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1. Discussion of the composition and organization of the staff to be assigned to the Security Council under the Charter, Article 101, paragraphs 1 and 2.
10. Discussion of the best means of arriving at the conclusion of the special agreements referred to in the Charter, Article 43.
11. Reception and consideration of reports and recommendations (if any) from the General Assembly.
12. Consideration of the submission of a special report (if any) to the General Assembly (Charter, Article 24, paragraph 3).
13. Election of the dernier of the International Court of Justice (Statute, Articles 4, 7 to 12, 14).

2. Opening of the Meeting by the Temporary Chairman

The Chairman: In accordance with the Articles of the Charter, representatives having been appointed to serve on the Security Council and a meeting having been correctly convened, I declare the Security Council duly constituted and in session.

3. Presentation of the section of the Report of the Preparatory Commission which relates to the Security Council.^[1]

The Chairman: For the presentation of the section of the Report of the Preparatory commission which relates to the Security Council, I call on Mr. Modzelewski.

Mr. Modzelewski (Poland) (translated from French): In my report, presented on behalf of Committee 2 of the Preparatory Commission, I stated that the work done by the Commission, in so far as it concerns the Security Council, covers the following main points:

We drew up a provisional agenda^[2] for the first meetings of the Security Council. We worked out a draft directive to the Military Staff Committee.^[3] Finally, we drew up provisional rules of procedure for the Security Council.^[4]

The provisional agenda, as you you know, comprises thirteen items, and serves as a starting-point enabling the Council to take its first steps.

With regard to the provisional agenda, I would draw the Council's attention to the following items: item 6, concerning the adoption of the provisional rules of procedure, without

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1. See Official Records of the Security Council,' First Year, First Series, Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a.
2. Ibid., Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a, section 2.
3. Ibid., Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a, section 3.
4. Ibid., Supplement No. 1; Annex 1, a, section 4.