A year ago, the State Council held a forum on road safety.

On the day of the signing, the Minamata Citizens' Council held a protest outside the Minamata factory gates.

On 10 September, the Security Council held consultations, followed by an open meeting, on Haiti.

Moreover, the Security Council has included a meeting clause.

On 12 January, the Security Council held an open debate on the question concerning Haiti.

After the consultations, the Security Council held an open meeting at which the President read a presidential statement on Haiti.

3. Welcomes also the close and fruitful cooperation between the Council of Europe and the International Law Commission of the United Nations, and the contribution of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Decade of International Law

The indigenous people accepted the negotiation and some of their representatives held a meeting with the president of the Chamber of Deputies seeking an agreement.

Whitlam agreed, and a meeting was set for 9 am on Tuesday 11 November, at Parliament House.

The annual conference of officials responsible for combating terrorism in the Arab States was held within the framework of the Council of Arab Ministers of the Interior.

The Council is determined to tackle impunity and to bring the perpetrators of those crimes to justice.

First, discussions on reform of the Security Council have been going on in earnest for well over a decade, since the early 1990s.

Mr. Stagno Ugarte (Costa Rica) (spoke in Spanish) We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on Security Council reform.

During the month of April, the Security Council held 14 official meetings and conducted informal consultations on 11 occasions.

The issue of Security Council reform has been before us for more than a decade, and discussions on it have been intense and difficult.

In addition, during the seminar, the Monitoring Group held meetings with representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council.

Reform of the Security Council has been discussed for more than a decade now, and the time is ripe for action.

In the eve of the global Internet governance event hosted in Brazil, NETmundial, the Brazilian Senate approved the one of kind bill of rights for Internet users, known as Marco Civil .

In November 2004, the United Nations Security Council held a rare session at Nairobi to discuss the situations in southern and western Sudan.

The proposal reflects our decade long position on reform of the Security Council that would enlarge its numbers in both categories.

Yet we must remind ourselves that Security Council reform has been debated and discussed for more than a decade now.

On 22 September, the Security Council met at ministerial level to consider civilian aspects of conflict management and peacebuilding.

Mr. Hannesson (Iceland) Iceland welcomes the Security Council's decision to deliberate on the important issue of children and armed conflict.

The Security Council held its monthly open briefing followed by informal consultations on the situation in the Middle East on 22 February.

At its thirty sixth executive session, the Trade and Development Board decided to convene a special session with a view to providing an input to the Millennium 5 Summit process.

One can anticipate the Republicans, now in control of the House of Representatives, exploiting their ability to convene hearings to question and review foreign policy.

The reform of the Security Council has been discussed continuously for well over a decade and debated substantially in the past few years.

Throughout the year, the Council held monthly briefings under the agenda item entitled The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question .

(i) The Trade and Development Board held its fifty second session at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 3 to 14 October 2005.

Initially, the five year interim agreement called for the election of a Palestinian Legislative Council and an executive leader whom the Israelis wanted to call a chairman, spurning the word president.

On January 23, the Security Council issued a statement expressing regret that the conduct of free and fair presidential elections had not yet been carried out in accordance with Security Council Resolution 1559, which was passed on the eve of Lahoud s extension.

I would like to join the others who have congratulated you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during the month of December, and would like to thank Council members, through you, for holding an open meeting to discuss this important matter.

Mr. Pahad (South Africa) We thank Brazil, which holds the presidency of the Security Council, for having convened this important meeting to consider the situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

On the afternoon of the same day, the Council held a private meeting to hear the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sudan, Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail.

As Argentina is presiding over the Security Council this month of January 2005, we proposed to convene an open debate on Haiti in the hope of finding realistic and lasting solutions.

On 17 February, the Security Council held an open debate on the report of the Secretary General on small arms (S 2005 69) dated 7 February.

On 4 February, the Security Council held an open briefing followed by informal consultations on the report of the Secretary General on the Naivasha peace process (S 2005 57).

One year after he was re elected in a landslide, Thailand s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been forced to dissolve the National Assembly and call a snap election.

I should also like to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, for having convened these meetings, which provide all of us with the opportunity to have a fully transparent discussion of the various proposals before us concerning Security Council reform.

On 15 September, the Security Council held informal consultations to consider the latest report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) (S 2004 725).

On 16 September, the Security Council held informal consultations to consider the latest report of the Secretary General on UNAMSIL (S 2004 724).

Second, immediate steps to be taken following an announcement of withdrawal should include automatic referral to the Security Council and calling an extraordinary meeting of States parties to the Treaty.

Thereafter, Abu Ubaidah, the Muslim commander in chief of the Rashidun army in Syria, held a council of war in early October 636 to discuss future plans.

On 29 September, the Security Council held informal consultations to consider the latest report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) (S 2004 697).

At its 13th meeting, on 1 July, the Council held a panel presentation on the response of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) to the Millennium Declaration.