SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS ‘ FORTIETH Y”EAR 260f!Sth MEETING: 26 SEPTEMBER 1985 NEW YORK CONTENTS Page Provisional agenda (S/Agenda/2608) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Adoption of the agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*................................. 1 United Nations for a better world and the responsibility of the Security Council in maintaining international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ZYPV.2608 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. Documents of the Security Council (symbol S/ . . . ) are normally published in quarterly Supplements of the Official Records of the Security Council. The date of the document indicates the supplement in which it appears or in which information about it is given. The resolutions of the Security Council, numbered in accordance with a system adopted in 1964, are published in yearly volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council. The new system, which has been applied retroactively to resolutions / adopted before 1 January 1965, became fully operative on that date. 2608th MEETING Held in New York on Thursday, 26 September 1985, at 3 p.m. President: Sir Geoffrey HOWE (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Present: The representatives of the following States: Australia, Burkina Faso, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Peru, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, 
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