S/PV.3155 Security Council
As this is the first meeting of the Security Council
to be held this year, I should like to welcome the new members of the
Council: Brazil, Djibouti, New Zealand, Pakistan and Spain. We all look
forward with confidence to their participation in the work of the Council,
which will be of invaluable assistance in the discharge of the Council‘s
enormous responsibilities as it tackles so many challenges.
I should like also to express the Council's gratitude to the outgoing
members for their important contributions to the Council's work. The
representatives of Austria, Belgium, Ecuador, India and Zimbabwe all, in an
excellent manner, contributed their talents to the conduct of the business of
the Council.
EXPRESSION OF THANKS TO THE RETIRING PRESIDENT
I should like also to pay a tribute to my
predecessor, Ambassador Gharekhan of India, for the service he rendered as
President of the Council during the month of December 1992. I express my deep
appreciation to Ambassador Gharekhan for the great diplomatic skill and
effectiveness he demonstrated as he guided our work in December.
ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The aaenda was adooted.
ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS
LETTER DATED 1 JANUARY 1993 FROM THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (S/25046)
The Security Council will now begin its
consideration of the item on its agenda.
In a letter dated 1 January 1993 addressed to the Secretary-General, the
Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic submitted the application of his country
for membership in the United Nations. That letter has been circulated in
document S/25046.
Under the provisions of rule 59 of the provisional rules of procedure of
the Security Council, unless the Council decides otherwise, an application for
membership shall be referred by the President of the Council to the Committee
on the Admission of New Members. Accordingly, unless I hear a proposal to the
contrary, I shall refer the application of the Slovak Republic to the
Committee for examination and report.
As I hear no objection, it is so decided.
I would 'propose that the Committee on the Admission of New Members meet
today, 7 January 1993, at 3.30 p.m., in Conference Room 6, to consider the
application of the Slovak Republic for membership in the United Nations and
report to the Security Council. The date of the subsequent meeting of the
Council to consider and to take a decision on the report of the Committee will
be set and communicated. to the members later.
The Council has thus concluded its consideration of the mattes before it.
The meetina rose at 12.40 'P.m.