A/44/PV.40 General Assembly

The Assembly will now take a decision O~ draft resolution A/44/L.18. May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt that draft resolution? Draft resolution A/44/L.18 was adopted (resolution 44/13). ~e PRESIDENT: I shall now call on representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote. May I remind members that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 34/401, explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats. Mr. COSTA FILHO (Brazil): BrQzil joined the consensus on draft resolution A/44/L.18 on the understanding that such action does not modify 0: prejudge the positions it has been taking in the appropriate bodies. Mr. JACOB (Israel): My delegation did not wish to break the consensus on draft resolution A/44/L.18. However, had there been a vote paragraph by paragraph, my delegation would have ~cted against the last preambular paragraph. ORGANIZATION OF WORK The PRESIDENT, I have been informed that the Fifth Committee has not concluded its review of the programme budget implications of draft resolution A/44/L.17 on agenda item 32, "The situation in Afgha.~istan and its implications for international peace and security", and that it will therefore be necessary to allow more time for the Committee to carry out this review. In the light of that situation the consideration of this item in the plenary Assembly has to he postponed to a date that will he announced in the Journal. ~e meeting rose at 6.30·p.m.