A/38/PV.40 General Assembly

This afternoon the General Assembly will pro~eed first to the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council to replace those whose t~rms of office expire on 31 December 1983. The five outgoing members are the following: Guyana, Jordan, Poland, Togo and Zaire. These five States cannot be re-ele(:ted and therefore their names should not appear on the ballot papers. 2. Apart from the five permanent members, the Security Council will include in 1984 the following States: Malta, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Zimbabwe. There- fore, the names of these States also should not appear on the ballot papers. 3. Ofthe five non-permanentmembers whichwillremain in office in 1984, two are from the Groups of African and Asian States, one is from the Group of Latin Amer- ican States and two are from the Group of Western European and Other States. CQnsequently, pursuant to paragraph 3 of General Asse:mbly resolution 1991 A (XVIII) of 17 December 1963, the five non-permanent members should be elected according to the following pattern: three from African and Asian States, one from Latin American States and one from Eastern European States. The ballot paper takes that pattern into account. 4. I call on the representative of the United States on a point of order. S. Mr. SORZANO (United States of America): My point of order, Mr. President, concerns the presence of the Grenadian sitting in the place of the Grenada delega- tion. The United States and a number of other concerned delegations consider that the person occupying the place of the Grenadian delegation is not entitled to represent Grenada in the General Assembly. The Governor-General of Grenada has informed the Secretary-General that no one is authorized to represent Grenada at this time. Accordingly, we challenge the presence in the Assembiy of the individual sitting in the place of the Grenada delegation. 6. I wish to add that as of this date the General Assem- bly has not approved the credentials of any persons as representing Grenada. Indeed, no credentials have been submitted on behalf of Grenada during this session. Accordingly, we raise a formal objection to the partici- pation in our work of the person sitting in the place of Grenada. NEW YORK

I call on the representative of Grenada on a point of order. 8. Mr. TAYLOR (Grenada): Let me first point out that the person who spoke before me is not speaking about somebody from Puerto Rico. Grenada is not Puerto Rito. Grenada is not an American colony. Our country is i~OW being occupied by American soldiers. At this moment Americar. soldiers are in our country butchering our people. At this point I have no idea where the Governor- General of our country is. I have been told that he has communicated with the Secretary-General. The last thing I knew about the Governor-General was that he was on an American aircraft carrier. I do not know where he is now. I do not know~':hetherhe is being held hostage. I certainly do not know that he has asked me not to sit here. If anybody-particularly the person who spoke before me-feels like removing me from this place, he can do so physically. 9. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): Everyone is already familiar with the type of situation that has been raised as a point of order by the represen- tative of the United States. Suffice it to ret=al1 that under rule 29 of the Assembly's rules of procedure: "Any representative to whose admission a Member has made objection shall be seated provisional:.,'with the same rights as other representatives until the Creden- tials Committee has reported and the General Assembly has given its decision." 10. The objection made by the representative of the United States must, and will, be referred to the Creden- tials Committee, which will report on that objection. In the mean time, as the rule says, the representative of Grenada will continue to occupy his place in the Assem- bly. We will now resume our WOl"k. 11. I shouldliketo inform theAssemblythat the required number of candidates receiving the largest number of votes and the majority required will be declared elected. In the case of a tie vote for the last place, there will be a ballot limited to those candidates which have obtained an equal number of votes. May I take it that the General Assembly agrees to that procedure'? It was so decided. 12. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure the election shall be held by secret ballot, and there shall be n:") nominations. 13. The Assembly will recall that in certain cases the President has allowed the chairmen of regional groups to inform the Assembly if they endorse a candidate. The representative of the Syrian Arab Republic has asked to speak as chairman of the Group of Asian States. 14. Mr. EL-FATTAL (Syrian Arab Republic): I wish to announce that the Group of Asian States, which I represent as its chairman, has endorsed India as its can- didate for appointment as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. 15. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): I request representatives to use only those ballot papers which have just been distributed and to write on them GROUP A Number of ballot papers: 150 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 156 A~~oom: 4 Number of members voting: 152 Required majority: 102 Number of votes obtained: Uganda 148 Rwanda 146 Somalia 138 Zaire 123 Burundi 1 Seychelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 United Republic of Cameroon . . . . . . . . . . 1 GROUP B Number of ballot papers: 156 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 156 Abstentiom: . 2 Number of members voting:' 154 Required majority: 103 Number of votes obtained: China 146 Papua New Guinea 142 Sri Lanka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Indonesia 134 India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bangladesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Viet Nam < • • • • • • • • • • • •• 2 Syrian Arab Republic 1 GROUP C Number of ballot papers: 156 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 156 Abstentiom: 1 Number of members voting: 155 Required majority: 104 Number of votes obtained: Argentina 135 Costa Rica 101 Nicaragua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94 Haiti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 74 Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 Guatemala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Grenada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GROUP D Number of ballot papers: 156 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 156 Abstentiom: 4 Number of members voting: 152 Required majority: 102 Number of votes obtained: Finland 149 Sweden 149 Canada 143 United Kingdom ofGreat Britainand North- ern Ireland 134 GRoupE Number of ballot papers: 156 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 156 A~~oom: 7 Number of members voting: 149 Required malority: 100 Number of votes obtained: Poland 146 Yugoslavia 146 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 144 1-1ungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Romania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Having obtained the required two-thirds majority, the following States were elected members ofthe Economic and Social Council for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 1984: Argentina, Canada, China, Finland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Rwanda, Soma- li!.,:•.SriLanka. Sweden, oganaa, Union ofSoviet Socialist Rt;'jJ'i4blics, UnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andNorth- em Ireland. Yugoslavia 6md Zaire (see decision 38/307). 33. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): Two places remain to be filled from the Latin American Group. In accoi'dance with rule 94 of the rules of proce- dure~ we shall pmceed to a second ballot restricted to the four States that h,we obtained the largest number of votes in the vote that was just taken, namely Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua. The ballot papers will now be distributed. 34. May I remind representatives to write on the ballot paper the names of the two States for which they wish to vote. Any ballot paper containing the name of any State other than Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti or Nicaragua or containing more than two names will be declared invalid. 35. In accordance with rule 94 ofthe rules of procedure, the four countries I have named-Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua--should appear as candidates. How- ever, I have been asked formally by the delegation of Cuba to make it known to the General Assembly that Cuba does not aspire to this position and therefore is not a candidate. Nevertheless we have to proceed according to the rules of procedure. I wished the Assembly to be clearly aware of the situation. The ballot papers will now be distributed. At the invitation ofthe President, Mrs. Ashton (Bo- livia), UKo (Burma), Mr. Foldedk(Hungary). Mr. Barrios (Spain) and Mr. Kitik{.ti (Zimbabwe) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot.

The result of the voting is as follows: GROUP C Number of ballot papers: 155 Number of invalid ballots: 2 Numb,zr of valid ballots: 153 Abstentions: 3 Number of members voting: 150 Required majority: 100 Number of votes obtained: Nicaragua ~ . . . . . . . . . . .. 95 Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 92 Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 69 Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 30

As none of the States has obtained the required two-thirds majority, the General Assembly will now proceed to a second restricted ballot. As in the case of the last ballot, the only States whose names may be included in the ballot papers are Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua. As indicated before the previous vote, Cuba has stated that it does not consider itself to be a candidate. Any ballot papers containing the name of another State or more than two names will be declared invalid. Ballot papers will now be distributed. At the invitation of the President, Mrs. Ashton (Bo- livia), UKo (Burma), Mr. F61dedk (Hungary), Mr. Barrios (Spain) and Mr. Kitikiti (Zimbabwe) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. 39. The PRESIDENT (interpretationfrom Spanish): I propose to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted. The meeting was suspended at 7.45 p.m. and resumed . at 8.05 p.m.

The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 151 Number of invalid ballots: 2 Number of valid ballots: 149 Abstentions: 0 Number of members voting: 149 Required majority: 100 Number of votes obtained: Nicaragua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 98 Costa Rica . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94 Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61 Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24 Ni~~agua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 97 HaitI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 53 Cuba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20 44. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): As none of the States has obtained the required two- thirds majority, the General Assembly must, according to rule 94 of the rules of procedure, proceed to up to three urnestricted ballots. However, I propose that this voting take place at a later meeting, to be announced in due course, and that the election should be suspended for the time being.

I should like to inform members of the Assembly that this afternoon I received a letter from the representative of Nicaragua [A/38/245] requesting the inclusion in the agenda of this session of an additional item entitled "The situation in Grenada". In his letter the representative of Nicaragua also asked that, given its importance and its urgent nature, priority be given to consideration of that item. Accordingly, the General Committee will meet following the adjournment of this meeting in the Trustee- ship Council chamber. The Assembly will consider the report ofthe General Committee at the meeting to be held tomorrow morning. The meeting rose at 8.45 p.m.