This is our decision, Darius, Emperor.

Just leave us alone and allow us to take our decisions on our own.

Our draft resolution builds upon the Secretary General apos s report.

Our draft resolution would give every State a voice.

Let me briefly recapitulate the virtues of our draft resolution.

Thirdly, our draft resolution provides for flexible allocation of Council seats.

The Permanent Representative of Canada outlined the major merits of our draft resolution.

We have circulated our draft resolution in order to make a contribution to that end.

In that regard, a review clause should be included in our decision this year.

And, if that leads to different actions... well, that would have been based on whatever decision we both thought best.

We ask in return, however, that other States respect our decision not to do so.

We have circulated an advance text of our draft resolution to capitals, and tomorrow, 13 October, at 2 p.m., the delegation of the Russian Federation will hold an unofficial meeting for all interested delegations to consider our draft resolution.

Our draft is being presented to the General Assembly in time for decisions to be taken before September.

Our draft resolution is a fair and equitable text that meets the aspirations and concerns of the majority of Member States.

None of the seats created by our draft resolution would be set aside for a chosen few.

And when that doesn't work, when it turns out that people who disagree with us have all the same facts we do and are actually pretty smart, then we move on to a third assumption they know the truth, and they are deliberately distorting it for their own malevolent purposes.

We believe that the draft resolution before the Committee on preventing the risk of radiological terrorism complements our draft resolution.

I should now like to comment on some of the counter arguments against our draft resolution in the past weeks and months.

Our draft resolution empowers the African Group to identify two of its members who will represent the region for as long a period as the Group decides.

It goes without saying that, as Africans, we cannot logically support any draft resolution other than our own.

Our decision to focus on ecosystem approaches and oceans at next year's meeting will, we believe, continue in that helpful mode.

Should they opt for success, my Commission and I will ensure that their will prevails. That is our resolve and our promise.

It is of course our wish that our draft resolution have the broadest possible support and that it serve as a catalyst for the reform process as a whole.

And we are convinced that our carefully formulated draft resolution takes into account the interests of all Member States and all regional groups.

No other draft or reform proposal comes close to the kind of large, broad based and diverse support that our draft resolution enjoys.

Our decision to set up a Human Rights Council is excellent, but all the modalities need to be resolved as a matter of urgency.

In the days ahead, we expect to gather other ideas from delegations, further enhancing our draft resolution, in order to arrive at a consensus text.

Over the years, our resolution has indeed acquired the character of a hardy perennial , in the wise words of Dag Hammarskjöld, thus establishing important norms.

However, none of the difficulties deterred us from our decision of principle to declare Kazakhstan a non nuclear country.

The partners of the New Agenda Coalition have endeavoured to consult widely on our draft resolution, both in Geneva and in New York.

Over the years, our resolution has been gaining increased support, which is a reflection of the growing international interest in finding collective ways to keep space peaceful.

He added that quot our permission of the Agency apos s activities for the maintenance and replacement of the safeguards equipment is more than what the Agency deserves in this situation. quot

One way of handling this would be to build into our decision a commitment to review again the membership of the Security Council at a specific date in the future.

If they are not, I will transmit the sentiments and concerns expressed by the representative of China to the delegations concerned, which approached me and requested the postponement of our decision making.

Finally, I need to address the second but no less important limb of the Working Group apos s mandate and of our draft resolution the related matters .

Numerous sponsors and supporters of our draft resolution have already explained why this draft best serves the interests of all Members, of all regions and of the United Nations as a whole.

The foreign policy approaches of Kazakhstan were the basis for our decision to join the Partnership for Peace programme of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

The discovery of the stockpile at Santa Rosa in Nicaragua and all the implications of that event convinced us that the decision to rid ourselves of all arms was the correct one.

In that connection, I would like to draw attention to our new draft resolution which is being submitted for the first time for adoption by the First Committee this year, concerning preventing the risk of radiological terrorism.

Japan hopes that all countries, including the nuclear weapon States, regardless of any differences in position, will unite and support our nuclear disarmament draft resolution.

Our draft resolution is aimed at reconciling that undeniable fact with the provision of the Charter that states that the Security Council carries out its duties on behalf of all Members of the Organization.

The adoption of our draft resolution today will send a clear signal to all that the international community is unanimous in its support of Burundi apos s democratic transition and will condemn any attempt to reverse it.

Nevertheless, I should like to stress once again that our decision with regard to the attainment of non nuclear status in the future coincided with extreme difficulties resulting from the deepest economic crisis in Ukraine.

Two years ago in Durban, I announced our decision to triple the extent of protected areas in the country so as to ensure the preservation of our rich and unique biodiversity.

To sum up, our draft resolution on the working methods of the Security Council is of interest to all United Nations Members because it aims at increasing transparency and participation and will thus contribute to the effectiveness and legitimacy of the Security Council's action.