All of us present in this Hall are jurists. The vote was very clear. There were 23 votes cast against your proposal. That means that there are 23 countries that reject Madagascar taking the floor. There are only four countries that accept that Madagascar should take the floor. And six countries abst…
I had invoked rule 71 of the same document, the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. I have taken note of your decision, Mr. President, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has taken note of your decision. SADC continues to believe, for the reasons that we outlined, that the …
I am taking the floor on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), comprising Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and my country, the Democratic Republic of the Co…
