A/38/PV.99 General Assembly

May I consider that the General Assembly takes note of the report of the Security Council [A/38/2]? It was so decided (decision 38/424).

As representatives will recall, the Assembly, at its 40th and 65th meetings, elected 17 members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term beginning on 1 Janu- ary 1984. 3. Because the result of the first unrestricted ballot taken at the 89th meeting was inconclusive, the Assembl: must, in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure, proceed to a second unrestricted ballot in the third series of unrestricted ballots. I remind the Assembly that mem- bers have the right to vote for any State from the Group of Latin American States except, of course, those which are already members of the Economic and Social Coun- cil. To make this clear, I shall give the names of those Statt's which cannot be voted for in the present ballot- ing: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Venezuela. 4. Ballot papers will now be distributed. I ask members to write the name of only one State. Any ballot paper bearing more than one name will be declared invalid. At the invitation ofthe President, Mr. Palazzo (Brazil), U Ko (Burma), .A1r. Hegyi (Hungary), Mr. Aguirre de . Carcer (Spain) and Mr. Kitikiti (Zimbabwe) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. 5. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): The meeting will be suspended while the ballots are being counted. The meeting was suspended at 11.35 a.m. and resumed at 11.45 a.m. 6. The PRESIDENT (interpretationfrom Spanish): The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 135 Number of invalid ballots: 2 Number of valid ballots: 133 Abstentions: 4 Number of members voting: 129 Required majority: 86 *Resumed from the 89th meeting. Friday, 16 December 1983, at 11.25 a.m. NEW YORK Ni~a!agua 71 HaItI 52 Bolivia 5 Peru 1 7. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): Since one seat for the Group of Latin American States still remains to be filled, we shall now proceed, in accord- ance with rule 94, to a third unrestricted ballot. At the invitation ofthe President, Mr. Palazzo (Brazil), U Ko (Burma), Mr. Hegyi (Hungary), Mr. Aguirre de Carcer (Spain) and Mr. Kitikiti (Zimbabwe) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. 8. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): The meeting will be suspended while the ballots are being counted. The meeting was suspended at 11.55 a.m. and resumed at 12.05 p.m. 9. The PRESIDENT (interpretationfrom Spanish): The result of the voting is as foHows: Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of members voting: Required majority: Number of votes obtained: Nicaragua 74 Haiti 48 Bolivia 6 10. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): Since one seat still remains to be filled from the Group of Latin American States, we shall now proceed, in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure, to a fourth series of restricted ballots limited to the two States that have obtained the largest number of votes-namely, Nicaragua and Haiti. 11. Ballot papers will now be distributed. I request mem- bers to write the name of only one State. Any ballot papers containing the name of a State other than Haiti or Nicaragua, or containing more than one name, will be declared invalid. At the invitation ofthe President, Mr. Palazzo (Brazil), U Ko (Burma), Mr. Hegyi (Hungary), Mr. Aguirre de Carcer (Spain) and Mr. Kitikiti (Zimbabwe) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. 12. The PRESIDENT (interpretationfrom Spanish): I shall now suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted. The meeting was suspended at 12.15p.m. and resumed at 12.25 p.m. 13. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: 134o 134 6 128 86 144 2 Nic:a!agua 82 HaIti 53 Bolivia 4 Bahamas '....... 2 Dominican Republic I 25. The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish): One seat remains to be filled from the Group of Latin American States. However, in view of the late hour, and if I hear no objection, I propose that we postpone further balloting to a later meeting, to be announced in due course, and suspend the elections for the time being. It was so decided.