Mr. Ivanou (Belarus), describing the United States and Canadian delegations' remarks about his country as gratuitous and untrue, said that he was at a loss to understand where the information on which they were based had come from. Belarus was a sovereign State Member of the United Nations, party to the principal international human rights instruments and other multilateral treaties.
M. Ivanou (Bélarus), qualifiant de gratuits et de mensongers les propos de la délégation américaine, ne comprend pas sur quelles données se fondent les accusations formulées à l'encontre du Bélarus, État souverain, membre de l'Organisation des Nations Unies qui adhère aux principaux instruments internationaux relatifs aux droits de l'homme et à d'autres instruments multilatéraux.