We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for giving us the chance to speak. We wanted to explain our vote on draft resolution A/C.5/54/L.69. That right was extended to Israel before us. At the outset, we would like to place on the record that Israel occupied parts of Lebanon in the mid-seventies. Isra…
I would point out that when Israel spoke in explanation of vote it was permitted to allude to other matters that fall outside the voting procedure. Thus, we would be obliged to respond to the Israeli allegations in explaining our own vote. I would ask the President to propose a way in which we can d…
In explaining my vote I shall definitely be replying to some of what the representative of Israel said earlier. In that light, would the President prefer that I make my statement after the voting procedure has come to an end?
