Request for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the agenda of the 54th session : need to examine the exceptional international situation pertaining to the Republic of China on Taiwan, to ensure that the fundamental right of its 22 million people to participate in the work and activities of the United Nations is fully respected : letter dated 11 August 1999 from the representatives of Burkina Faso, El Salvador, the Gambia, Grenada, Honduras, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands and Swaziland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the General Assembly