34/71 GA
General and complete disarmament
34
Session
| Draft symbol | A/34/740] |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 34/71 |
| UN Document | 34/71 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/34/PV.97
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
The General Assembly will now consider the report of the First Committee on agenda item 31 [A/34/741]. The draft resolution, entitled “Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons’, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report, was adopted without a vote. May I consider that the General Assembly wishes to do
ikewise?
The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 34/72).
The President
We now turn to the report of the First Committee on agenda item 32 [A/34/742]. May I invite members of the Assembly to turn their attention to the recommendation of the First Committee in paragraph 8 of its report, concerning the draft resolution entitled “Implementation of General Assembly resolution 33/60°°. A separate vote has been requested on operative paragraph 4. A recorded vote has been r…
The President
I now put to the vote the draft resolution as a whole. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad…
The President
The General Assembly will now consider the report of the First Committee on agenda item 34 [A/34/744]. I invite members to turn their attention to the recommendation of the First Committee in paragraph 8 of the report. That Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolution entitled
‘*Consideration of the declaration of the 1980s as a disarmament decade’’. May I consider that the General Asse…
The President
We turn now to the report of the First Committee on agenda item 35 [A/34/745].
33. I call on the representative of Portugal, who wishes to explain his vote.
Mr. Rebelo De Andrade
Portugal will vote in favour of draft resolution A/C. 1/ 34/L.16 bearing in mind the importance for peace of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Africa and especially taking into account the tensions that characterize the situation in southern Africa.
35. However, the Portuguese delegation wishes to put on record some reservations concerning various aspects of the draft resolution. In the first place,…
The President
The General Assembly will now take a decision on the two draft resolutions recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 10 of its report [A/34/745]. I shall first put to the vote draft resolution A, entitled ‘‘Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa’’. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Australia…
The President
We turn now to draft resolution B, entitled ‘‘Nuclear capability of South Africa’. The report of the Fifth Committee on the administrative and financial implications of this draft resolution is contained in document A/34/809. The First Committee adopted draft resolution B without a vote. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do the same?
Draft resolution B was adopted (resolution 34[…
The President
The next report of the First Committee is on agenda item 36 [A/34/746]. The Assembly will now vote on the draft resolution entitled ‘*Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East’’, recommended by the Committee in paragraph 6 of its report. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Australia. Ausiria, …
The President
We turn now to the report of the First Committee on agenda item 37 [A/34/747]. The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution entitled ‘‘Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia’’, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report.
41. I call on the representative of Sri Lanka, who wishes to explain his vote before the vote.
Mr. Fernando
In conformity with our position last year regarding a similar draft,' the Sri Lanka delegation will vote in favour of the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia as proposed by the draft resolution submitted this year. This vote reflects Sri Lanka’s continuing support for the concept of establishing nuclear-weapon-free zones in Various parts of the world. We believe that effecti…
The President
The Assembly will now vote on the draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report [A/34/747]. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic Y…
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to explain their vote after the
vote.
48. Mr. van BUUREN (Netherlands): The Netherlands voted in favour of the draft resolution on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia. Why did we decide to maintain our traditional positive vote with regard to this annual initiative of the delegation of Pakistan? It cannot be denied tha…
Mr. Pham Ngac
My delegation supports the establishment of zones of peace and nuclear-free zones in general. However, we are of the view that the establishment of such zones must have the agreement of the countries in the region and can in no way be imposed upon them, especially if they are nonaligned countries. That is why, together with many countries, my delegation could not vote today in favour of this draf…
The President
We shail now consider the report of the First Committee on agenda item 39 [A/34/ 749]. The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolutions A and B, appearing under the title ‘‘Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace’’, recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. The report of the Fifth Committee on the administrative and financial i…
The President
We now turn to draft resolution B. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, …
The President
We now turn to the report of the First Committee on agenda item 40 [A/34/750]. The draft resolution entitled ‘World Disarmament Conference’’, recommended in paragraph 7 of the report, was adopted without a vote in the First Committee. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The draft resolution was adopted (resolution 34/81).
The President
The Assembly will now consider the report of the First Committee on agenda item 41 [A/34/751]. The draft resolution entitled ‘‘United Nations Conference on Prohibition or Restrictions of Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminatory Effects’, recommended by the First Committee, is contained in paragraph 8 of its report. The report …
The President
The General Assembly will now consider the report of the First Committee on agenda item 42 [A/34/752]. The Assembly will now take a decision on the 13 draft resolutions recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 38 of its report, which appear together under the title ‘Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special sessio…
The President
We now turu to draft resolution B, entitled ‘‘Report of the Committee on Disarmament’’. A recorded vote has been requested.
A recorded vote was taken.
In favour: Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burma, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo…
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