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Before taking action the text, Mr. ABELIAN, the Committee Secretary, noted a correction to the English text.

The representative of the United States said that the United States could not agree to consensus on the draft resolution, as it was fundamentally flawed and internally inconsistent.

The use of a funding resolution to produce claims against a MemberState was incorrect. No other funding resolution had been used in a similar matter. ...

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