A/10/PV.555 General Assembly
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21. Admission of new Members to the United Nations *
The General Assembly has bdore it·two documents in connexion with this item: a letter from the President of the Security Council to the President of the General Assembly [AP099], and a draft resolution proposed by 'forty-one countries [AjL.208] providing for the admission to the United Nations of Albania, Jordan, Ireland, Portugal, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Ceylon, Nepal, Libya, Cambodia, Laos and Spain. 2. I would ask representatives to limit their statements to explanations of vote, which should be made after the voting has been concluded. 3. I call on the rep.esentative of Cuba on a point of order.
4. Mr. NU1\!EZ PORTUONDO (Cuba) (tmnslated from Spanish): I should like to ask whether the President intends to put each of the countries to the vote separately, in accordance with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.1
If the representative of Cuba so requests, each country will be voted on separately.
6. Mr. NU1\!EZ PORTUONDO (Cuba) (translated from Spanish): I should also 1ike to ask for a 1'011- call vote. 7. The PRESIDENT (trtf.nslated from Spanish): We shall vote first on the recommendation concerning Albania contained in the joint draft resolution [Aj L.208].
A vote was taken by roll call.
Costa Rica, having been drawn by lot by the Presi-
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Vlfe shall now vote on the recommendation concerning Jordan.
A vote was taken by roll call.
Greece, having been drawn b:y lot by the President, was called upon to vote first.
We shall now vote on the recommendation concerning Ireland.
A vote was taken by roll call.
Norway, having been drawn by lot b)' the President, was called upon to vote first.
We shall now vote on the recommendation concerning Portugal.
A 'Vo~e was taket~ by roll call. The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to vote first. In favour: Byelorussian Soviet Socialist. Republic, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Repub1ic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Syria, Thailand.. Turkey, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazi1, Burma. A!)'lIinst: NQne.
The recommendation was adopted by 56 votes to fume. 11. The PRESIDENT (translated from Spanish): We shall now vote on the recommendation conc,erning Hungary. Gre,?ce, having been drawn by lot by the President, was ccdled upon to vote first. In favmtr: Guatemala, Honduras,.: ~cel~nd, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, LIbena, Luxem- bourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicara;gua, l~orway,. Pa- kistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, SaudI ArabIa; Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Gleat Britain and Northern Ireland, Uru- guay, Venezuela, Ye!Uen, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Argentina, Austra1ia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecua- dor, Egypt, El Salvador, France. Againstr: China, Cuba. Abstaining: Greece, Netherlands, Philippines, United States of America, Dominican Republic. The recommendation was adopted by 49 votes to 2, with 5 abstentions. 12. The PRESIDENT (translated from Spanish): We shall now vote on the recommendation concern- ing Italy.
A 'l/ote was taken by roll call.
A vote was taken l.1y roll call.
.Uruguay, ham"ng been drawn by lot by the Prt!sident,
We shall now vote on the recommendation concerning Nepal.
A vote was taken by roll call.
Burma, ha'ving been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to vote first.
A vote was taken by roll call.
Burma, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to vote first.
We shall now vote on the recommendation'concerning Libya.
A vote was taken by roll call.
We shall now vote on the recommendation concernit;lg Ceylon.
A vote was taken by roll call.
Chile, having been drawn by lot by the President, was called upon to vote first.
A vote was taken by roll call.
A vote was take.n by roll call.
Iraq, having· been drawn by .lot by the President, was called upon to vote first.
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