In that connection, Indonesia wholeheartedly supported the decision by the Special Committee to expand its membership.

By its resolution 41 62 B of 3 December 1986, the Assembly increased the membership of the Committee to a maximum of 21 and invited China to become a member.

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Finally, I wish Ambassador Kreid well as Special Coordinator on membership expansion.

The Conference has already demonstrated a capacity to reform with the expansion of its membership achieved last July.

ACPF continues to grow in its membership and activities.

The first is the issue of expansion of membership of the CD.

Expanding membership in nuclear weapon free zones and facilitating implementation of their obligations will further strengthen the role of these instruments.

He emphasized that his group continued to be of the opinion that the Extended Bureau had served the Committee and its members well and that the results achieved at the current session did not differ significantly from those reached when the Extended Bureau had been used.

His delegation welcomed the proposal to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.

The total size of the enlarged Security Council.

Draft resolution A 59 L.68 would enlarge the Council to 25 members, with 20 of those to be elected for two year terms.

For example, some of those who oppose expanding the Council to 25 members did not oppose the expansion of NATO and would certainly disagree with the notion that the NATO Council has become less effective since it was expanded to 26 members.

Viet Nam was in favour of expanding the Special Committee and turning it into an open ended body so that it would meet the needs of all Member States, in particular troop contributing countries.

Finland supports a further expansion of the membership of the CD.

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We trust that he will complete his consultations and present his proposals for a balanced expansion of the membership of the Conference.

The Ministers acknowledged the need for a concerted effort by Member Countries to expand their information dissemination capacity to boost the development process of member countries.

How can we designate and elect new members of an organ that does not yet exist?

Since last July, the CD has an enlarged membership.

The possibility of expanding the membership of the Panel to other relevant partners is being discussed.

FNL was reported to be recruiting members of the former rebel movement and enlarging its area of operation.

The group also considered enlarging its membership of the group to include the Chairpersons of the Regional Groups.

The Committee considers that a broadening of its membership to include countries that support its objectives but have not hitherto participated in its work, would greatly enhance the contribution of the General Assembly to promoting peace at this important stage.

Among other things, that draft resolves to enlarge the Security Council in both the permanent and non permanent categories of membership and to improve its working methods.

2. The membership of the Security Council should be expanded to at least 26.

As UNAFEI widens geographical areas from where it receives trainees to Africa and South America, covering 102 different countries as a whole by the end of 2002, ACPF similarly widens its membership to the countries of these regions.

UNICEF has increased its advocacy on this issue, together with other members of the UNCT.

CARE International and its members value its expanding partnership with the various bodies of the Council very highly.

His delegation welcomed the Special Committee apos s recommendation that its membership should be expanded, thereby enabling greater numbers of Member States to participate.

6. Encourages the Conference on Disarmament to intensify its consultations on the review of its membership with a view to reaching an early agreement on its further expansion

Their views were mostly focused on the expansion of the Council's membership.

The expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament remains a pending question.

An increased membership gives greater scope for new ideas, suggestions and proposals.

Establishment of African Regional Raw Materials Information System Support for the hosting of Second Action Committee on Raw Materials experts meeting, tentatively scheduled in November 2005 Expansion of the membership base of the Commie and financial and material resources for the maintenance of the Secretariat Contributions of member states to the operations of the Secretariat

In this connection, we welcome the appointment of the Special Coordinator for expansion of membership, the Ambassador of Austria, and wish him success in his work.

13. The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), a regional institution comprising 10 member States, had broadened its scope of cooperation.

(d) Note by the Secretariat on the enlargement of the membership of the Commission on Population and Development (E 1996 9)

Last year apos s enlargement of the CD apos s membership will also contribute to this.

We are convinced that the expansion of the membership has been beneficial to the Conference on Disarmament itself.

The Working Group on long term programme of work reconvened and was composed of the following members Mr.

My delegation reiterates its gratitude to all the member States which worked tirelessly for years for the expansion of the CD, an expansion which finally bore fruit last year with the admission of a few new members, including my country.

56. The Non Aligned Movement believed that the membership of the Special Committee should be expanded, since it was the only United Nations forum that discussed in depth all aspects of peacekeeping operations.