statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of China for his statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of Peru for her statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of Germany for his statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of Japan for his statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of Egypt for her statement.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of Switzerland for his statement.