Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish for all official meetings, as well as in Portuguese at the request of the Host Government.

Any representative may, in accordance with rule 71 of the rules of procedure of the Conference, make a speech in a language other than the above seven languages. In this case, the representative must provide interpretation services and a written text of the speech in one of the six official languages.

It would assist the interpreters if copies of statements to be delivered in the general debate could be provided in advance to the Conference Room Officer assigned to each of the meeting rooms.