S/PV.2973 Security Council

If no other member of the Council wishes to speak at this stage, I shall take it that the Council is ready to vote on the request by Palestine. It is so decided. I now put the request by Palestine to the vote. A>e was taken by show of h&&i. In favour: Austria, China, C8te d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, India, Romania, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yemen, Zaire, Zimbabwe Against: United States of America Br Belgium, Prance, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The- (interpretation from French): The result of the voting is as f0110wE: 11 votes in favour, 1 vote againrt and 3 abrtentfonr. The request by Palestine ha8 been approved. wm (interpretation from French): The Security Council will now begin it8 consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior conaultation8. I should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to the following documents: 8122037, which contains the text of a letter dated 31 December 1990 from the Chargi d’affaires ab of the Permanent 0br:rver Hferion of (TSlkPresident) Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General: ant 5122040, which contains the text of a letter dated 31 December 1990 from the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestine People addressed to the Secretary-General. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorixed to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The member8 of the Security Council are deeply concerned about recent acts of violence in Gaza, especially actions by Israeli security forces against Palestinians, which led to scores of casualties among those civilians. "The members of the Council deplore those actions, particularly the shooting of civilians. They reaffirm the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to all the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1917, including Jerusalem, and request that Israel, the occupying power, fully comply with the provisicns of the Convention. "Tire members of the Council reaffirm their positions, most recently expressed in Security Council resolution 681 (19901, and support the work of the Secretary-General in implementing the said resolution. They further urge intensified offorts by all who can contribute to reducing conflict and tension in order to achieve peace in the area." The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. eat 1~ .