8. The Chairman proposed that the Council take the action suggested by him earlier (paragraph 3 above), with the following additional fourth and fifth points:
-fourth, the Council would take note of the statements made; and
-fifth, the Secretariat would be requested to revise the last paragraph of the informal background note taking into account the points raised by the representative of Mexico.1
He also emphasized that the note was an informal background note intended as a helpful yardstick to assist individual Members.