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UN Document 54/195 ↗

Vote ConsensusA/54/PV.84 Dec. 17, 1999

Speeches following this vote (5) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
I call on the representative of the United States, who wishes to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Ms. Bergeron (United States of America)
I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate my country’s unwavering support for the work of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. We fully support its observer status in the General Assembly and believe the General Assembly took an appropriate decision today. I would be remiss, however, if I failed to make clear my country’s opposition to the way in which the procedural …
The Acting President
We have heard the only speaker in explanation of vote. In accordance with the resolution just adopted, I now call on the observer for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Mr. Bhagwat-Singh
On behalf of the President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse, Minister of the Environment of Ecuador, and on behalf of the Director General of IUCN, Ms. Maritta Koch-Weser, I would like to thank the General Assembly for the resolution which has just been adopted regarding observer status for the IUCN in the General Assemb…
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 162?
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