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Ambassador Yonov Agah (Nigeria)
United States of America
C TRANSITIONAL REVIEW UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE PROTOCOL OF THE ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
26. The representative of the United States said that the practice of TRMs had varied from committee to committee, but that in this Council China had always taken the floor first to introduce its submission, had provided its responses to the written questions and Members had intervened afterwards. However, it was his delegation's view that substance was more important than procedure in this case and the United States were therefore prepared to proceed in either order at this time.
IP/C/M/55