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EX. 7 Interpret the Following Parts of Procedural Brief (E- C)
( i ) Opening of the Meeting and Adoption of the Agenda
(1)The 1924th meeting/of the Security Council/is now calledto order.
(2)The provisional Agenda/for this afternoon's meeting/is be-fore the Council in document S/Agenda/1271.//If I hear no objec-tion,/I shall consider the agenda adopted.
(3)There being no objection, the agenda is adopted.
(4)I declare the agenda adopted.
( ii ) Expression of Thanks to the Retiring President
(5) In accordance with the usual practice, I should like to pay atribute to my predecessor, who ably presided over the Council duringthe month of May.
(6)Before the Council proceeds to the subject of our meetingtoday I should like, right away, to discharge a most pleasant duty.///It is that of conveying, on behalf of the Council and on my own be-half, our gratitude to the Ambassador of France/ who presided withsuch equanimity over the Council's deliberations in the Month ofNovember.
(7)The Ambassador, as we all expected, conducted the businessof this Council with a display of the skill and maturity to which wehave all become accustomed.///Under his presidency we dealt suc-cessfully with several items of major importance to the internationalcommunity and sought to maintain the dignity and to fulfil the re-sponsibilities of this Council.////We all owe him a deep debt of grati-tude.
( iii ) Calling on a Representative to Speak
(8)The Council will now proceed to consider the item on its A-genda for today's meeting.//Before we proceed to the substance ofthe item, it is my intention to call on the Secretary-General at his re-quest.
(9) I shall now call on Members of the Council who wish tospeak.
(10)The first speaker inscribed on my List is the representativeof the United States, to whom I now give the floor.
(11) The next speaker on my List is the representative of Thai-land ……