A/47/PV.48 General Assembly

We have heard the last speaker in the debate on this item. The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution contained in document A/47/L.I0. A recorded vote was taken. In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, ~rgentina, A~enia, Austr~lia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil~ Brunei Darussalam, Burkina raso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Ma1dives, Mali, Marsha11 Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Qn,an, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Oatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sw&ziland, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe Against: France Abstaining: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominica, Estonia, Ge~any, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Micronesia (Federated States of), Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Son ~arino, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and NG~thern Ireland, United States of America The draft resolution was adopted by 126 votes to 1. with 40 abstenti~ (resolution 47/9).

May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 231 It was so decided.

The General Assembly will now proceed to the election of five non-per.manent members of the Security Council to replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 1992. The five outgoing m~mbers are: Austria, Belgium, Ecuador, India and Zimbabwe. These five States cannot be re-elected and therefore their names should not appear on the ballot papers. Apart from the five per.manent members, the Security Council will include in 1993 the following States: Cape Verde, Hungary, Japan, Morocco and Venezuela. The names of those States, therefore, should not appear on the ballot papers. Of the five non-per.manent members that will remain in office in 1993, three are from Africa and Asia, one is from Eastern Europe and one is from Latin America and the Caribbean. Consequently, pursuant to paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 1991 A (XVIII) of 17 December 1963, the five non-permanent members should be elected according to the following pattern: two from Africa and Asia, one from Latin America and the Caribbean, and two from Western European and other States. The ballot papers reflect this pattern. In accordance with the established practice, there is an understanding to the effect that, of the two States to be elected from Africa and Asia, one should be from Africa and one from Asia. I should like to inform the Assembly that the candidates, not exceeding the number of seats to be filled, receiving the greatest number of votes and a two-thirds majority of those present and voting will be declared elected. In the cane of a tie vote for the last seat, there will be a restricted ballot limited to those candidates that 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 procedure, the election shall be held by secret ballot, and there shall be no nominations. I shall now call on those members who wish to speak before we proceed to the election. I call first on the representative of Mauritania, as Chairman of the Group of African States. Mr. OULD MOHAMED MAHMQUD (Mauritania) (interpretation from French): I am speaking, Sir, on behalf of the African Group to make your task at this meeting easier, and to make the task of all delegations easier. Africa has no problem over this election; in fact, we have only one seat to fill, and the Organization of African Unity and the African Group at the United Nations recommend the Republic of Djibouti for that seat.

I now call on the representative of Turkey, as Chairman of the Group of Asian States. Mr. AKSIN (Turkey): I have the honour, on behalf of the Asian Group, to inform the General Assembly that the Asian Group has endorsed the candidacy of Pakistan for election to the Security Council.

I call next on the representative of Uruguay, as Chairman of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States. Mr. PIRIZ BALLON (Uruguay) (interpretation from Spanish): As Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I have the (Mr. Pir!z Ballon, Uruguay) honour to inform the General Assembly t~at our Group has endorsed Brazil as the single candidate from the region for election to the SGcu~ity Council. We recommend this candidacy to the General Assembly, convinced of the valuable contribution that Brazil, loyal to its tradition as a country that cherishes peace and law, will make to the Security Council.

I now call on the representative of Denmark, as Chairman of the Group of Western European and Other States. Mr. HMKONSEN (Denmark): As Chairman of the Group of Western European and Other States for the month of October, I have the honour to announce the candidatures of the countries which are seeking election to the two seats on the Security Council allocated to the Group of Western European and Other States. They are New Zealand, Spain and Sweden.

In accordance with the rules of procedure, we shall now proceed to the election by secret ballot, taking into account the statements made by the representatives of Mauritania, Turkey, Uruguay and Denmark. Ballot papers marked A, Band C will now be distributed. I request representatives to use only those ballot papers and to write on them the names of the States for which they want to vote. A ballot paper containing more names for the relevant region than the number of seats assigned to it will be declared invalid. Names of Member States on a ballot paper that do not belong to that region will not be counted at all. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Momen (Bangladesh), Mr. Guerasimoyich (Belarus) and Mr. El Amrani (Morocco) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. The meeting was suspended at 4.30 p.rn. and resumed at 5.30 p.m.

The result of the voti~q for the election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council is as folloYs: GROUP A - AFRICAN AND ASIAN STATES Number of ballot PftPers~ Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions.: 1 Number of Members voting: 172 Regpired two-thirds majority: 115 Number of votes obtained: Djibouti 170 Pakistan 161 Islamic Republic of Iran 1 Niqeria 1 o GROUP B - LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Number of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of Members voting: Required two-thirds majority: Number of votes obtained: Brazil GROUP C - W~STERN EUROPEAN AND OTHER STATES Number of ballot papers: Number of invalid ballots: Numbe~ of valid ballots: Abstentions: Number of Members voting: Required two-thirds majority: Number of votes obtained: Spain Sweden New Zealand Having obtained the required two-thirds majority. the following States were elected non-permanent memberp of the Security Council for a two-year period beginning on 1 January 1993: Brazil. Djibouti. Pakistan and Spain.

I congratulate the States that have been elected non-permanent members of the Security Council. o o o Since one seat remains to be filled from am~ng the Western European and other States we shall proceed to the first restricted ballot. This second round of balloting will be restricted to two States, namely New Zealand and Sweden, which obtained the greatest number of votes in the previous ballot but were not elected. This is in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure. The ballot papers will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers the name of one State for which they wish to v~te. Ballot papers containing the name nf a State other than New Zealand or Sweden, and those containing more than one name, will be declared invalid. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Momen (Bangladesh), Mr. Guerasimovich (Belarus) and Mr. El Amrani (Morocco) acted as tellers~ A vote was taken by secret ballot. %he meeting was suspended at 5.50 p.m. and resumed at 6.10 p.m. Tb. PRESIDENt: The result of the voting for the election of one non-permanent Rl8!iftber of the Security Council is as follows: Humber of ballot pipers: Humber of ipyalid ballots: Number of YOlid ballots: Abstentiops: Number of Members voting: Regpired two-thirds majority: Number of votes obtaiped: New Zealand 99 Sweden 74 The PRBSIDENT: Since neither, of the two States obtained the required two-thirds majority, and one seat still remains to be filled from among the Western European and Other States, we shall now proceed to the second restricted ballot. This third round of balloting will be restricted to the two Western European and Other States which were not elected but obtained the largest number of votes in the previous ballot - namely New Zealand and Sweden. This is in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure. The ballot papers will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers the name of one State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers containing the name of a State other than New Zealand or Sweden, as well as any containing more than one name, will be declared invalid. At the invitation of the President. Mr. Momen (Bangladesh), Mr. Guerasimovich (Belarus) and Mr. El Amrani (Morocco) acted as tellers. A vote was taken by secret ballot. o o The meeting wos suspended at 6,30 p,m, apd resumed at 6.40 p.m.

The result of the voting for the election of one nOD-permanent member of the Security Council is as follQws: Humber of ballot papers: 172 Humber of invalid ballots: o Number of valid ballots: 172 Abstentions: o Humber of Members voting: 112 Beguired two-thirds majority: 115 Nrwnber of votes obtained: New Zealand 117 Sweden 55 New Zealand. having obtained the reguired two-thirds majority. was elected a member of the Security Council for a two-year period beginning on 1 January 1993.

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