taking note of recommendation 1 contained in the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session65 that Papua New Guinea be included in the list of least developed countries (subject to acceptance by the Government), and also taking note of the letter dated 21 July 200673 from the Permanent Representative of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretariat, decided to defer consideration of the Committee’s recommendation to the substantive session of 2007 of the Council.