Perhaps the delegation could elaborate on those points.

He assured the Belgian delegation that when drafting the commentary the Secretariat would be guided by the reports of the Working Group and the comments of the Commission.

Legal Counsellor, Delegation of Morocco at numerous sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (since 1974).

Ms. Gabr asked whether the delegation had up to date statistics on the number of women occupying high level posts in the public sector.

The presentation of the submission of Australia was made by Christos Moraitis, head of the delegation of Australia, with additional comments made by Bill Campbell, alternate head of delegation.

Before concluding, I should like to join my colleagues in expressing support for and thanking the Japanese delegation for drafting the presidential statement to be adopted today.

He assured the representative of Iran that he had no intention of interpreting his mandate and that he was determined to follow the instructions given by Member States.

Mr. Adekanye (Nigeria) I wish to thank the presidency for organizing this open debate on the subject of post conflict peacebuilding and the opportunity for the Nigerian delegation to participate therein.

Each delegation participating in the Conference shall consist of a head of delegation, and not more that two other accredited representatives, and such alternate representatives and advisers as may be required.

Mr. Sessi (Chairman of the Committee on Contributions) assured the Turkish delegation that the use of reliable, verifiable and comparable data in the preparation of the scale of assessments was one of the Committee's major concerns.

In conclusion, allow me to extend my delegation's sincere appreciation to the German delegation, in particular to His Excellency Ambassador Pleuger for his tireless efforts in preparing the draft resolution on Afghanistan before us.

If the suggested number of copies cannot be provided, 300 is the absolute minimum number necessary for distribution to cover one copy per delegation and limited copies for Secretariat use.

Were religious judges given training in the provisions of the Convention? Perhaps the delegation could describe how women's access to justice was guaranteed in Israel, and could indicate the systems of legal aid that were in place.

When a written text is provided, the delegation concerned should make available to the interpreter someone who knows the language in which the statement is to be delivered and the official language into which it has been translated, to guide the interpreter through the translated text and to ensure synchronization between the speaker and the interpreter.

Ms. Árnadóttir (Iceland), referring to a comment made at a previous meeting concerning the timely submission of documents, said she regretted that Iceland's written replies had not been submitted earlier. She wondered whether the delegation should read out their replies in greater detail.

Mr. KÄLIN said he had been pleased to read in the delegation's written replies that Italy accepted that the Covenant applied to persons under its jurisdiction in cases where Italian troops or police officers were stationed abroad (question 2).