The Russian foreign minister, Igor S. Ivanov, expressed "extreme concern" over today's events and joined in the appeals against efforts to exclude Mr. Arafat.
On Thursday, the European Union's foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton voiced "extreme concern" over the situation in the country and said only a clear plan for a return to democracy could allow its "continuous support".
In June, a UN report expressed "extreme concern" over the level of development along the Great Barrier Reef coast, calling for all building to cease until an assessment of the ecosystem's health was carried out.
"I want to see that this is a real, not ceremonial consultation," he added, saying the council had been born out of the general congregations in the lead-up to the conclave – meetings in which cardinals from outside the curia voiced extreme concern over its activities.
The UN children's agency has expressed "extreme concern" over reports that 40 children from Iraq's Yazidi minority died after an offensive by jihadists.
But Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said there was "extreme concern" over possible movements in bond spreads as a reaction to the results.
