of the First Committee during the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Members of the Committee have just heard the representative of Chad nominate Mr. Yannis Souliatis for the post of Rapporteur. As there are no other nominations, I take it that the Committee wishes to follow the same procedure as before and dispense with the secret ballot, and declare Mr. Yannis souliatis elected Rapporteur of the First Committee by acclamation. Mr. Yannis Souliatis (Greece) was elected Rapporteur of the First Committee by acclamation • The CHAIRMAN: I wish to express my cordial congratulations to the representative of Greece upon his election as Rapporteur of the First Committee, and I invite him now to take the place reserved for him at the podium. May I now draw ,the attention of members to rule 110 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, which reads as follows: "Congratulations to the officers of a Main Committee shall not be expressed except by the Chairman of the previous session- or, in his absence, by a member of his delegation- after all the officers of the Committee have been elected." I hope that this rule will be applied and respected today and in the future, and I shall be personally grateful to delegations if they could also dispense with that customary passage at the beginning of their statements. I now call on the representative of Brazil. BHS/NH A/C.l/40/PV.2 9-10 Mr. MACIEL (Brazil): Mr. Chairman, first I should like to thank you for the kind words you have addressed to Ambassador de Souza e Silva, and I shall not fail to convey them to him. As you have said, Mr. de souza e Silva, the former Chairman of this Committee in 1984, was unable to come to New York this year to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report of a meeting of the First Committee of the General Assembly, where the representative of Chad nominates Mr. Yannis Souliatis for the post of Rapporteur and is elected by acclamation. The Chairman of the Committee then congratulates the newly elected Rapporteur and reminds members of a rule of procedure. The subsequent discussion is about the Chairman's congratulatory remarks and the introduction of the representative of Brazil. There is no mention of specific issues related to economic development, natural resources, or any of the other categories.

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