S/PV.2904 Security Council

In presiding over this first meeting of the Security Council in 1990, I am happy to welcome the other new members of the Council, Cuba, Democratic Yemen, Romania and Zaire. The Council is fortunate to be able to draw upon the knowledge and experience of their representatives. I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the outgoing members of the Council - Algeria, Brazil, Nepal, Senegal and Yugoslavia. On behalf of the Council I express heartfelt gratitude to them for their valuable contributions to the work of the Council over the past two years. The representatives of those States have spared no effort to find positive solutions to the complex problems before the Council, in a spirit of understanding and sincere collaboration. I express our deep appreciation to the delegations of those States, and especially to their Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Their Excellencies Ambassadors Hocine Djoudi, Paulo Nogueira-Batista, Jai Pratap Rana, Absa Claude Diallo and Dragoslav Pejic. I wish them every success in their future activities, and I hope that the Council will be able to call on them when necessary. EXPRESSION OF THANKS TO THE RETIRING PRESIDENT

I should also like to take this opportunity to pay a well-deserved tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Dr. Enrique Pefialosa, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, for the competence he displayed as President of the Security Council for the month of December 1989. TI take pleasure in mentioning here his great generosity in providing his successor with all the logistical support necessary to ensure the success of our deliberations. On behalf of the members of the Council, I express our gratitude to Ambassador PeffaloSa. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The agenda was adopted. THE SITUATION RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN LETTER DATED 9 JANUARY 1990 FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL (S/21071)

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them a letter dated 9 January 1990 from the Secretary~General addressed to the President of the Security Council, contained in document S/21071. Members of the Council also have before them document $/21073, which contains the text of the draft resolution that has been prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. (The President) I should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to document S/20465, which contains the text of a note by the Secretary~General dated 15 February 1989, and to document $/20911, which contains the text of a report of the Secretary-General dated 20 October 1989. Tt is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. A _ vote was taken: by: show'of' hands. In: favour: Canada, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Yemen, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Malaysia, Romania, Union of of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zaire Against: None

The result of the voting is as follows: 15 votes in favour, none against. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 647 (1990). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose: at 5:30 p.m.