I would like to say the following. I think I would like to thank all of those that have participated in this morning’s discussion so far, that have contributed at this juncture. I also agree with everybody who has said that we have reached a critical moment. Indeed one of the critical elements of this moment is that we are approaching the end of the 2009 session of the Conference very fast. And it is for this reason that we have continued the very intensive consultations, our predecessors and in particular Ambassador Millar have undertaken in order to precisely move the Conference forward and allow the beginning of real implementation of the Programme of Work.

These consultations in fact I have conducted until this very morning, and I have encountered cooperation, openness and constructive approaches by all consulted. But I have not come to the conclusion that we are able to reach consensus on a text of a decision. I am certainly ready to continue these consultations, and I would suggest in a last effort that this meeting is now suspended, for a brief moment, in order to allow informal Presidential consultations with all interested Delegations in room 1 next door.

[Informal Presidential consultations took place.]

I resume the 1155th Plenary of the Conference on Disarmament and thank Delegations for their patience and the participation in informal consultations, which have taken place in the meantime and which are continuing. We will continue a meeting with all interested Delegations in the same room this afternoon at 4 O’clock. And I see then, if and when a new plenary meeting of the Conference will be called.

If there are no further comments, this meeting is adjourned.

Thank you.

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