A/39/PV.34 General Assembly

I understand that .c~nsulta­ tions are now taking place in an effort to faCIlItate !he General A.ssembly's action with regard to the pendI~g election for the remaining vacancy on .the Sec~nty Council. That being the case, I propose, If ther~ IS no objection, that we now I?roceed w~th the ballotmg for the Economic and SocIal CounCIl. It was so decided. 2. The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now pr<;l- ceed to the election of 18 members of the EconomIC and Social Council to replace those members whose term of office expire on 31 D~cembe~ 1984. The 18 outgoing members are: Austna, Benm, Brazl!, Co- lombia France, Germany, Federal RepublIc of, Greece: Japan, Liberia, Mali, Pakis~an, Portu~~l, Qatar Romania Saint Lucia, SwazIland, Tumsla and Venezuela. 'Those 18 States are eligible for immediate re-election. 3 I should like to remind the Assembly that after 1 J~nuary 1985 the follo,:"ing State~ will re~ain as members of the EconomIC and SOCIal CouncIl: Alge- ria, Argentina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cana~a, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Ecuador, FInland, t~e German Democratic Republic, Guyana, IndonesIa, Lebanon Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Neth- erlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, P!Jland~ Rwanda Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, SomalIa, Sn Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda,.the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Umted Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Yugoslavia and Zaire. Those 3f\ States should therefore not appear on the ballot papers. 4. Paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 2847 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971 provides that the 18 members should be elected as follows: five from '\frican States, three from Asian States, four from Latin American States, five from Western European and Other States and one from the socialist States of Eastern Europe. The ballot papers take that pattern NEW YORK into account. The candidates which receive the greatest number of votes and the majority required will be declared elected. In the case of a tIe vote for the last seat there will be a restricted 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. 5 The PRESIDENT: In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure, the election shall ?e 1?-eld by secret ballot and there shall be no nommatIons. 6. Thp :.-~presentative of Sweden has asked to speak as Chairman for October of the Group of Western European and Other States. 7. Mr. FERM (Sweden): For the information of my colleagues I should like to say ~hat our Group has endorsed the following five candIdates for electIon to the Economic and Social Council: France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Iceland, Spain and Turkey. 8. The PRESIDENT: Ballot papers, marked A, B, C D and E, will now be distributed. I request r~presentatives to use only those ballot papers and to write on them the names of the Member States for which they wish to vote in each group. Ballo~ papers containing more names than the number assIgned to that Group will be declared invalid. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Boukrif (Algeria), Mr. Halinen (Finla.n.d), .Mr. Ruiz Cabaiias (Mexico), Mr. Fernandez (Phlllppmes) and Mr. Rydz- kowski (Poland) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. The meeting was suspended at 3.40 p.m. and resumed at 4.45 p.m. 9. The PRESIDENT: The result of the voti.ng for the election of 18 members of the EconomIC and Social Council is as follows: GROUP A Number of ballot papers: 152 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 152 Abstentions: 5 Number of members voting: 147 Required majority: 98 Nu11'!ber. of votes obtained: 144 NIgerIa . Guinea...................................... 143 Senegal. .................... .......... .. ..... 139 Zimbabwe. .............. ........ ..... .... 139 Morocco. ............ ........ ... ........ .. 136 Gambia. .................... ............. . 1 GROUP B Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: 152o 137 136 136 6 3 1 1 Viet Nam . Syrian Arab Republi~ . Cyprus . Ii"uq . GROUP C 152o 152 3 149 100 Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of members voting: Required majority: Number of votes obtained: Colombia . Venezuela . Brazil . 126 126 121 81 64 3 2 1 1 1 Honduras . HaItI . Chile . Bolivia '''''' ~ . Cuba . N·icaragua . Guatemala . GROUP D 152o 152 7 145 97 Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of members voting: Required majority: Number of votes obtained: Spain . Iceland . 140 138 137 137 134 1 1 1 France . Germany, Federal Republic of . Turkey . Cyprus 0 Ireland . Malta . GROUP E Num~e.r of votes obtained: Number of ballot papers: 152 Haltl.......................... 77 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Honduras.. .... ...... ...... .. .. .. .. . 47 Number of valid ballots: 152 15. The PRESIDENT: As neither of the candidates Abstentions: 19 obtained the required two-thirds majority, the Gen- Number of members voting: 133 eral Assembly will now proceed to a third restricted Required majority: 89 ballot. As in the case of the second restricted ballot, Number of votes obtained: only Haiti and Honduras are eligible. Any ballot Romania............... 133 papers containing the names of other States will be Having obtained the required two-thirds majority, declared invalid. Ballot papers will now be distribut- Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, ed. Federal Republic of, Guinea, Iceland, India, Japan, At the invitation of the President, Mr. Boukrif Morocco, Nigeria, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, (Algeria), Mr. Halinen (Finland), Mr. Ruiz Cabafias Venezuela and Zimbabwe were elected. (Mexico), Mr. Fernandez (Philippines) and Mr. Rydz- 10. The PRESIDENT: Since one seat remains to be kowski (Poland) acted as tellers. filled in the Latin American Group, we shall now A vote was taken by secret ballot. proceed, in accordance with rule 94, to a second The meeting was suspended at 5.35 p.m. and ballot, restricted to two States, namely, Haiti and resumed at 5.40 p.m. 154 1 153 22 131 88 Num~e.r of votes obtained: HaItI. ........................................ 71 Honduras 60 13. The PRESIDENT: As neither of the States has obtained the required two-thirds majority, the Gen- eral Assembly will continue the voting and will hold a second restricted ballot. The only States whose names may be included in the ballot papers are Haiti and Honduras. Any papers containing the names of other States will be declared invalid. The ballot papers will now be distributed. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Boukrif (Algeria), Mr. Halinen (Finland), Mr. Ruiz Cabafias (Mexico), Mr. Fernandez (Philippines) and Mr. Rydz- kowski (Poland) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. The meeting was suspended at 5.15 p.m. and resumed at 5.25 p.m. 14. The PRESIDENT: The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of members voting: Required majority: 149 1 148 24 124 83 Numbe~ of valid ballots: 151 17. The PRESIDENT: I congratulate those States AbstentIOns:.. 27 which have been elected members of the Economic Num~er of m.e"!bers voting: 124 and Social Council. I should like also to thank the Required maJority: . 83 tellers for their assistance in this election. Number of votes obtained: . . . Haiti.. .... ...... ... ... ....... ..... ..... ...... 89 18. In order to allow tIme for consultatIOns wIth Honduras................................... 35 regard to the remaining vacancy in the Security Having obtained the required two-thirds majority, Council I propose to adjourn this meeting now. The Haiti was elected. balloting will be resumed at a later date, to be announced. Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, India, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Romania, Senegal, Spain, The meeting rose at 5.45 p.m.