text: 22 fbid., document S/10280. 23 Ibid., Twenty-sixth Year, 1573rd meeting, paras. 8-23. 4 1. Affirms that the territorial integrity and political independence of the Republic of Guinea must be respected; 2. Decides to send a special mission of three mem­ bers of the Security Council to Guinea to consult with the authorities and to report on the situation imme­ diately; 3. Decides that this special mission be appointed after consultation between the President of the Security Council and the Secretary-General; 4. Decides to maintain the matter on its agenda. Adopted unanimously at the 1573rd meeting. Decisions At its 1576th meeting, on 26 August 1971, the Council approved the following statement, expressing the consensus of the Council on the question of the implementation of paragraph 2 of resolution 295 (1971): "It is the consensus of the Security Council that the Special Mission called for in resolution 295 ( 1971) should be composed of two members of the Council instead of three. The Special Mission will proceed to Conakry to consult the Government of the Republic of Guinea on its complaint and will report back to the Council as soon as possible." At the same meeting, the President announced that the President of the Security Council and the Secre-
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