Libyan delegation: Thank you very much, Mr. President. The issues of minorities are very noble, and it carries a noble message. So, we urge, we plead that representatives of minorities to somehow refrain from being used and misused by hidden agenda, and aiming at dismantling the core of the United Nations which is the state, and being away from the languages of separatists. This is a noble cause, and it has to carry a noble message. Thank you. President of the Forum: Thank you very much, the representative of Libya, and now I call upon the United States of America. United States delegation: Mr. Chairman, the United States supports the ability of NGOs to express their concerns in this open forum, and lends our support to the statement of Austria. [loud applauses] President of the Forum: Thank you very much for your statement. Now I give the floor to the distinguished delegation of Russia. Russia has the floor. Russian delegation: Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. Like other delegations that have already spoken, we believe that the statement by this NGO is a politicized statement, and it is counterproductive, and is not such as to foster dissimilar conduct of the discussions and debates on this issue. In this connection, we support the