A/40/PV.39 General Assembly

The Assembly will now proceed to the election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council '.:0 replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 1985. The 18 outgoing members are Algeria, Botswana, Bulgaria, Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, the German Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Thailand and the United States of America. These 18 States are eligible for immediate re-election. :;: should like to remind the Assembly that after 1 January 1986 the following States will remain as members of the Economic and SOcial Council: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Uni ted Kingdom of Great Br i tain and Northern I reland, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire and Zimbabwe. Those 36 States should therefore not appear on the ballot papers. Paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 2847 (XXVI) of 20 December 1971, provides that the 18 members should be elected as follows: five from African States, four from Asian States, three from Latin American States, four from western European and oth€: States and two from the socialist States of Eastern Europe. The ballot papers take that pattern into account. llajorlty required will be declared elected. In the case of a tie vote for the last seat, there will be a restricted ballot lillited 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.

In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedureI' the election shall be held by secret ballot and there shall be no nOllinations. The Assembly will recall that in the past chairmen of regional groups have been allowed to speak ""t thi~ i5tage to clarify the status of the candidatures. I therefore call on the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic in his capacity as Chairman of the Asian Group. Hr. AL-ATASSI (Syr ian Arab Republic) (interpretstien from Arabic) : The Asian Group, at its meeting this morning, did net reach a consensus in support of candidates for the Economic and Social Council. We therefore have six candidates for the four: vacant seats, nallely, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, the Philippines, the Syrian Arab Republic and V!et Nail. (The President)

I call on the representative of Chite to 8PeuasCbairun of. the tiatifi befied'" GfWp• . ME. DAZA(ChUe) (interpretation frOllspanisb):: I wisb';~tO report to the AsSeJlbly that for tilethr~ LatinAllerlcan vacancies 'there are five candldatfuu' Jamaica, Mexico, Panw, Peru and SUrinaae.

Ballot pB'pers IUrkea· A, B, C, D and E will now be distributed. I request represei~;..'tives to 'use only thOlle ballot papers and to WE:I.te on thea the names of the HeRber Statea for which 'tbey wish to vote in each Group. Ballot papers containing IIOre n~s than the nWlber usignecJ to that Group will be declared invalid. At the invi tation of the Presi&!nt« Hr. Caballe~o Rock iguez (Cuba), Mr. Rada (Czechoz:slovakia)« Mr. Schnelle (Federal Republic of Germany)« Mr. Al-Moh_d (0Ban) and Hr. Mayira (Rwanda) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. I 4 .• ,.. ...., ,. The JMt~th~Q, J'1'l!i8 ensp!!!ad at 3.45 pe::.. ~-:d rQF.u~d at 4.40 p ..... .•• ..; t ~ .• The ~RES,IDENT (in~,r,p~e~tion f~om ,Spanieb),: The re13u1t, of the voting fot:. ~e e1ectiq:n.of 18 Y!le.d)~.rs.Qf the .Economic.. andS9~i~~ Council is as ·fo11ows: GROUP A ",umer of ballot papers:. Number of invalid ballots:, Numer of validballotst ''"'': .s Abstentions: .Numbers of members voting: Required two-thirds majority: Number of votes obtained: Sierra Leone .. ' Djibouti Egypt Gabon Mozambique Angola Benin Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Madagscar Sudan 0. Nullber of ballot papers: !lumer of invalid ballots: Nullber of valid ballots: Abstentione: Number of _mere voti!!i: Required two-tbirds majority: Nulllber of votes obtained: Pakistan Iraq Pbilippines Syrian Arab Republic Viet Nam Islamic Republic of Iran Saudi Arabia Singapore united Arab Eairates I I . , o -1 GROUP C Hullber of invalid ballots: Hulllber of valid ballots: Abstentions: Humers of _lIbers voting: Required two-thirds majority: Humer of votes obtained: Peru PanaD Jamaica Mexico Suriname GROUP D Humer of ballot papers: Humer of invalid ballots: Hulllber of valid ballots: Abstentions: HUllber of meDlbers voting: Required two-thirds majority: Duzer of votes obtained: Italy Belgium Australia United States of America Austria Ne therlands Portugal 154 .. o GROUP E Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Nunj)er of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of member s voting: Required two-thirds majority: Number of votes obtained: German Democratic Republic 138 Bye10russian Soviet Socialist Republic 137 BUlgaria 1 Hungary 1 Ukrainian SOviet SOcialist Republic 1 The following countries, having obtained the r equ tred two-thirds maj odty , were elected members of the Economic and Social Council for a period of three years beginning 1 January 1986: Australia, Belgium, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Dj ibouti, Egypt, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Iraq, Italy, Mozambique, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone and the United States of America.

There remain three seats to be f ilied, one from the Asian Group and two from the Latin American Group. We shall therefore proceed to a second ballot restricted to the two States in the Asian Group which received the greatest number of votes in the ballet just taken, namely, the Syrian Arab Republic and Viet Nam, and to the four States in the Latin American Group which received the greatest nunj)er of votes in that ballot, namely I Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and Suriname. This is consistent with rule 94 of the .rules of procedure. '154, ;...t ~ '13 '. . Ballot paper B, for the Asian Group, will be declared invalid if it contains lIOre than one nase or the name of any State other tl7,an the Syrian Arab Republic or Viet Na&. Ballot paper C, for the Latin American Group, will be declared invalid if it cantains IIOre than two names or the name of any State other than Jamaica, Mexico, PlIonlllM or suriname. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Caballero Rodriguez (Cuba), Mr. Rada (CzechoslOl'akia), Hr. Schnelle (Federal RePublic of Germany), Kr. Al-Mchamed (OlDan) and Hr. _fira (Rwanda) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. (The President) The meeting was suspended 4'= 4.55 p.lI. and resuaed at 5.35 p.a. The PRESmENT (interpretation froll Spanish): The result of the voting is as followS: GROUP B Nulllber of ballot papers: Humer of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Humber of MeJllbers voting: Required two-thirds majority: Humber of votes obtained: Syr ian Arab Republic Viet Nam GROUP C Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of Kamers voting: Required two-th i(();; .Mj:)( it)': Number of votes obtained: Panama Jamaica Mexico Surina1'Q3 ~See p. 21. 1~9 142* 95* Tbe PRBSIDBft (interpretation frCll spanisb): Since none of the States has obtained the required two-thirds ~jodty, the Gen.eJ:al As$e-'ly e!11 continue the voting. In accor&ince with rule 94 of the 1:ules of procs..;'lure, the ballot w111 be restricted to the two States in the Asian Group wbich received the largest nUBber of votes in the ballot just taken, naEly, the Syrian Arab Republic and Viet NB, and the fom States of the Latin American Group which received the largest n1Dlber of votes in that ballot, nuely, Jaaaica, Mexico, Panaaa and SUrin8Jle. I call on the representative of Viet Nu on a point of order. Mr. PBMI NGAC (Viet Nam) : Por the past three years the St)cialist Republic of Viet Wara sought candidature in the Asian Gt:oup for election to the Economic and SOcial Council. We have twice withdrawn our candidature to ensure a clean slate for ~at Group. In the SaJIe sJ?lr1t of co-operation, the delegation of Viet Naa now withdraws its candidature in the present IJ!lection and lends its sUpPOrt to the Syrian Arab Republic. My delegation wishes to thank IlOSt warJlly those delegationsvhic:b have supported our candidature and hopes that Viet Ras will enjoy their support in next year's elections.

I thank the representative of Viet Naa for his co-operation, which helps speed up our procedures. I hope that I his e:a!!;)le will hs fclla::ed by other groups. I call on the representative of Sur' aaDle on a point of order. Mr. GODA (Surin8lle): Suriname has served for: the past two and a half years in the Econollic and SOcial Council and, I think, has Jllade a valid contribution. we were prepared to conf:1nl!e in the same spirit and the same way. If it is the wish of the General Assembly that we serve in ano ther capacity, we shall abide by the verdict given this afternoon. It is therefore our wish to withdraw our candidature. 'l'iMl ~1J)DT (interpretation frOilSpanisb) I I' tbankth. representative of sut:in.ae for bi.· cO-opeta~t~.:'~ ~. , Bal1Qt papefa "Ul nov be cU,trlbute4. At· t:htt .1nvltal:tton·Ofth~ Prealdent,M1'. CBba1leEo BOdr1911e:l"CCuba) , Ht. Rada ~Cii';eebosl~'ia) f Mr. S.'.lie (Peci..~~ RePubllC of Cerl&llfty), Mt.'; A1-Maba&ec1~'COaan) !!Id Mr. *.tt.rll lR"arida) acted as tellertl. . .. - .." .. . t: .. ~ ~- The meeting was suspended at 5.45 f.m. and resUJlled at 6.17 p•••

:a.efore giving the result of the vot.ing, I must apologize to ...the Assembly beci!use .in the previous ballot under ~ . • I.. • . group B there was an error in calculation. Members who not.ed the figures will have realized that the figure given for the t~thirds majority was incorrect. I will give the figures again so that the position is clear. The number of ballot papers was 156, the number of invalid ballots 7, the number of valid ballots 149 and abstentions 17. The number of Members voting was then given as 142, which was not correct. The correct number of Members voting was 132. Thus the required two-thirds majority was 88, r~t 95 as stated, and the Syrian Arab Republic received 89 votes. This does not prevent me from reiterating our gratitude to the representative of Viet Nam for his gesture. I apologize again to the Assembly for the inexcusable, but certainly unintentional~ error. The Syrian Arab RepUblic having been elected in the earlier vote, the subsequent ballot to fill the post vhich it was thought was not yet filled has been invalidated. The result of the voting to fill two seats from group C, Latin American states, is as follows: ". " Nueer of invalid ballots: Huaber of valid ballots: Abstentiona:. . " Huaber of Melibers voting: Required aajority: Haber of votes obtained: Panua Jaaaica Mexico surinaae Panua and the Syrian Arab Republic, having obtained the required t~thirds _jority, were elected ~rs of the ECOllOlSlc and social Council for a three-year ter. beginning on 1 January 19S6. The PRBSIDERr (interpretation from Spanish): Since one seat remains to be filled in the Latin American Group, we shall now proceed, in accordance with rule 94, to a second ballot, restricted to two States, namely, Mexico and Jamaica, which were not elected but obtained the largest nwaber of votes in the ballot Just taken. Ballot papers will now be distributed. I ask representatives to write on the ballot paper the name of the one State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers containing the name of any State other than Jcmaaica or Mexico or containing more than one name will be declared invalid. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Caballero Rodriguez (Cuba), Mr. Rada (Czechoslovakia', Mr. Schnelle (Federal Republic of Germany), Mr. Al-MOhamed (OII8n) and Mr. Mayira (Rvanda) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. '.. ~, ,153 < • 9S 'the Meting was suspended at 6.25 p ••• and rasu_d at 6.48 p.lI. ~ ..of' ,;.._ ¥ ... The PRESIDENT (interpretation froa Spanish): "Tbe iesult of 'tlu~ 'voting is as follows: GROUP C Numer of ballot papers: NuBber of invalid ballots: Nulllber of valid ballots: Abstentiona: Nullber of Mellbers voting: Required ~o-thirds majority: Numer of votes obtained: Jallaica Mexico Tbe PRESIDENT (interpretation froll Spanish): As the result of the third restricted vote bas also been inconclusive, we lIuat, in accordance "i tb the rules Of procedure, proceed to an unrestricted ballot• . ,May I remind the Assellbly that Mellbers will bave the right to \~ote for any of the States of the Latin AIIerican Group, except, of course, those whieb are already ..lIbers of the Economic and Social Council, and t!1()Se just elected. For greater clarity I shall Mntion the names of the States for which no one should vote 0.'1 this occasion: Argentina, Brazil, ColOlbia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Haiti, Pane-, Peru and Venezuela. Ballot papers will now be distributed. I request Memers to write the na.e of ene State only. I call on the representative of Mexico on a point of order. Mr. II)YA. PALBNCIA (~e~j,.co),.cinteJ=p~eta.t~on>. ~rQm Spanish:. Mexico. is a '.--." .'." •. , .... ' -,--,-: ~ .• , .. .t......~".;.. : .. <... ~..:.~"'.;.~ "' .... -- .~:;::.:.:....,.~~....., ...... ' .;:\" • . c::o~tey· w~ch·bel~~es firmly. in .ultilateralisl1l-~.~d.pa~tici~~~~:~,!eryseriously in t}l~ work of .our Organization in all its bodies and organs. Mexico has ~.I$e~ for SOlllle years in the Economic and Social: Co~~~l with great determination, and that is uny it lEesented its candidature for re-electiQn, count.ir~gon,.g:pf!.support ,?( an ~portant segaent of the international community. H~~ver, to. ,facilitate th~ o ...... • ~. . . - .. ' , o. '1-. - .. election in this case and while we express our grati ~d~. to a~~::the coun~.~~~ that .... ~ - . have supported us in the previous ballots, we have decided to withdraw our ,',. candidature. ...... The PRESmENT (interpretation from Spa~i~h).': 1 thank,the ~epres~ptative of Mexico for his gesture, but, as 1 understand it, we mus~ pr~~eed to the .v:ote because the rules stipulate that the vote must be secret and that a two-thirds majority is required. In an unrestricted ballot, Memer:s have the right to vote for any State from the Latin American Group except, of course, those I have just listed. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Cab~lleto Rodriguez (Cuba), Mr. Rada (Czechoslcwakia), Mr. Sc:hnelle (Federal Republic of c,;ei:many), Mr. Al-Hchamed ('oman) and Mr. Mayira (Rwaada) acted as teller Se A vote was taken by secret ballot. • ,'~' .' •• ,f . ~ ·ff.. . '1he ..tinsr". iiiu."c1d ..f: 6.55 'R••:and'"i'd_a .,.~ :1.13.i.'iI. ,. " ''fbendm., Cin~cpr.tatlonfcOIll'Spanisb)':': ::.,h8 result 'of 'the 'voting!s ..,.... ..' " . ~. ·'It&i.ber of ballOt ,.,.•• 'HUllber cf lil".114 b.llotea RUBber of vaua baIlout- : . Abstention." e Hu.. of _lib•• voti." a .' ReSluuec1 twO-thirds -iori£Y1 • "Nilllber of vottrs obtatMda Jualca Mexico . Bolivla Cbile Cuba BancJur•• Ja.ica, b.viM obtained tbe C!9UiI'R two-thirds .jodty, was elected a aellber of the F.con~lc and SOClal Council for a periocl of thr.e year8 beginning 1 JanuiiCY 1966. '1'be PRISm.., ClnaEpcetatlon frOll Spanish): I congratulate the States _1e11 bave bHft e1ectld ._... of the BconOll1c an4 SOcial Council and I thank the teller8 fOE tbelE .sslstance in this election. 'Ibis conclud.. OUE canalc1erattan of agenda ite. 15 (b). 'fhe .atins rOIl. at 7.15 p•••. I'