of the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Pakistan in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I pro- pose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant pro- visions of the Charter and rule 37 of the provisional rules of procedure. 3. The PRESIDENT: The Council is resuming con- sideration of this item today in response to the request contained in the letter dated 28 July from the repre- sentatives of Egypt and France to the President of the Council [S//.53/6]. 4. Members of the Council have before them docu- ment S/ 1.53 17, which contains the text of a draft reso- lution submitted by Egypt and France. 5. I should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to the following other documents: S/15274, containing the text of a letter dated 5 July from the representative of Cuba to the President of the Council; S/15276, containing the text of a letter dated 2 July from the representative of Brazil to the Secretary- General; S/15284, containing the text of a letter dated 10 July from the representative of China to the Secre- tary-General; S/15288, containing the text of a letter dated 12 July from the representative of Pakistan to the Secretary-General; S/ 15294, containing the text of a letter dated 8 July from the representative of Seychelles to the Secretary-General: S/ 15297, containing the text of a letter dated 15 July from the representative of China to the Secretary-General: S/15299, containing the text of a letter dated 16 July from the representa- tive of Jordan to the Secretary-General; S/15300, con- 