Chapter VII ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON ITS THIRTY-SEVENTH SESSION 1. At the 16th meeting, on 26 March 1993, the Rapporteur introduced the report on its thirty-seventh session (E/CN.6/1993/L.1 and Add.1-5), and orally revised it. 2. At the same meeting, amendments were proposed by the representatives of the Bahamas, the Philippines, Spain, Venezuela and the Russian Federation. 3. Also at the same meeting, the Commission considered a letter dated 25 March 1993 from the Alternate Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the United Nations Office at Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization addressed to the Secretary-General (E/CN.6/1993/17). The following statements were made for the record: Statement made by the representative of Ghana on behalf of the African States The African Group totally rejects the letter and its annexes as distributed by the Alternate Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the United Nations Office at Vienna (E/CN.6/1993/17), and strongly condemns the conduct of the said Representative and the contents of the above-mentioned letter. As the Chairperson is acting on behalf of the Commission, we consider this letter and its annexes not only as an affront to her authority but also as a challenge to the dignity and authority of the Commission. The African Group would like to express its full support for the Chairperson and its appreciation of and satisfaction with the manner in which she conducted the sessions, in particular in her handling of the deliberations on resolution E/CN.6/1993/L.11 under the most difficult circumstances. The African Group categorically requests the withdrawal of the said letter and its annexes, and asks that this statement be recorded and reflected in the final report of the Commission and be sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and all United Nations organizations in Vienna. Statement made by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Economic Community I do not wish to go into the substance of this document. However, with regard to the presence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and consequently also its right to issue documents, I wish to refer to the European Community’s statement made on 24 March, as follows: -86-