He invited the Conference to confirm the nomination of Mr. Hu Xiaodi of China, Mr. Alexander Slabý of Czech Republic and Mr. Mousa Burayzat of Jordan as Vice Presidents designate of the Seventh Conference.

Each and every one of us should serve as a messenger of peace and as a goodwill ambassador.

I should also like to praise the sincere and constructive efforts of the members of the Bureau, the representatives of Finland and Singapore.

I have two speakers for today's plenary meeting, namely, Ambassador Clemencia Forero Ucros of Colombia and Ambassador Yoshiki Mine of Japan.

For today, I have the following speakers at the plenary meeting Ambassador Khan of Pakistan will make a general statement. Ambassador Jazairy of Algeria will speak on the programme of work.

But faithful Adán, the governor of Barinas and a former education minister and ambassador to Cuba, is popular with neither Chávez supporters nor the opposition, owing to his inefficiency and corruption.

Also, a message from The Right Honourable Paias Wingti was read out by Mr. Maimu Raka Nou, Deputy Secretary (Operations), Department of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of Papua New Guinea to the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau.

The views already expressed by the Chairman of the Non Aligned Movement, the Ambassador of Indonesia, and the Chairman of the Group of 77, the Ambassador of Algeria, enjoy the full support of the Pakistan delegation.

But first, I wish to pay special tribute to my predecessors this year, Ambassadors Chris Sanders of the Netherlands and Tim Caughley of New Zealand, for the excellent manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the CD.

The Council took pride in having in its midst a representative of the black race who was one of the most highly recognized people in the world. That person was the greatest boxer and ambassador for life of the Council Mohammed Ali.

I think therefore that there is a lot of sense in the necessity at some stage to try to focus on the issues which need to be grappled with, probably at a high level, as both you and the Ambassador of Italy have just mentioned.

The meetings of the Working Groups of the Group of Governmental Experts were chaired by the two Coordinators Ambassador Jayant Prasad of India on Explosive Remnants of War, and Ambassador Markku Reimaa of Finland on Mines Other Than Anti Personnel Mines.

The meeting was attended by a 13 member Cuban delegation which, in addition to the Minister included the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Minister of Culture, the Ambassador of Cuba to Guyana, the Cuban Ambassador to the Caribbean and the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Cuba.

Mr. Rey Cordoba (Colombia) (interpretation from Spanish) Colombia supports the statements made by the Ambassador of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States and the representative of Indonesia on behalf of the Movement of Non aligned Countries.

To his older brother Adán, he said sarcastically I see you re preparing for the succession.

Toivo Mikael Kivimäki (5 June 1886 6 May 1968), J.D., was head of the department of civil law at Helsinki University 1931 1956, Prime Minister of Finland 1932 1936, and Finland's ambassador to Berlin 1940 1944.

Mr. Ould Ely (Mauritania) (interpretation from French) I should like at the outset to associate my delegation with the views already expressed by the Ambassadors of Tunisia, who spoke on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), and of Algeria, who spoke as Chairman of the Group of 77 and on behalf of China.