A/40/PV.2 General Assembly

In order to allow time for consultations in regard to the chairmanship of the Special Political Committee and in order to expedite the work of the Assembly, it would be helpful if we proceeded at once to the eler'tion of the 21 Vice-Presidents and then returned to the election of the Chairman of the Special Political Committee. Although rule 31 of the rules of procedure states that the Vice-Presidents shall be elected after the election of the Chairmen of the seven Main Committees referred to in rule 98, I would ask the Assembly to make an exception in this case. Given the general assumptions which must be made about the probable candidacies for the chairmanship of the Special Political Committee and the fact that the Chairmen of six Main Committees have already been elected, this procedure would not infringe the spirit of ~ule 31, which calls for ensuring the representative. character of the General Committee. May I take it that in the light of those circumstances the Assembly wishes to proceed at once to the election of the 21 Vice-Presidents? It was so decided. ITEM 6 OF THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA ELECTION OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Pursuant to rule 31 of the rules of procedures, we shall now proceed to the election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly, who are to be chosen in such a manner as to ensure the representative character of the General Committee. All Members of the General Assembly are eligible in this election except those already represented in the General Committee - namely, those count!':ies whose representatives have been elected to th~ presidency of the General Assembly or to the chairmahships of the Main Committees. In accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 33/138, the 21 Vice-Presidents shall be elected according to the following pattern: (a) Six representatives from African States; (b) Five representatives from Asian States; (c) One representative from Eastern European States; (d) Three rep~esentatives from Lat~n American States; (e) One representative from Western European and other States; (f) Five representatives from the permanent members of the Security Council. In accordance with paragraph 16 of annex 6 to the rules of procedure, the election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly by secret ballot will be dispensed with when the number of candidates corresponds to the number of seats to be filled. In other words, whenever the number of candidates in a given group corresponds to the number of seats to be filled in that group, those candidates will be declared elected. We shall proceed accordingly. I shall now read out the names of the candidates endorsed by the regional groups: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, African States: Senegal and Tunisia; Asian States: Cyprus, Democratic Yemen, Pakistan, the Philippines and Qatar; Romania, Eastern European States: Latin American States: Bahamas, Barbados and Costa Rica; Malta. Western European and other States: Since the number of canc11t7ates endorsed by the regional groups corresponds to the number of seats to be filled in ~ach group, I declare those candidates elected, in addition to the five permanent members of the security Council. The following states have therefore been elected to vice-presidencies of the General Assembly: Bahamas, Barbados, Burkina Paso, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Democratic Yemen, France, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Malta, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Senegal, Tunisia, the union of Soviet: SOcialist Republics, the ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I take this opportunity to congratulate the States that have been elected Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly. I now suspend the second plenary meeting in order that the Special Political Committee may proceed with the election of its Chairman. (The Preside.llt) The meeting yas suspended at 5.30 p.m and resumed at 5.40 p.m~ I'l'FM 5 OF THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA ELECl'ION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE MAIN COMMITTEES

The following representatives have been elected Chairmen of the seven Main Committees of the Assembly and are accordingly members of the General Committee for the fortieth session: First Committee Mr~ Ali Alatas (Indonesia) Mr. Keijo Korhonen (Finland) Special Political Committee Second Committee Mr. Qmer Birido (Sudan) Mr. Endre Zador (Hungary) Third Committee Fourth Commi ttee Mr. Javier Chamorro Mora (Nicaragua) Mr. Tomrno Monthe (Cameroon) Fifth Committee Sixth Committee Mr. Riyadh Al-Qaysi (Iraq) I congratulate the Chairmen on their election. The General ~ommittee for the fortieth session of the General Assembly has now been fully constituted in accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure. Before adjourning the meeting, I wish to ~equest representatives, in order to ensure maximum security for everybody during this very bUSy session, to comply with the requirement to carry their identity passes where they can be seen when moving round t~e united Nations buildings. The meeting rose at 5.45 p.rn.