A/34/PV.112 General Assembly
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15. Jections to fill vacancies in principal organs (con- tinued) :* i) Elections of five non-permanent members of the Security Council . The PRESIDENT: In accordance with the deci- ion taken by the Assembly at its !1lth plenary ieeting. held on Thursday. 20 December, the Assem- ly meets today solely to resume the election of one on-permanent member of the Security Council from he group of Latin American States for a two-year term eginning on I January 1980. . As members are aware, during 13 plenary meetings eid since 26 October 1979 the Assembly has held 24 ballots which have proved inconclusive. The As- embly will now proceed to the one hundred and wenty-fifth ballot. the first of a series of three un- estricted ballots. in accordance with rule 94 of the rules if procedure. In this unrestricted ballot. any member itate from the group of Latin American States may be . candidate for election except, of course, Bolivia. vhich is about to vacate its seat. and Jamaica. which s already a member of the Security Council. The ballot apers will now be distributed. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mardovich Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Celtk- ol (Turkey) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the neeting while the ballots are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 11.40 a.m. and reramed at 11.20 a.m.
+. The PRESIDENT: The result of the voting is as ollows:
Number of ballot papers: 147
* Resumed from the 110th meeting.
Since no country has obtained the required majority in the first in this series of unrestricted ballots, we shall proceed to the second unrestricted ballot. As in the first unrestricted baliot, any member State from the group of Latin American States may be a candidate for election except, of course, Bolivia and Jamaica. The ballot papers will now be distributed.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mardovich (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Celikhol (Turkey) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 11.30 a.m. and resumed at 11.35 a.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 149 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 149 Abstentions: 1 Number of members voting: 148 Required majority: 99
Number af votes obtained:
Cuba 2... cece eee eee 85 Colombia ............ 2.0.0.0 eee eee 61 Ecuador ......... 02.22. c eee eee I Uruguay 2.0... 2... cece ce eee eee ]
Since the second in this series of unrestricted ballots has proved inconclusive. we shall now proceed to the third unrestricted ballot. As before. in this unrestricted ballot any member State from the group of Latin American States may be <¢ candidate for election except. of course. Bolivia anc Jamaica. The ballot papers will now be distributed.
At the invitation of the President. Mr. Mardovicl (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Celik
heal (Turkey) acted as tellers.
The meeting was suspended at 11.45 a.m. and resumed at 11.55 a.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 149 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 149 Abstentions: 2 Number of members voting: 147 Required majority: 98
Number of votes obtained:
Cuba ....... cece ce eee eee beeen eees 85 Colombia ........ 0... cee cee eee eee 61 Ecuador .....-... 0. cee eee eee eee 1
Since this third unrestricted ballot has proved inconclusive, the Assembly will now proceed to the first of a series of three restricted ballots in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure. This balloting is restricted to the two candidates which have obtained the largest number of votes, namely, Cuba and Colombia. Any papers containing the names of other countries will be declared invalid. The ballot papers will now be distributed.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mardovich (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Celikkol (Turkey) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 12.05 p.m. and resumed at 12.10 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 149 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 149 Abstentioas: 2 Number of mentbers voting: 147 Required majority: 98
Number of votes obtained:
Cuba ... 2.6 ee eee eee eens 85 Colombia ............. 2.0... e ee eens 62
As neither of the two countries obtained the required two-thirds majority, the General Assembly will continue the voting and will hold a second restricted ballot. As in the last ballot. the only countries whose names may be included in the ballot papers are Cuba and Colombia. Any papers contained the names of other countries wil! be declared invalid. The ballot papers will now be distributed.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 12.20 p.m. and resumed at 12.25 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 149 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 149 Abstentions: 2 Number of members voting: 147 Required majority: 98
Number of votes obtained:
Cuba .... eee eee cece cee eee nee 84 Colombia .......... 0.0 c eee e eee eee 63
As neither of the two countries obtained the required two-thirds majority, the Gencral Assembly will continue the voting and will hold a third restricted ballot. As in the last ballot, the only countries whose names may be included in the ballot papers are Cuba and Colombia. Any papers containing the names of other countries will be declared invalid. The ballot papers will now be distributed.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mardovich (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Celikkol (Turkey) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 12.30 p.m. and resumed at 12.45 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 148 Invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 148 Abstentions: 2 Number of members voting: 146 Required majority: 98
Number of votes obtained:
Cuba ..... 0.0.22 eens 81 Colombia ............... 0.000000 00 65
As this third restricted ballot has proved inconclusive, we shall resume the balloting at 3 p.m.
The meeting rose at 12.45 p.m.
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