A/39/PV.100 General Assembly

Friday, Dec. 14, 1984 — Session 39, Meeting 100 — New York — UN Document ↗

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18.  Implementation of the Declantion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Coutries and Peoples (co"ti"ued):* (a) Report ofthe Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; (6) Reports of the Secretary-General I. The PRESIDENT: This morning the Assembly will first review its consideration of agenda item 18. In this connection the Assembly has before it various draft resolutions and recommendations contained in document A/39/L.17 and Corr.l, A/39/L.18 and chapter 11 of the report of the Special Committee [A./39/23(Part 1) and CO".1]. I call on the Chairman of the Special Committee, Mr. Abdul Koroma of Sierra Leone. 2. Mr. KOROMA (Sierra Leone), Chairman of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation ofthe Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples: Mr. President, I wish to thank you for calbng me at this stage in connection with the Assembly~s consideration of the three draft resolu- tions relating to agenda item 18. 3. In relation to the recommendation of the Special Committee set out in paragraph 10 ofchapter II ofits report, concerning the programme of activiti~s in observafice of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration, reference is made to the ongoing consul- tations by the Chairman. The purpose of my inter- vention at this time is to inform the Assembly that, with respect to the preparation of a compendium on the subject of decolomzation referred to in subpara- graph (n) of that paragraph, it has been agreed upon by members of the Special Committee that this recommendation need not be acted upon by the Assembly. 4. I may add in this regard that the majority of the members of the Special Committee are convinced of the usefulness of such a study and that it may be undertclken at a later date, as appropriate, in another context. I should like to place on record the apprecia- tion of members of the Special Committee for the • Resumed from the 87th meeting.

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Abstaining: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Italy, Luxembourg. The draft resolution was adopted by 138 votes to 2, with 6 abstentions (resolution 39/91). 49. The PRESIDENT: I now put to the vote draft resolution A/39/L.18. A recorded vote has been requested. ' A recorded vote was taken.

79.  Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations 58. Mr. CHEN CHARPENTIER (Mexico), Rap- porteur of the Special Political Committee (interpre- tationfrom Spanish): I have the honour to present to the General Assembly for its consideration this morning 10 reports of the Special Political Commit- tee. 59. The first report [A/39/609] relates to agenda item 70. The Special Political Committee considered this item at two meetings, and after hearing 18 statements in the general debate adopted a draft resolution without a vote. The draft resolution, which appears in paragraph 8 of the report, is recommended to the General Assembly for adoption. 60. The second report [A/39/712] relates to agenda item 71. Ten meetings of the Special Political Committee were devoted to this item and 47 delega- tions took part in the discussion. Eight draft resolu- tions, all of which were adopted by recorded votes, appear in paragraph 26 of the report and are recommended to the General Assembly for adoption. 61. The third report [A/39/713], relates to agenda item 72. The Special Political Committee devoted nine meetings to consideration of this item, between 2 November and 1 December, and, after hearing 48 spp-akers in the general debate, adopted by consensus the draft resolution which appears in paragraph 10 of the report. I commend that draft resolution to the General Assembly for adoption. 62. .With regard to agenda item 73, the Committee considered this item at four meetings and heard 29 statements in the general debate. The draft resolu- tion, which was adopted without a vote, appears in paragraph 6 of the report [A/39/610] and is recom- mended to the General Assembly for adoption. 63. Turning to agenda item 74, twelve meetings were devoted to consideration of this item and 76 speakers participated in the general debate. The two draft resolutions, both of which were adopted by recorded votes, appear in paragraph 15 of the report and ate recommended to the General Assembly for adoption. dec~d.ed not to .dlscuss the reports of the Special ofTanzania, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugosla- Political Committee. via, Zambia, Zimbabwe. 69. Th~ PRESIDENT: Statem~~ts will be limite~ to Against: Israel, United States of America. explan~tlons of ~ote. The posltlon~ of delegatIOns Abstaining: Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, r~gardl~~ the vano~s recommendatIOns of th~ Spe- Guatemala, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Liberia, Malawi, clal PO!ltlcal Committee have peen made clear m *e Nepal, Panama, Paraguay, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Committee and are reflected m the relevant offiCial Tobago, Zaire. o. records.. . Draft resolution A was adopted by 120:votes to 2, 70. ~~y I remmd members that m paragraJ?h 7 of with 15 abstentions (resolution 39/95 A).• ItS deCISion 34/401 the General Assembly deCided as follows: "When the same draft resolution is consid- 75. The PR.ESIDENT: Next, I shall put to the vote ered in a Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a draft resolutIon B. A separate, recorded vote.has been delegation should, as far as possible, explain its vote reque~ted on par~graph 1 of dra.ft resolutIOn B. If only once, Le., either in the Committee or in plenary there IS no obJectIOn, I shall put It to the vote first. meeting unless that delegation's vote in plenary A recorded vote was taken. meeting is different from its vote in the Committee." In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, 71. We shall consider first the report of the Special Argentina, Australia, Austpa, Bal~amas, ~ahrain, Political Committee on agenda item 70 [A/39/609]. Bang1adc:s~, Barbados, Be1glU~, Behz~, Benm, Bhu- The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft tan, B<?livla, B.otswana, Brazd, Brunei l?arussalam, resolution recommended by the Special Political ~ulgarIa,. Burku?-a .Faso, B~a, Burundl, Byelorus- Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. The Com- slan Soviet SOCialIst R;epubb~, CamerooD:, Canada, mittee adopted that draft resolution without a vote. Cape Ve.rde, Chad, Chde, Chma, Colomb!a, Congo, May I take it that the Assembly also wishes to adopt Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Demo- it? cratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, .The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 39/94) Djibouti, Domini~an R~public, ~~ado~'..E~t, El . Salvador, Equatonal Gumea, EthIOpia, FIJI, FInland, 72. Th~ PRES~I?ENT: We~um now to the r~port of France, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Re- the SpeCial PolItical Committee on agenda Item 11 public, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, [A/39/712]. Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guy- 73. There are no representatives wishing to speak in ana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, explanation of vote before the voting. The Assembly Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Ku- will therefore now vote upon draft resolutions A to wait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, H, one by one. After all the votes have been taken, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxem- representativ~~ will again be given an opportunity to bourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, explain their votes. Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, MongOoo lics~ Uniteri Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yem- en, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Against: Israel. Abstaining: United States of America. Draft resolution C wa3 adopted by 143 votes to 1, with 1 abstention (resolution 39/95 C).3 78. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now turn to draft resolution D. A separate, recorded vote has been requested on paragraph 6 of that draft resolu- tion. If there is no objection, I shall put it to the vote first. A recorded vote was taken. In lavour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Bra- zil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Re- public, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,. China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democrat- ic Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, . Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gaboa, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Demo- cratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mal- dives, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Moroc- co, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, To~o, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet SocialIst Republic, Union ofSQviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugosla- via, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ' ~esol!1tl(~n D as a whole. The programme budget Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portu- ~mphcatlOns of that d~aft resolutl.on are to be found gal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and m the report of the FIfth CommIttee [A/391769]. A Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra recorded vote has been requested. Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, A recorded vote was taken. Suriname, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Togo, Tri~i.dad anq Tobag!J, :runisia, T!1rkey, pgan- Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, da, .Ukram}a~ Soviet S~clahst .Repubhc, Um,on of Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulga- SO':let SOC?lahst Repubhcs, Un~te~ Arab EmIrates, ria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Umted K.in~dom of Gr~at Bntam a~d Northern Soviet Socialist Republic, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ireland, Umt~d Repubhc of Tanzama, .Urugu.ay, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Venez~ela,. VIet Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVIa, ZaIre, Congo, Costa Rica,S Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Dji- Against: Israel. bouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guin- . ., . ea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, German Demo- Abstammg: Umted States of Amenca. cratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Draft resolution E was adopted by 143 votes to 1, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, with 1 abstention (resolution 39/95 E).6 Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Ku.wait, Lao People's . Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan 81. T~e PRESIDENT. I now put t? the vote draft Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, M&laysia, Maldives, resolution F. A recorded vote has oeen requested. Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongo- A recorded vote was taken. lia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, fi'.c.· • • Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guin- In ~vour. Algha~lstan, Al?ama, Algena, An~o~~t, ea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Ro- Argentma, Austraha, Aust~a, Ba~amas, l;J~ra1I.l., mania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Banglad~sp:. Barbados, BelglU~, Behzt:, Bem~, Bhu- Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, tan, B~hvla, B,otswana, BrazIl, BruneI I?arussalam, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suri- ~ulgana,. Burki~a .\aso, Bu~a, BurundI, Byelorus- name, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trini- slan Soviet Soclahs.. Re\1ubhc, Cam~roon, Cana~a, dad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraini- Ca\1e Verde, Ct:ntral Afncan Rep~bhcrChad, Chlle, an Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Chma, Colo~bla, Congo, ~osta Rica, ,,-,uba, Cyprus, Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United ~zechoslovakia, Demo~~atlc ~mpu~h~a, Democ~t- Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet IC Yemen, Denmark, DJlboutI, DOffiln.Ic8:n Rep~bhc, Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Ecu~dC?r, E~t, .EI Salvador, Equatonal Gumt:a, . U . dSf' EthIOpia, FIJI, Fmland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Agamst: Israel, ntte tates 0 Amenca. German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Re- Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, public, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, of, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao Peo- Liberia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New pie's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lib- Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Sweden, United King- yan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, dom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Zaire. Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Maurita- Draft resolution D, as a whole, was adopted by 115 nia, ~auritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, ~o- votes to 2 with 28 abstentions (resolution 39/95 D) 1 zamblque, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nlcar- 80. The'PRESIDENT: Next I put to the vote draft agua, Niger, Nigeria, N0!Way, Oman, r~~tan, resolution E A recorded vote has been requested Panama, Papua New Gumea,. Peru, Phihppmes, . . Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romama, Rwanda, Samoa, A recorded vote was taken. Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Sn Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Syrian Arab Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhu- Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, tan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorus- Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, sian Soviet Sc~ialist RepUblic, Cameroon, Canada, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Cape Verde, Central Afncan Republic, Chad, Chile, Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of roc~o, Mozamblq.ue, Nepal, NIcaragua, NIger,. NI- be amended to read as follows: gena, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New GUInea,,, . r: • Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Roma- H~lds Israel res.ponsIble.lor the secunty of the nia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, PalestIne refugee.s In occupl~d sou~hef!l Lebanon, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Soma- and ca!ls upon I~ to .fulfil ItS ~bhgatlOns as ~he lia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Repub- OCCUPYI!1g Power I~.thIS regard, In accordance ~Ith lic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, the ~ertInent provlslon~ ofthe G~~~va ConventIo.n Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Repub- re.latIve to the ProtectIon of Clvlhan Persons In lic, Union ofSoviet Socialist Republics, United Arab TIme of War, of 12 August 1949;". Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, 96. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative Venezuela, Viet Nams Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, of Israel, who wishes to ex.plain his vote before the Zambia, Zimbabwe. voting. Against: Germany, Federal. Republic of, Isra~l, 97. Mr. BARROMI (Israel): The common element Japan, Netherlands, United Kingdom of Great Bnt- in the 11 draft resolutions before us is the continued ain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. acquiescence with the fundamentally unhealthy situ- Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, ation that is the artificial pe~etuation ofthe refu.gee Denmark Finland France Greece Iceland Ireland problem. Some draft resolutIOns are ofan aggressive, Italy Lu,zembourg' New Z~aland Norway Portugal' partisan, anti-Israel character. The overall effect of Spai~, Sweden. ' '" these texts, if .adopted, will be a}lother growing . refugee populatIOn, an ever-expandIng bureaucracy .Draft resolutzo.n B was adf?pted by 122 votes to 6, and the rising curve of expenses to be funded by the with 17 abstentIOns (resolutIOn 39/98 B). international community. The United Nations will 88. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative share for another year in the solution-oriented action of Australia for an explanation of vote. afoot. 103. The most obvious example of politicization of the refugee item is draft resolution I, entitled "Pro- tection of Palestine refugees". The draft resolution holds Israel responsible for the situation in southern Lebanon. The sixth preambular paragraph refers to "kidnapping, disappearances, evictions in the face of ~rants and scholarships for higher education, includ- Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, 109 vocational training, for the Palestine refugees". A Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, recorded vote has been requested. Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philip- A recorded vote was taken. pines, Poland, Portug.al~ Qata-r, Romania, Rwanda, In/avour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Samoa, Sao Tome ~md Principe,. Saudi Arabia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, ~enegal,. Seyc~el1t:is, SIerra ~,?ne, S~ngapore, Soma- Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, ha,. SpalO, Sn La~ka, S~d,,, .,'~ ~nnam~, .Sweden, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Synan Arab ~~pubhc, ThaIlano, "ogo, ~n!1Idad a~d Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet To~ag?, TumslazTurk~y, Ugand~, Uk!,!-lO~an SovIet Socialist Republic, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, ~oclahst .Repubhc, UDl~n of Sovle~ Socla!lst Repub- Central Afric;i~ R~public, Chad, Chile, China, Co- hcs, Un~te~ Arab EmIrates, Umted .Kingdom ,?f lombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czecho- G.reat ~nt~lO and North~""tl Ireland, l...!mted Repubhc slovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic of Tanzama, .Uru~ay, '~41e~uela,.Vlet Nam, Yem- Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, en, Y~goslavIa, ZaIr~, ZambIa, ZImbabv.:e. Ecu~d~r, E~y.Pt, .El Salvador, Equatorial 9uin~a, Agamst: Israel, Umted States of Amenca. EthIopIa, FI]I, FlO!and, FraI?-ce, Gabon, vambla, Abstaining: None. GermaJ;l DemocratIC Repubhc, Germany, Fe~eral Draft resolution E was adopted by 145 votes to 2 ReJ?ubhc .of, Ghana, Gree~ez Guatemala, GulOea, (resolution 39/99 E) 1 GulOea-Blssau, Guyana, HaItI, Honduras, Hungary, . .., Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Ill." The P~SIDENT: D.raft ~eso.lutI,?n F IS ent!- Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao t!ed Resump,tlOn of the ration dlstnbutlOn to Pales- People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, tlOe refugees . A recorded vote has been requested. Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Mad- A recorded vote was taken. agasc~r, ~alawi, Malaysia,.Maldives, ~ali, Malta, In favour: Mghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Maunta~Ia, MauntIUs, MeXICO, Mongoha, Morocco, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, M.ozamblque~ Nep~l, ~ether1ands, New Zea.land, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei NIcaragua, Nlger, Nlgen~, Norway, Oman, Pakis~~n, Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burun- P~narna, Papua New GulOea, Paraguay, ~eru, Phlhp- di, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Came- plOes, Poland, Portugal, Qat~r, .Romama,. Rwan~a, roon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Samoa, Sao Tome ~md PrlO(:Ipe,. SaudI ArabIa, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, ~enegal,. Seyc~elles, SIerra Leone, S~ngapore, Soma- Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democrat- ha,. SpalO, Sn La~ka, SU.dan, Sunnam~, .Sweden, ic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, SyrIan Arab ~C?pubhc, ThaIland, Togo, ~n!1Idad a~d Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, To~ag?, Tumsla~ Turk~y, Ugand~, Ukr,!-lO.lan SOVIet Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, ~oclahst .Repubhc, Um~n of Sovle~ SOCIa!lSt Repub- Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, hcs, Un~te~ Arab TEmIrates, Umted .KlOgdom?f Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indone- Great Bf1t~lO and.Northern Ireland, U~lted RepublIc sia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, of Tanzama, .Umted States of AmerIca, .Urugu.ay, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Leba- Venez~ela,. Vlet Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVIa, ZaIre, non, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, ZambIa, ZImbabwe. Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mal- Against: None. ta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Mo- Abstaining: Israel. roc~o, Mozambiq.ue, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger,. Ni- Draft resolution D was adopted by 145 votes to gena, Oman, Paklst~J;l, P.anama, Papua New GulOea, none, with 1 abstention (resolution 39/99 D).l P~raguay, Peru, PhlhpplO~~, Poland, Qat,!-r, Roma: 110 Th PRESIDENT' D fi l' E . t' ma, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao ..ome and Pnnclpe, SaudI '" e. .. ra t reso ut.l(~~ IS en 1- Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, tied PalestlOe refugees m the Gaza Stnp . A record- Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, SUriJ;lame, Syrian Arab ed vote has been requested. Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trimdad and Tobago, A recorded vote was taken. TT T js~a, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, R~'~Jblic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Umted Arab Emirates, United Republic ofTanzania, chea~ D_::nocratIc Yemen, DJlboutI, DominIcan ~e- public of, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, pu~lIc, Ecu~do~, Egxpt, El Salvador,. Equatonal Liberia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Gumea, l?thIOPIa, fiJI, Gabon, Gambia, German Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain Democratic RepublIc, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, and Northern Ireland Zaire. Guinea, Gui~ea-Bissau,. Guyana, Haiti, Hondura~, Draft resolution H ~as adopted by 123 votes to 2, Hungary~ India, IndoneSia, Iraq, Iv<?ry Coast, Jamal- with 21 abstentions (resolution 39/99 H).I ca, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia 114. The PRESIDENT: Before I put draft resolu- L 'b·· - _. - ..&-. 1 ..... ' ... " ...... ~ .......' •.:_- l' • .-.. .1...- ..._+-- T_~~~ftA rAprQC!Ant~tj"DtC th~t ~£! I V,",~. Arab Jamanlnya, Maaagascar, MalaWI, Ma- UUIl .l l.U UIC V~l.C, .l A"'UA~"U ~'" 1"'''''"''' 'un",,,, ,.nw" w", layiia, ~j1aldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, the representatIve of Pakistan announce~ earlIer [see Me::,L.o, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, para. 95], paragraph 2 has been reVised by the Nica',agua, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua spopsors:, We sh~ll now vote. on draft r~~olutIon I, New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, ent!tled ProtectIOn of P~lestme refugees, as orally Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao reVised by the representatIve of Pakistan. A recorded Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sey- vote has been requested. chenes~ Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri A recorded vote was taken. Lan~a, Sudan, Suri~a~e, Syrian Arab Repu~l!c, In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, ThaIland, Togo, Tnn~d~d and. Toba~o? TUnISIa, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, ~urkey.' Uganda,. Ukral!ll~n SovIet ~oclalIs.t Repub- Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, IIc, pmon of~ovletSoclal!st RepublIcs, .UnIted Arab Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, EmIrates, Un!ted RepublIc of Tanzama, .Urugu.ay, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Venez}lela,. Vlet Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVIa, ZaIre, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Zambl.a, ZImbabwe. . . Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Agamst: Israel, Umted Sf'?tes of Amenca. Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampu- Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, chea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Re- Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal,Re- public, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial public of, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Neth- Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, erlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Greece, .quatemala, Guinea, Guinea:Bissau, G~y- Draft resolution G was adopted by 127 votes to 2, ana, HaIti,. Honduras, Hungary, India, Ind~nesla, with 17 abstentions (resolution 39/99 G).I Iraq, Jamaica, Jap~n, Jordan.. Kenya, Kuwait, Lao . People's Democratic RepublIc, Lebanon, Lesotho, 113. rhe PRE~IDE~T. We com~ next to draft Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Ma- r~solutlOn H, entltle~ ~evenuesdenved from Pa~es- laysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, tme refugee properties . A recorded vote has b.en Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, requested. New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, A recorded vote was taken. Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Phil- In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, ippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Sao Tome' and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Syrian Arab Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet So~ialist ''"€had, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampu- United Arab Emirates, United Republic ofTanzania, Guinea-Biss~u, Guyana.. Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Abstaining: None. r~eland, IndIa, IndoneSIa, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Ivory . ".'oasT JTa-m---a-l'c"a JTa--pa--11 T_-U ..1...- 'U __ .", v ....._:.. T _~ Draft resolutIOn K was adopted by 144 votes to 2 " \~, , ,JUI cUI, ~cllya, ~uwau., LJClV I 1-' 39/99 K-j 7 People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, ,reso utzon -J. Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxembourg, Ma- 117. The PRESIDENT: I shall now call on those dagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, representatives who wish to explain their vote, Maurita~ia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, 118. Mr. FARTAS (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (inter- M.ozamblque~ Nep~l, ~etherlands, New Ze~and, pretation from Arabic): My delegation supported the NIcaragua, Nlger, Nlgen~; Norway, Oman, Pakis!~n, draft resolutions on Israeli practices in occupied P~nama, Papua New Gumea, Paraguay, J;>eru, Phlhp- Arab territories as well as the draft resolution on the pmes, Poland, Portugal, Qat~r, .Romama,.Rwan4a, work ofthe United Nations Reliefand Works Agency Samoa, Sao Tome ~md Prmclpe,. SaudI ArabIa, for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Nevertheless, ~enegal,.Seycb;elles, SIerra Leone, S!ngapore, Soma- we should like to take this opportunity to reaffirm ha,. Spam, Sn La~ka, Su.dan, Surmam~, .Sweden, our firm position on the substance of the Palestinian Synan Arab ~~pubhc, ThaIland, Togo, ~n!1ldad a~d question and therefore to express reservations about To~ag~, Tumsla~ Turk~y, Ugand~, Ukr~m}an SovIet anything in the draft resolutions that might signify ~oclahst .Repubhc, Um~n of Sovle! Socla!lst Repub- that my country would be prepared to recognize the hcs, Un!te~ Arab EmIrates, Umted .Kmgdom <;If Zionist entity or to confer legitimacy on it. Great Bntam and Northern Irelam!, Umted Repubhc ... of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yem- 119. Mr. NIARE. (M~h) (znterpretatzon fro.m en Yugoslavia Zaire Zambia Zimbabwe. French): My delegatIon IS plea~ed to ~onfirm ~ts " ' .' ' . support for the work of the Umted NatIons RelIef Agaznst: Israel, Umted States of AmerIca. and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near Abstaining: None. East. Consequently, I should like to announce that it Draft resolution J was adopted by 145 votes to 2 had intended to sponsor the ~raft resolutions (resolution 39/99 J).1 A/SPC/39/L.7 to L.17 on agenda Item 75. 116. The PRESIDENT: Finally, we come to draft 120. The PRESIDENT: I now invite members of resolution K. which is entitled "University ofJerusa- the Assembly to turn their attention to the report of lem 'AI-Quds' for Palestine refugees". The report of the Special Political Committee on agenda item 76 the Fifth Committee on the programme budget [A/39/621]. The Assembly will now take a decision implications of that draft resolution is contained in on the draft resolution recommended by the Com- document N39/802/Rev.1. A recorded vote has been mittee in paragraph 12 of that report. The report of requested. the Fifth Committee on the programme budget A recorded vote was taken. implications of this draft resolution is in document In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, A/39/664. The ~peci~l Political Committee ad.opted Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, the draft resolutIon wltho~t a vote. Mar I ta;ke?It that Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhu- the General Assembly WIshes to do hkewlse. tan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, The draft resolution was adopted (resolution Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorus- 39/100).

The'meeting rose at 12.50 p.m.