The group reviewed the information brought to its attention and made recommendations to the Committee.

They were promptly surrounded by policemen, who tried to break up the demonstration.

The President I take note of the statement of the representative of the United States.

The President The statement of the representative of Gambia is duly noted.

The President The statement of the representative of Costa Rica is duly noted.

Having taken cognizance of the Russian Federation's keenness to develop its cooperative relations with the Organization of the Islamic Conference

The President The statement of the representative of Solomon Islands is duly noted.

Having taken cognizance of the growing number of applications for observer status or full membership of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,

I should also like to report that the Monitoring Team has continued to provide essential support to the work of the Committee.

The Council has already been briefed on the assassination of George Hawi on 21 June, and I will not dwell on it.

The Acting President I should like to inform the Assembly that the representatives of Lesotho and Nicaragua have requested to participate in this meeting.

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At that same seminar, members of the Special Committee were acquainted with recent events concerning Tokelau and with its plans for the immediate future.

The Chairman said that he had been informed that both the Movement of Non Aligned Countries and the European Union agreed to the non paper.

My delegation welcomes the Secretary General's World Youth Report 2005 (A 60 61), and his report on the global analysis and evaluation of national action plans on youth employment (A 60 133). Both of those reports are comprehensive and can serve as suitable starting points for further discussions on the situation of youth today.

Having been informed of the clerical error, the Panel instructed the secretariat to send reasons review notifications to the claimants.

Having taken cognizance of the Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference contained in Document No. OIC ICFM 32 2005 ORG SG.REP.1

The independent expert was also informed about the disturbing incidents of desecration of up to 700 graves in the so called Italian cemetery in Mogadishu.

The independent expert was informed of two cases of possible summary execution of civilians in Bujumbura rural.

The Group was informed that both Uganda and Rwanda have signed agreements with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on bilateral arrangements for the management of aviation sector relations.

With regard to the police officer found guilty of assault, he would appreciate knowing whether the assault had occurred during interrogation.

The independent expert was also told by several people that the rape of young boys and sometimes even men, particularly by the Interahamwe, is increasingly common.

In the exercise of its mandate, it has helped Iraq to accomplish another year of historic and dramatic progress on the road towards democracy and stability progress on which I am now pleased to report to the Security Council.

The independent expert was also informed that four lawyers human rights defenders had also been detained by authorities Mohamed Said Hersi, Fawsi Sh. Yonis Hassan, Abdirahman Ibrahim Alin, and Yusuf Ismail Ali.

By letter of 6 March 2000, the author was informed that he had been excluded from the course of Physiotherapy for a period of two years, for failure to show good cause why he should be allowed to re enrol in the course.

The Expanded Bureau was also informed about the establishment of the Coordination Committee, to be composed of five mandate holders, to oversee the overall coordination of special procedures' activities, including within the context of the reform discussions.

The Group was informed by the Transitional Government that as yet no inquiries or actions had been carried out in response to the Group's documentation of FARDC non compliance with the embargo during its previous mandate.

I should like to inform the Assembly that those candidates, their number not exceeding the number of seats to be filled, receiving the greatest number of votes and a two thirds majority of those present and voting will be declared elected.

Having been informed of the proclamations, declarations and resolutions issued by the various international fora and non government organizations which express the rejection by the international community of the forcing by one state of its national legislation on the rules of international law on the pretext of the sovereignty and interests of states and their peoples

It had been informed that the current vacancy rate for international staff at UNMEE stood at 22 per cent, due to the high turnover of staff as a result of the start up of new peacekeeping missions and the expansion of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC).

Ms. Løj In my capacity as Chairman of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC), I would like to brief the Security Council on the activities of the Committee over the past three months and to submit to the Security Council the Committee's sixteenth work programme, covering the period from 1 July to 30 September 2005.

Mr. Motoc I have the honour to brief, in turn, the Security Council on progress achieved by the 1540 Committee in its work since 26 April 2005 and to introduce the Committee's second programme of work, for the period 1 July to 30 September 2005.

The present report is submitted pursuant to the statement by the President of the Security Council of 19 January 2004 (S PRST 2004 1), requesting me to update the Council on the further implementation of the recommendations contained in my report on small arms of 20 September 2002 (S 2002 1053).