A statement was made by the representative of the Russian Federation.

The representatives of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union) made statement.

The Permanent Representative of Luxembourg has set out the position of the European Union.

I now give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Skotnikov.

The representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union) requested to suspend the meeting.

The PRESIDENT I thank the representative of the Russian Federation for his statement.

I endorse the statement to be made by the representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union.

The next speaker on my list is the representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Skotnikov.

A statement in connection with the draft resolution was made by the representative of the Russian Federation.

Statements in favour of the motion were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation and Zimbabwe and statements against the motion were made by the representatives of Canada and Australia.

The representative of Luxembourg will shortly make a statement on behalf of the European Union.

Statements were made by the representatives of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union) and Gabon.

Statements were also made by the representatives of Egypt and the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).

An explanation of vote before the vote was made by the representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).

Greece fully aligns itself with the statement to be made by the representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union.

The representative of Nigeria read a message from the President of Nigeria, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union.

Mr. Gopinathan (India) said that his delegation agreed with the proposal by the representative of Costa Rica and that it accepted the amendment proposed by the representative of the Russian Federation.

I would now like to respond to the questions posed to me by the representative of the Russian Federation.

After the adoption of the draft resolution, a statement was made by the representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).

Statements on the amendments were made by the representatives of Singapore, the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union) and Uruguay.

Before the agenda was adopted, the representative of the Russian Federation requested that the agenda be put to a vote.

The representative of the Russian Federation introduced the draft resolution, on behalf of the sponsors listed.

A statement in explanation of vote after the vote was made by the representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).

The representative of the Russian Federation orally revised the draft resolution by modifying paragraph 7.

Statements in favour of the motion were made by the representatives of China and Turkmenistan and a statement against the motion was made by the representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union and New Zealand).

vi. The IWG shall be chaired by the Foreign Minister of Nigeria, in his capacity as representative of the Chair of the AU.

Report of the Secretary General concerning the credentials of the deputy representative of the Russian Federation on the Security Council

The President I thank the representative of the Russian Federation for his kind words addressed to me.

Ukraine fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.

The representative of the Russian Federation made a statement, in the course of which he introduced draft resolution A 60 L.42.

Mr. Chulkov (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian) The Russian delegation supports the statement by the representative of Kazakhstan on behalf of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The PRESIDENT I thank the distinguished representative of the Russian Federation for his statement, and I turn to the next speaker on my list, the distinguished representative of New Zealand, Ambassador Tim Caughley.

Greece associates itself fully with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union.

The United Kingdom associates itself with the European Union statement to be delivered subsequently by the representative of Luxembourg.

Secondly, we have the proposal of the African Union, which was referred to yesterday at the beginning of the debate by the representative of Algeria.

My delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Union (AU).

Greece fully associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.

The Ukrainian delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union presidency.

Statements were made by the representatives of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union and those countries which aligned themselves with the statement) and Malaysia.

Greece fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.

Also at the same meeting, the representative of the Russian Federation introduced draft resolution E CN.4 2005 L.43, sponsored by Belarus and the Russian Federation.

Statements in favour of the motion were made by the representatives of China and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela statements against the motion were made by the representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).

That was stressed in the statement made this morning by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union (EU).

Spain fully endorses the statement made earlier by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.

In explanation of vote after the vote, a statement was made by the representative of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union).