The following 29 States have thus been elected members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 2000: Bahamas, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, India, the Islamic Republic of …
Regarding candidatures, I have been informed by the Chairmen of the regional groups as follows:
For the eight seats of the African States, the eight endorsed candidates are Benin, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Senegal and Uganda.
For the seven seats…
Pursuant to General Assembly decision 43/406, the Assembly will proceed to the election of 29 members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 1999.
The 29 outgoing members are Algeria, Australia…
As members are aware, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations and with the consent of the Security Council, the Secretary-General is mandated to notify the General Assembly of matters
In this connection, the General Assembly has before it a…
I now call on the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who wishes to make a statement in explanation of vote.
May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
The draft resolution recommended by the Credentials Committee in paragraph 14 of its report reads as follows:
“The General Assembly,
“Having considered the report of the Credentials Committee and the recommendation contained therein,
“Approves the report of the Credentials Committee.”
We shall n…
We have heard the last speaker in the debate on this item.
May I take it that the Assembly takes note of the report of the Security Council contained in document A/54/2?
I should like to draw the attention of the Assembly to document A/INF/54/3/Add.2, which has been distributed to delegations this morning. The document contains the tentative programme of work and schedule of plenary meetings of the General Assembly.
The General Assembly, in due course, will be kept…
I wish to inform members that in order to allow more time for consultations, action on draft resolution A/54/L.6, which has been formally introduced, will be taken at a later date.
We have heard the last speaker in the debate on this agenda item.
I now call on the representative of the Dominican Republic to introduce draft resolution A/54/L.6.
In accordance with the decision adopted earlier by the
Archbishop Martino (Holy See): The Holy See welcomes this opportunity to join in the discussion of the follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons. It is a topic the Holy See has followed with the closest interest, and it is with satis…
