The President Spanish

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.

Following consultations among members of the Security Council and with reference to the statement made by the President of the Council at the 3420th meeting of the Council, held on 25 August 1994, document S/PRST/1994/48, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council:

"The Security Council has decided to suspend the operation of rule 18 of the provisional rules of procedure so as to allow the presidency of the Security Council to be held in December 1994 by Rwanda, following the holding of the presidency in October 1994 by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in November 1994 by the United States of America. From January 1995, the presidency will again be held as specified in rule 18, beginning with the member of the Security Council whose name in the English alphabetical order follows that of the United States".

This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/1994/55.

The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda.