In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, the President extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure to Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice.
主席征得安理会同意，应塞拉利昂代表的请求，根据《宪章》的有关规定和安理会暂行议事规则第37条，邀请他参加讨论，但无表决权。