CORRECTION

On page 1a of press release GA/9908 issued 14 September, the three full paragraphs concerning support and opposition for the item on the Republic of China on Taiwan should read as follows:

Of the 91 speakers on the item, 24 spoke in favour of including the item in the agenda and 67 spoke against.

Expressing support for inclusion, in addition to Gambia, were representatives of Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Nauru, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Marshall Islands, Senegal, Chad, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, Liberia, Belize, Paraguay, El Salvador, Burkina Faso, Palau, Panama, Malawi, Solomon Islands, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Speaking against inclusion, in addition to China, were the representatives of Lesotho, Guyana, Sudan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Cuba, Mongolia, Argentina, Cyprus, Morocco, Saint Lucia, United Republic of Tanzania, Tajikistan, Iraq, Ukraine, Syria, Mexico, South Africa, Mauritius, Malaysia, Iran, Myanmar, Brazil, Gabon, Spain, France, Ireland, Egypt, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Italy, Angola, Chile, Algeria, Cambodia, Zambia, Namibia, Malta, Nepal, Hungary, Belarus, Congo, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Greece, Tunisia, Mali, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Libya, Yemen, Russian Federation, Djibouti, Bhutan, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ghana, Guinea, Republic of Moldova and Pakistan.

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