As we have already made clear on a number of occasions, the European Community and its member States do not accept that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is the automatic continuation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In this context, we take note of General Assembly resolution 47/1, adopted on 22 September 1992, in which the Assembly considered that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) cannot continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the United Nations, and decided that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) should therefore apply for membership in the United Nations and shall not participate in the work of the General Assembly. The European Community and its member States have also noted the United Nations Legal Counsel’s advice on the applicability of the General Assembly resolution to the other United Nations bodies. We regard General Assembly resolution 47/1 as a model for action in the specialized agencies and other United Nations bodies in due course, as appropriate. We do not accept that representatives of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may validly represent Yugoslav in this meeting. The presence of the representatives in question is without prejudice to any future action which the Community and its member States may take. Statement made by the representative of the Netherlands on behalf also of Belgium My delegation supports the intervention of the Danish representative in the name of the European Community and its member States. I would like to add that regardless of the legal status of the document, its content is totally unacceptable to my delegation. We consider this to be an insult to the work of the Commission and to its Chairperson. We insist that this statement be reflected in the record of the present session. Statement made by the representative of Australia Australia notes and supports the statement by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Community on this matter. I would go further on behalf of my delegation and indicate our firm objection to the tenor and tone of the language of the document as wholly inappropriate to the conduct and work of this Commission. We have confidence in the competence and leadership of the Chair of this Commission. We wish this statement to be recorded in the proceedings of this Commission. 4. Statements were also made by the representatives of Austria, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Chile (on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean States that are members of the Commission), Finland (on behalf of Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland), Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey, the United States of America and Venezuela. 5. The Commission then adopted the report on its thirty-seventh session (E/CN.6/1993/L.1 and Add.1-5), as orally revised and amended. -87-