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56/96 GA

56
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Draft symbol A/56/L.46
Adopted symbol 56/96
UN Document 56/96 ↗

Vote Consensus — A/56/PV.86 Dec. 14, 2001

Speeches following this vote (8) may include explanations of vote
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish 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.
Mr. Madej (Poland)
I am speaking on behalf of the members of the Convening Group of the Community of Democracies, namely, Chile, the Czech Republic, India, Mali, Mexico, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of South Africa, the United States of America and my own country, Poland, to welcome the adoption of the resolution entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promot…
Ms. Tobing-Klein (Suriname)
Suriname is very satisfied with the debate on agenda item 35 and its outcome, regarding the strengthening and consolidation of democracy, peace, security and the rule of law in our countries. Suriname attaches great importance to the strengthening and consolidation of new or restored democracies, and congratulates Benin and the international community on the important Cotonou Declaration. The ex…
The President
I give the floor to the representative of Australia on a point of order.
Mr. Stuart (Australia)
We raised our flag earlier as one of the sponsors of the draft resolution proposed by the delegation of Benin, on support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. We had signed the lists of sponsors held by the delegation of Benin and the Secretariat. We are puzzled that we do not appear as a sponsor and hope that this can …
The President
I give the floor to the representative of Benin on a point of order.
Mr. Adechi (Benin)
I would like to recall, for the benefit of the Secretariat, that when I introduced the draft resolution during the preceding meeting, we provided a list of the names of all of the countries that were kind enough to sponsor the draft resolution. I should like, therefore, to stress that the names of all of the countries that we mentioned earlier, which are sponsors of the draft resolution, should a…
The President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 35?
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