The agreed decisions of the six Great Powers were formally handed over to the Ottoman Government on 23 December 1876 , dismissing the opening Ottoman suggestions that the Conference 's mission might have been obviated by a new Ottoman Constitution approved by Sultan Abdul Hamid II that same day .
The agreed decisions of the six Great Powers were formally handed over to the Ottoman Government on 23 December 1876 , dismissing the opening Turkish suggestions that the Conference 's mission might have been obviated by a new Ottoman Constitution approved by Sultan Abdul Hamid II that same day .