A/61/PV.40 General Assembly
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 3.20 p.m. and resumed at 3.55 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 187 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 187 Abstentions: 6 Required two-thirds majority: 121 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 109 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72
Since the result of the ballot has been inconclusive, there still remains one seat to be filled from among the Latin American and Caribbean States. We must therefore proceed to the eighteenth unrestricted ballot.
For this thirty-seventh round of balloting, may I remind the Assembly that any Member State from among the Latin American and Caribbean States may be a candidate except those outgoing members and those already members of the Security Council, namely Argentina and Peru.
We shall now begin the voting process. Members are requested to remain seated until all ballots have been collected.
Ballot papers marked “B” will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers marked “B” for the Latin American and Caribbean States the name of the one State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers marked “B” will be declared invalid if they contain the name of more than one State as well as if they contain the name of a Member State that does not belong to that region.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 4 p.m. and resumed at 4.15 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 192 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 192 Abstentions: 6 Required two-thirds majority: 124 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 107 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 78 Chile 1
Since the result of the ballot has again been inconclusive, there still remains one seat to be filled from among the Latin American and Caribbean States.
We shall therefore proceed to the thirty-eighth round of balloting, which is the nineteenth restricted ballot.
This thirty-eighth round of balloting shall be restricted to the two States from among the Latin American and Caribbean States that were not elected but obtained the largest number of votes in the previous ballot, namely Guatemala and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This is in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure.
We shall now begin the voting process. Members are requested to remain seated until the ballots have been collected.
Ballot papers marked “B” will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers the name of the State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers marked “B” for the Latin American and Caribbean States will be declared invalid if they contain the name of a State other than Guatemala or the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as if they contain the name of more than one State.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 4.25 a.m. and resumed at 4.35 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 187 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 187 Abstentions: 5 Required two-thirds majority: 122 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 105 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77
Since the result of the ballot has again been inconclusive, there still remains one seat to be filled from among the Latin American and Caribbean States. We shall therefore proceed to the thirty-ninth round of balloting, which is the twentieth restricted ballot.
This thirty-ninth round of balloting shall be restricted to the two States from the Latin American and the Caribbean States that were not elected but obtained the largest number of votes in the previous ballot, namely Guatemala and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This is in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure.
We shall now begin the voting process. Members are requested to remain seated until all ballots have been collected.
Ballot papers marked “B” will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers the name of the one State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers marked “B” for the Latin American and Caribbean States will be declared invalid if they contain the name of a State other than Guatemala or the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as if they contain the name of more than one State.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 4.45 p.m. and resumed at 5 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 189 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 189 Abstentions: 6 Required two-thirds majority: 122 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 105 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 78
Since the result of the ballot has again been inconclusive, there still remains one seat to be filled from among the Latin American and Caribbean States. We shall therefore proceed to the fortieth round of balloting, which is the twenty-first restricted ballot.
This fortieth round of balloting shall be restricted to the two States from among the Latin American and Caribbean States that were not elected but obtained the largest number of votes in the previous ballot, namely
Guatemala and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. This is in accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure.
We shall now begin the voting process. Members are requested to remain seated until all ballots have been collected.
Ballot papers marked “B” will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers the name of the State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers marked “B” for the Latin American and Caribbean States will be declared invalid if they contain the name of a State other than Guatemala or the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, as well as if they contain the name of more than one State.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 5.10 p.m. and resumed at 5.20 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 190 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 190 Abstentions: 5 Required two-thirds majority: 124 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 101 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 84
Since the result of the ballot has again been inconclusive, there still remains one seat to be filled from among the Latin American and Caribbean States. We must therefore proceed to the nineteenth unrestricted ballot.
For this forty-first round of balloting, may I remind the Assembly that any Member State from among the Latin American and Caribbean States may be a candidate except those outgoing members and those already members of the Security Council, namely Argentina and Peru.
We shall now begin the voting process. Members are requested to remain seated until all ballots have been collected.
Ballot papers marked “B” will now be distributed. May I ask representatives to write on the ballot papers marked “B” for the Latin American and Caribbean States the name of the one State for which they wish to vote. Ballot papers marked “B” will be declared invalid if they contain the name of more than one State, as well as if they contain the name of a Member State that does not belong to that region.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jumat (Brunei Darussalam), Mr. Sepúlveda (Chile), Mrs. Cerere (Kenya), Ms. Klausa (Poland) and Mr. Flueck (Switzerland) acted as tellers.
A vote was taken by secret ballot.
The meeting was suspended at 5.30 p.m. and resumed at 5.55 p.m.
The result of the voting is as follows:
Group B – Latin American and Caribbean States Number of ballot papers: 190 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 190 Abstentions: 6 Required two-thirds majority: 123 Number of votes obtained: Guatemala 100 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 82 Chile 1 Dominican Republic 1
This unrestricted ballot has again been inconclusive. According to the rules of procedure, we shall continue with a series of unrestricted ballots. However, I would like to inform members that the next round of balloting will take place on Tuesday, 31 October, at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall.
As agreed, the following is the schedule of subsequent ballots: Wednesday, 1 November, at 3 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall; Tuesday, 7 November, at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall; Wednesday, 8 November, at 3 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall; Tuesday, 14 November, at 10 a.m. in the General Assembly Hall; Wednesday, 15 November, at 3 p.m. in the General Assembly Hall.
The meeting rose at 6 p.m.