A/34/PV.50 General Assembly
THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
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15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs (con- tinued·): (a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council
This morning, the Assembly will resume the election of one non-permanent member of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning I January 1980. Members will recall that at the 47th plenary meeting on 26 October, the Assembly elected four non-permanent members of the Security Council. One seat remains to be filled by a candidate from the group of Latin American States.
2. In accordance with rule 94 of the rules of pro- cedure, we shall now proceed to the fourteenth ballot, which is the first of a series of three ballots restricted to Cuba and Colombia. The ballot papers are now being distributed. May I remind representatives that any ballot paper containing any name other than those of Cuba or Colombia will be declared invalid, since balloting is restricted to those two States.
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 b,'ing counted.
The meeting wassuspended at 11.05a.m. and resum- ed at 11.20 a.m.
The result of the voting is as follows: Number ofballot papers: 142
A vole was taken by secret ballot. 985 A/34/PV.50
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o 142 3 139 93 Number of votes obtained: Cuba 74 Colombia 65
Invalid ballots: Number ofvalidballots: Abstentions: Number ofmembers voting: Required majority:
As neither of the two candidates obtained the required two-thirds majority, the General Assembly will continue the voting and will hold a sec- ond restricted ballot. As in the last ballot, the only countries whose names may be included on 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 (Byeiorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Cellkko! (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 wassuspended at 11.30a.m. and resum- ed at 1l.45 a.m.
The result of the voting is as fellows: Number ofballot papers: 148 Invalid ballots: 0 Number ofvalid ballots: 148 Abstentions: 3 Number ofmembers voting: 145 Required majority: 97
Number of votes obtained: Cuba 79 Colombia 66
As neither of the two candidates obtained the required two-thirds majority, the General 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 on 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.
AI the invitation of the President, Mr. Mardovich (Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Mr. Cetikko! (Turkey) acted as tellers.
The result of the voting is as follows: Number ofballot papers: 148 Invalid ballots: 0 Number ofvalidballots: 148 Abstentions: 3 Number ofmembers voting: 145 Required majority: 97
Number of votes obtained: Cuba 79 Colombia 66
Since the result of the third restricted ballot did not produce a candidate with the re- quired two-thirds majority, the General Assembly will proceed to an unrestricted ballot in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure. In this unrestricted ballot, 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. Celikkol (Turkey) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
I propose now to suspend the meeting while the ballot papers are being counted.
The meeting was suspended at 12.20 p. m. and re- sumed at 12.30 p.m,
The result of the voting is as follows: Number ofballot papers: 148 Invalid ballots: I Number of validballots: 147 Abstentions: 3 Number ofmembers voting: 144 Required majority: 96
Number of votes obtained: Cuba 78 Colombia 65 Saint Lucia I
In accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure, the General Assembly will pro- ceed to a second unrestricted ballot. As before, 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. Celikkol (Turkey) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The result of the voting is as follows: Number ofballotpapers: 147 Invalid ballots: 0 Number ofvalidballots: 147 Abstentions: 3 Number ofmembers voting: 144 Required majority: 96
Number of votes obtained: Cuba 79 Colombia 64 Saint Lucia............................................ I
Since the second in this series of unrestricted ballots 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 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. Ceiikkol (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 wassuspended at 1.00 p.m. and resumed at 1.20 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows: Number ofballotpapers: 146 Invalid ballots: I Number of validballots: 145 Abstentions: 3 Number ofmembers voting: 142 Required majority: 95
Number of votes obtained: Cuba 76 Colombia 62 Saint Lucia............................................ 2 Chile I Peru I
In view of the lateness of the hour and the inconclusive nature of the voting, I suggest that the General Assembly defer consideration of this item until the afternoon of Friday, 2 November. If I hear no objection, it will be so decided.
It was so decided.
The meeting rose at 1.25 p.m,