l should like to explain the position of my delegation in regard to the course of action which it is proposed that the Council should take. If the proposai had been put to the vote, my dele- gation, as a party to the dispute, would have abstained under Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter.
Rule 8 of the Security Council's rules of procedure provides thaJt "the provi- sional agenda for a meeting shaH he communicated ... at least three days before the meeting", unless the circttl11stances are urgent, in whioh case "it may be communicatecl simultaneously with the notice of the meeting".
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