2. The membership of the Security Council should be expanded to at least 26.

My delegation reiterates its gratitude to all the member States which worked tirelessly for years for the expansion of the CD, an expansion which finally bore fruit last year with the admission of a few new members, including my country.

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An increased membership gives greater scope for new ideas, suggestions and proposals.

By its resolution 41 62 B of 3 December 1986, the Assembly increased the membership of the Committee to a maximum of 21 and invited China to become a member.

Finally, I wish Ambassador Kreid well as Special Coordinator on membership expansion.

ACPF continues to grow in its membership and activities.

The first is the issue of expansion of membership of the CD.

The total size of the enlarged Security Council.

Viet Nam was in favour of expanding the Special Committee and turning it into an open ended body so that it would meet the needs of all Member States, in particular troop contributing countries.

Finland supports a further expansion of the membership of the CD.

I. Total size of the enlarged Security Council

Denmark shares that view and has expressed support for expansion expansion achieved by increasing the number of permanent members and non permanent seats and by including developing and developed countries as permanent members.

For example, some of those who oppose expanding the Council to 25 members did not oppose the expansion of NATO and would certainly disagree with the notion that the NATO Council has become less effective since it was expanded to 26 members.

The Ministers acknowledged the need for a concerted effort by Member Countries to expand their information dissemination capacity to boost the development process of member countries.

How can we designate and elect new members of an organ that does not yet exist?

Since last July, the CD has an enlarged membership.

In the interest of strengthening the Treaty and the nuclear non proliferation regime in general, Zangger Committee members have urged parties to the Treaty that are nuclear suppliers to consider seeking membership.

6. The Commission takes note of the expansion of the Trade Point programme and the interest of member countries in participating.

His delegation welcomed the proposal to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations.

An enlarged and strengthened Security Council will be more representative of the membership of the United Nations and better able to meet the challenges of today's world, and, even with the proposed expansion, the ratio of Security Council to General Assembly members will be no more than it was 60 years ago.

His delegation welcomed the recommendation to expand the membership of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, and believed that its expansion would facilitate greater participation by developing countries in the comprehensive study and review of peacekeeping operations.

UNICEF has increased its advocacy on this issue, together with other members of the UNCT.

Expanding the Special Committee apos s membership would ensure greater transparency in its work, which would suit the interests of most countries.

In that connection, Indonesia wholeheartedly supported the decision by the Special Committee to expand its membership.

Their views were mostly focused on the expansion of the Council's membership.

The expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament remains a pending question.

Establishment of African Regional Raw Materials Information System Support for the hosting of Second Action Committee on Raw Materials experts meeting, tentatively scheduled in November 2005 Expansion of the membership base of the Commie and financial and material resources for the maintenance of the Secretariat Contributions of member states to the operations of the Secretariat

In this connection, we welcome the appointment of the Special Coordinator for expansion of membership, the Ambassador of Austria, and wish him success in his work.

However, the rapid expansion in domestic demand resulted in remarkable trade deficits.

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Last year apos s enlargement of the CD apos s membership will also contribute to this.

We are convinced that the expansion of the membership has been beneficial to the Conference on Disarmament itself.

Taking note of the active participation of the Member States in the 2000 NPT Review Conference and encouraging the continuation of such participation in the preparatory process for the 2005 NPT Review Conference

On the other hand, a larger membership could be a means of enhancing the participatory character of the Council.

He emphasized that his group continued to be of the opinion that the Extended Bureau had served the Committee and its members well and that the results achieved at the current session did not differ significantly from those reached when the Extended Bureau had been used.

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His delegation welcomed the Special Committee apos s recommendation that its membership should be expanded, thereby enabling greater numbers of Member States to participate.

The NPT regime has therefore benefited all countries, including non NPT members.

50. However, the United States was committed to building on those successes and trends.

As UNAFEI widens geographical areas from where it receives trainees to Africa and South America, covering 102 different countries as a whole by the end of 2002, ACPF similarly widens its membership to the countries of these regions.

110. Other members considered that it would be necessary to broaden the scope of the Assembly s request by reviewing the entire range of expatriate benefits applicable in the United Nations common system and the comparator service.

She therefore supported the revitalization and expansion of the Advisory Commission and widened participation in host and donor meetings.