The result of the voting for the election of 17 members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is asfollows:
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Ballot papers are now being dis- tributed. I request representatives to write on each ballot paper the names of the States for which they wish to vote in each group. Ballot papers for a group which contain more names than the numberassigned to that groupwill be declared invalid.
136 o 136 8 128 65 …
On behalf of the General Assembly and on my own behalf I thank the distingUished member of the Council of Deputies of the Independent State of Western Samoa, His Excellency Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IV, for his statement.
40. I cannot let this occasion pass without also extending to the Government of …
On behalf of the General Assembly, it is both an honour and a pleasure to welcome the fllpresentatives of the Independent State of Western Samoa to the United Nations and to extend to them my sincere congratulations on their country's election to membership in the Organization. I am confident that t…
The General Assembly will now proceed to the election of 17 members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to replace the 17 outgoing members, namely: Australia, Austria, Chile, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guyana, Japan, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Somalia, the Union of…
Before we take up the agenda for this morning, I should like to call on two speakers in
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explanation of vote under agenda item 33, which was considered by the General Assembly yesterday.
The recommendation of the Security Council regarding the admission of the Independent State of Western Samoa to membership in the United Nations is contained in document A/31/369.
2. I call on the representative of New Zealand, who wishes to introduce draft resolution A/3 I/L,32 and Add.I.
I shall now call upon representatives who wish to exercise their right of reply. Before doing so, I would remind them that by decision of the Assembly taken at its 4th meeting rights of reply are limited to 10minutes.
We shall now turn to the reportof the Third Committee on agenda item 81 /A/31/391/. We shall now take a decision on the draft resolution entitled "Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional P…
The Assembly will now turn to the report of the Third Committee on agenda item 74 /A/31/394/. We shall now take a decision on the draft resolution entitled "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment" recommended by the ThirdCommit…
We now turn to draft resolution H, entitled "Report on the world social situation", TheThird Committee adopted this draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the General Assembly decides to do likewise?
The General Assembly will now proceed to take a decision on the draft resolutions contained in paragraph 17of document A/31/389.
48. Draft resolution I is entitled "Implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons". The Third Committee adopted this draft resolution without a vote…
The representative of Algeria has referred to the two foot-notes to operative paragraph 5 of draft resolution Ill, which refer to General Assembly resolutions 3362 (S-VlI) and 2626 (XXV). Those foot- notes do not seem to me to be very appropriate; if Ihear no objection, I shall take it that the Gene…
We shall now consider the report of the Third Committee on agenda item 72/A/31/389/. In paragrapl: 17 of the report, the Third Committee has recommended three draft resolutions to the General Assem- bly.
42. I call 01 -epresenta:..ve of Algeria who wishes to explain his vote.
I now invite members of the Assembly to turn to the report of the Third Committeeon item 69 (b) contained in document A/31/273/Add.1. The draft resolution entitled "Reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination" recommended by the Committee appears in paragraph 11. The Third C…
