SecCo wrap-up for May 2002 – 4547th (closed) meeting – Communiqué

Official communiqué of the 4547th (closed) meeting of the Security Council

Held in private at Headquarters, New York, on Friday, 31 May 2002, at 10 a.m.

In accordance with rule 55 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the following communiqué was issued through the Secretary-General in place of a verbatim record:

    “At its 4547th meeting, held in private on 31 May 2002 at 10.00 a.m., the Security Council considered the item entitled ‘Wrap-up discussion on the work of the Security Council for the current month’.

    “The President, with the consent of the Council, invited the representatives of Angola, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United Republic of Tanzania to participate in the discussion of the item without the right to vote in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure.

    “The President drew attention to a letter dated 28 May 2002 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations (S/2002/602), requesting an invitation to participate in the meeting in accordance with the Council’s previous practice. In accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard, the President, with the consent of the Council, invited the Permanent Observer of Palestine to participate in the discussion.

    “The members of the Council, the representatives invited under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure and the Permanent Observer of Palestine had a constructive discussion.”

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