adopted before 1 January 1965, became fully operative on that date. SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH MEETING Held in New York on Wednesday, 6 June 1973, at 10.30 a.m. President: Mr. Yakov MALIK (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). PLesenf: The representatives of the following States: Australia, Austria, China, France, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and Yugoslavia. Provisional agenda (S/Agenda/l717) 1, Adoption of the agenda. 2. The situation in the Middle East: (a) Security Council resolution 33 I (1973); lb) Report of the Secretary-Genera1 under Security Council resolution 331 (1973) (S/10929). The meeting was called to order at Il. 5 a.m. Expression of thanks to the retiring President 1. The PRESIDENT (translation from Russian): Before taking up discussion of the substance of the item on the provisional agenda for today’s meeting of the Security Council, I should like to pay a tribute to my predecessor as President of the Security Council last month, the distin- guished Permanent Representative of the Sudan, Mr. Abdulla, who very skilfully directed the proceedings of the Council in May, I take particular pleasure in pointing out that Ambassador Abdulla represents a country with which the Soviet Union maintains friendly relations. Am- bassador Abdulla is known as an experienced diplomat with profound knowledge of matters affecting the practice, procedure and substance of the work of the Security Council. Under his effective guidance, the Council last month considered the question of the situation in Southern Rhodesia. Unfortunately, the Council was unable to con- clude its consideration of that question by the adoption of a decision which would have been in full accord with the just interests of the liberation of the people of Zimbabwe. I am sure that all members of the Security Council will agree that Ambassador Abdulla guided the proceedings of the 
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