A/39/PV.104 General Assembly

Before we take up the reports of the Second Committee, I should like to inform members that agenda item 12 and sub-item 80 (d) will be taken up as the last items this morning in order to allow for further consultations. I invite members to turn their attention to part IV of the report of the Second Committee on sub-item 80 (c) [A/39/790/Add.3]. The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolutions and draft decisions recommended by the Second Committee for adop- tion. Paragraph 41 contains six draft resolutions. Draft resolution I is entitled "Specific action related to the particular needs and problems of land-locked developing countries". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution 1 was adopted (resolution 39/209). 2. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution 11 is entitled "Economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries". A recorded vote has been requested. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burun- di, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Domini- can Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatori- Tuesday, 18 December 1984, at 11.20 a.m. NEW YORK tc~e on the programme budget implications of that draft resolution is contained in document A/39/816. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft resolution V? Draft resolution V was adopted (resolutil'n 39/213A). 6. The PRESIDENT: Next we turn to draft resolu- tion VI, entitled "Report of the Trade and Develop- ment Board". May I take it that the General Assem- bly wishes to adopt that draft resolution? Draft resolution VI was adopted (resolution 39/214). 7. The PRESIDENT: I now invite members to turn to the three draft decisions recommended by the Second Committee for adoption in paragraph 42 of part IV of the report. Draft decision I is entitled uProtectionism and structural adjustment". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that draft decision? Draft decision I was adopted (decision 39/432). 8. The PRESIDENT: Draft decision II is entitled uPreferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that draft decision? Draft decision 11 was adopted (decision 39/433). 9. The PRESIDENT: Finally, draft decision III,is entitled "Specific action relating to the particular needs and problems of the land-locked developing countries; status of the Agreement Establishing the Common Fund for Commodities". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that draft decision? Draft decision III was adopted (decision 39/434). 1O. The PRESIDENT: I shall now call on those representatives who wish to explain their votes. 11. Mr. ABBAS (Bahrain): My delegation's preoc- cupation is to reaffirm the right of the island developing countries to receive adequate assistance from the competent organizations of the United Nations system as it did during the Seventh Confer- ence of Heads of State or Government of Non- Aligned Countries, held at New Delhi from 7 to 12 Rep~~lic, Thailand, Togo, Tr!n!dad a~d To~a~o, Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 39/220). TuniSia, Turkey, U~da, Ukralman Soviet Soclabst . . . Republic, Umon of Soviet Socialist Republics, 37. }'he. PRESIl?ENT: D~aft resolutIOn III IS entl- United Arab Emirates, United Republic ofTanzania, tIed UI!lted Natl0J;ls ~peclal Fund for Land-locked Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Developmg Countnes . A recorded vote has been zaire, Zambia. requested. Against: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, A recorded vote was taken. France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ireland, In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darus- Ireland, United States of America. salam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Abstaining: Austria, Finland, Iceland, New Zea- Byeloruss~an So,:iet Socialist .Republic, Cape Ve~de, land, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. Chad, Chile, Chma, Colom~la, Congo, ~osta RIca, The draft resolution was adopted by 123 votes to 14, Cuba, Cyprus, <;zechoslova~~, De!D0crat~c .Kampu- with 8 aOstentions (resolution 39/218). chea! DemocratIc Yemen, DJlboutl, Dommlcan ~e- . public, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatonal 34.. :ne P~SIDJ;NT. Next we turn to the draft Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, German deCISIon con.amed m I?aragraph 17 of part ~VIII of Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, the re~~. May I take It that the Assembly Wishes to Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, adopt It. . . . . India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, The draft deCISIon was adopted (deCISIon 39/438). Israel, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Leso- tho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Maurita- nia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mo- zambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sin¥.apore, Somalia, Sri Lan- ka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaztland, Syrian Arab Repub- lic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Repub- lic, Union ofSoviet Socialist Republics, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Against: None. Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Re- public of, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. . Draft resolution III was adopted by 124 votes to none, with 22 abstentions (resolution 39/221). 38. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution IV is enti- tled "United Nations Children's Fund". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it? Draft resolution IV was adopted (resolution 39/222). 39. The PRESIDENT: In paragraph 30 of its report [A/39/791], the Second Committee recommends to the General Assf:mbly the adoption of four draft decisions. Draft decision I is entitled "Operational activities for development". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt it?

The Assembly' will now consider the report ofthe Second Committee on item 81 [A/39/791]. The Assembly will now take action on the recommendation of the Second Committee in paragraph 29 ofthe report, which contains four draft resolutions. Draft resolution I is entitled "Role of qualified national personnel in the social and ec0- nomic development of developing countries". May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to adopt that resolution? . Draft resolution I was adopted (resolution 39/219). s'~veral delegations to suspend the meeting for a time in order to allow for further consultations on item 12 and sub-item 80 (d). The meeting was suspended at 11.55 a.m. and resumed at 12.30 p.m.

The Assembly will now consider the reports of the Second Committee on item 12 and sub-item 80 (d). I request the Rapporteur of the Second Committee, the representative of Democratic Yemen, to present the remaining two reports in one intervention. 45. Mr. AL-HADDAD (Democratic Yemen), Rap- porteur of the Second Committee (interpretation from Arabic): I am privileged to submit to the General Assembly the following remaining reports of the Second Committee. 46. Under item 12, the Second Committee recom- mends to the General Assembly, in its report [A/39/789 and Add.1 and 2], the adoption of eight draft resolutions and four draft decisions. 47. Under item 80, the Second Committee submits part V of its report [A/39/790/Add.4] pertaining to sub-item (d). Pursuant to rule 66 ofthe rules ofprocedure it was decided not to discuss the reports of the Second Committee. 48. The PRESIDENT: May I now draw members' attention to the report of the Second Committee on item 12 [A/39/789 and Add.1 and 2]. The Assembly will first take a decision on the six draft resolutions contained. in paragraph 48 of part I of the report [A/39/789], which the Second Committee recom- mends for adoption. Draft resolution I is entitled "Economic development projects in the occupied Palestinian territories". A recorded vote has been requested. Britai~ and Northern Ireland, Umted States of 55. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now take Amenca. a decision on the two draft resolutions contained Abstaining: Austria, Chad, Chile, Denmark,3 Fin- in paragraph 22 of part II of the report land, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, S~negal, Spain, [A/39/789/Add.1]. Draft resolution I is entitled "Pro- Sweden, Turkey. tection against products harmful to health/and the Draft resolution IV was adopted by 1,1J votes to 17, environment". The report. oft~e F:ifth Comm.ittee on with 12 abstentions (resolution 39/216). the programme budget ImphcatlOns Df thIS draft L!Jxembou~g, Madagascar.. M.alawl, fv!3;,laysla, ~al- 57. The PRESIDENT: A separate vote has been dives, ¥ah, Malta, Mauntam~, MauntlUs, MexIco, requested on operative paragraph 7 of draft resolu- Mongoha, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nether- . 11 If I h b"' lands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria tlOn. ear no 0 ~ectlon, I shall first put that No~ay, Oman, Pakistan, Pana'ma, P~pua Ne~ ~:ragraph to the vote. A recorded vote has been Gumea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portu- quested. gal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and A recorded vote was taken. Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grena- In favour: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, dines, Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Ba~r~in, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain Sri Bohvla, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burki- Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Sy~ian na Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Toba- African :Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, go, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian Soviet So- Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Kampuchea, cialist Republic, Union ofSoviet Socialist Republics, Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ul!it~d Arab Emirates, United Ki~gdom of Great Ecu~d~r, E&¥.pt, El Salvador,.Equatorial Guinea, BntaIn and Northern Ireland, Umted Republic of EthIopia, FIJI, Gabon, GambIa, Ghana, Greece, Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic Against: United States of America. 00, I~aq, Ivory C~ast, Jamaic~, Jordan~ Kenya, Abstaining' None Kuwait, Lao People ~ De~ocratlc RepublIc, ~ba- '. . non, Lesotho, Llbena, LIbyan Arab Jamahlnya, Draft. resolutIOn 1 4 was adopted by 147 votes to 1 Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mal- (resolutIOn 39/229). ta, Mauritania, :Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mo- 56. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution II isenti- zambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, tIed "Transport and Communications Decade in Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Africa". A separate vote has been requested on Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint operative paragraph 4. If I hear no objection I shall Christopher and Nevis,Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent first put that paragraph to the vote. A recorded vote and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, has been requested. Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore A recorded vote was taken Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland: In favour: Algeria, Angola: Argentina, Bahamas, Syrian Arab ~epublic, Thailand, Togo, Tri!lidad and Ba~r~in, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, To~ago, Tun~sla, Turke~, Uganda, l!mted Arab Bohvla, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulga- Emirates, Umted Rep~bhc of Tanzama, Urugu'!-y, ria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Va~uatu, Ve~ezu~la, Vlet Nam, Yemen, YugoslaVia, Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, ZaIre, .zambIa, .Zimbabwe. . .. China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, A~a!nst: Belgl!Jm, Bulgana, ~yelorusslan Soviet ~zechoslova~~a, D~mocrat!c.Kampuchea, Democrat- SocI.ahst Repu~hc, ~zechoslovakla, German !?emo- IC Yemen, DJlboutl, DomInIcan Republic, Ecuador, cratIc Repubhc, G"rmany, Federal R~pubhc of, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hungary, Japan, L~x~mbour~, M0l!g~ha, Neth~r- Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Repubhc, lan~s, Poland,. Ukral~l3;,n Soviet S.oclahst. Repu~hc, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Umon of Soviet. S~Clallst Repubhcs, Umted K!ng- Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indone- dom of Great ~rttam and Northern Ireland, Umted sia, I~an (Islamic Republic 00, Iraq, Ivory Coast, States o! ~mertca.. . JamaIca, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's .Abstammg: AustralIa, Austna, Canada, Denmark, Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Fmland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, New Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Ma- Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden. laysi!i, Maldives, !vIali, Malta, Mauritani~, Mauritius, Paragraph 7 of draft resolution Il was adopted by MeXICO, Mongoha, Morocco, MozambIque, Nepal, 1/6 votes to 16, with 15 abstentions.