32/108 GA
United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries
32
Session
| Draft symbol | A/32/265/Add.2 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 32/108 |
| UN Document | 32/108 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/32/PV.103
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
The General Assembly will now consider the report of the Second Committee on agenda item 61, entitled "Operational activities for developme'lt", which is contained in document A/32/444. No representatives wish to explain t'.'?~( votes on any of the draft resolutions or on the draft decision recommended by the Second Committee in its report on agend:l item 61 before the decisions are taken. Repres…
The President
Draft resolution Il is entitled "United Nations Children's Fund". May I take it that the General Assembly adopts draft resolution II?
The President
Draft resolution III is entitled "Health needs of Palestinian refugee children." May I take it that the General Assembly adopts draft resolution Ill?
The President
Draft resolution IV is entitled "Target for World Food Prog~amme pledges for the period 1979-1980". May I take it that the General Assembly adopts draft resolution IV? .
The President
We now come to draft resolution V entitled "United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries". A recorded vote has been requested.
The PRESiDENT
Lastly, we come to draft resolution VI entitled "United Nations Development Programme". May I take it fhat the AsselT'bly adopts draft resolution VI?
The President
I now invite the representatives to turn to the draft dedsion concerning the United Nations Capital Development Fund, which has been recommended by the ::'ccond Committee in paragraph 35 'its report [A/32/444J. May I consider that the General Assembly adopts that draft decision?
The President
I call on the representative of Israel, who wishes to explain his p0sition at this stage.
Mr. Lador
As my delegation already stated in the Second Committee when this item was discussed,2 the adoption of draft resolution III in document A/32/444
1 The delegation of Sierra Leone subsequently informed the Secretariat that it wished to have its vote recorded as having been in favour of the draft resolution. 2 See Official Reeor,:s of the General Assembly, Thirty-second Session. Second Committee. 5…
The President
I should now like to invite representatives to turn their attention to document A/32/460 containing a note by the Secretary-Gep..eral under agenda item 61 (i) relating to the confirmation ofthe appointment of the Executive Director of the United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries. May I take it that the Genen,1 Assembly takes note of document A/32j460?
It was so decided (d…
The President
I call on the representative of Jordan, who wishes to speak in exercise of his right of reply
.. 36. Mr. TUKAN (Jordan): In the course of the consideration of draft resolution III entitled uHealth needs' of Palestinian refugee children", t' ~ representative of Israel once again referred to my countrv and accused it of manipulating the refugees for political purposes. I would simply like to reite…
The President
The General Assembly will now consider the report of the Second Committee on agenda item 73 [A/32/445]. In addition to that report, the Assembly has before it three draft resolutions: A/32/L.43, A{32{L.44 and A/32/L.46, and an amendment to draft resolution A/32/L.44 in document A/32{L.45.
38. I invite the Assembly to turn first to the report of the Second Committee. The Assembly will now vote on…
The President
I now invite representatives to turn to the draft decision contained in paragraph 18 of the report of the Second Committee {A/32/445J. The draft decision relates to preparatory work for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development. The Second Committee adopted that draft decision without a vote. May I consider that the General Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
The General Assembly will now consider draft resolution A/32/L.43, draft resolution AI 32/L.44 and the amendment thereto in document AI 32/L.45, and draft resolution A/32/L.46.
41. Before we decide upon the voting procedure for these draft resolutions, I should like to propose that the General Assembly not discuss the substance of these draft resolutions, because there was enough time for their …
The President
The representative of Austria has proposed that the question of the venue of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development be decided by secret ballot. According to rule 92 of the rules of procedure, in the General Assembly only elections are held by secret ballot, and all draft resolutions are voted upon in the way laid down in the rules of procedure.
49. But the Gener…
Mr. SUY
The question has been raised whether the General Assembly can take a decision by secret ballot with regard to the venue of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development. In this respect, permit me to
ma..~e the follOWing remarks.
51. Procedural rules 87 and 127 specify, as you just said, Mr. President, the methods of voting in plenary meetings and in the Committees, re…
The President
We have heard the legal opinion of the Under-Secretary-GeneraI and Legal Counsel on the
60. The opinion of the Legal Counsel is that the General Assembly as master of its own procedure may decide to use a secret ballot for the vote on this particular issue. In the consultations I held before this meeting with the sponsors of draft resolutions A!32!L.43, A!32!L.44 and A!32!L.46, I was informed th…
The President
I should like to make clear what issue it is on which we shall be voting by secret ballot. We shall not be voting on the draft resolutions as such but only on the venue of the Conference, which is only one point in each of these three draft resolutions. It is, by the way, the only issue before us on which there is conflict. Once the decision is taken on the venue of the Conference, I shall make a…
The President
I propose to suspend the meeting while the ballots are being counted.
The President
The result of the voting for the venue of the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development is as follows:
138 o 138 2 65. As none of the three yenues has obtained the required majority of votes, in accordance with rule 93 of the rules of procedure, we shall proceed to a second ballot restricted to the two venues which obtained the highest number of votes, namely, Austria a…
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