57/157 GA
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States
57
Session
| Draft symbol | A/57/L.55/Rev.1 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 57/157 |
| UN Document | 57/157 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/57/PV.75
Speeches following this vote (20)
The Acting President
I now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote or position on the resolutions 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. Manalo
My delegation regrets the fact that consensus was not reached on draft resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, which we have just adopted. We had strongly hoped for a consensus resolution because of the importance that my delegation and my Government attach to cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations such as the Council of Europe. In this regard, we fully support cooperatio…
Mr. Cheon Wook
My delegation abstained in the voting on operative paragraphs 6 and 12 in the resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
We believe that the inclusion of references to regional conventions and guidelines that rule in a certain way on a divisive issue at the global level is inappropriate in a resolution that calls for cooperation between this global body and a…
Mr. Amer
My delegation has always supported cooperation between the United Nations and regional as well as other organizations. My delegation joined the consensus on all the resolutions we have adopted in the past few days. Of course, we would have liked this draft resolution, which relates to cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, also to be adopted by consensus. That was the c…
The Acting President
There are a number of speakers remaining on my list. I would therefore urge all delegation to speak as briefly as possible in view of the lateness of the hour.
Mr. Fallouh
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe” because we believe that such cooperation is important and that we should strengthen the means and scope of cooperation between the two organizations, in a similar approach to the one taken to cooperation between the United Nations and other regional organizations.
How…
Ms. Shoman
My delegation is taking the floor on behalf of the following countries — Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and my own country, Belize, in explanation of vote after the vote on resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”.
As do other Members of the United Na…
Mr. Al-Awadi
My delegation associates itself with other delegations in expressing our rejection, in particular, of operative paragraphs 6 and 12, of draft resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, which was adopted today. My delegation fully supports the efforts of the Council of Europe to strengthen international cooperation. We also support the activiti…
Mr. Arrouchi
The delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco voted in favour of the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, subject to Moroccan legislation and the penalties it prescribes for violations of it.
Mr. Mustafa
My delegation supports the principle of cooperation between the Council of Europe and the United Nations. Furthermore, Sudan supports all areas of cooperation between the United Nations and the other regional organizations.
My delegation regrets that we were unable to adopt this draft resolution by consensus. My delegation voted against operative paragraphs 6 and 12 contained in the draft resolu…
Mr. Bishnoi
My explanation is with regard to A/57/L.23/Rev.1, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe. India has extremely warm and friendly relations with the members of the Council of Europe. We are, indeed, gratified that these relations continue to be further strengthened and deepened. Under these circumstances, we regret that the draft resolution on cooperation between the Un…
Mr. Tomoshige
The Government of Japan, as an observer of the Council of Europe, greatly appreciates the important activities of that body and wishes to further cooperate with its various activities. For this reason, my delegation voted for draft resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1.
With regard to operative paragraphs 6 and 12, however, there are different views on the issue of the death penalty. While Japan retains ca…
Mr. Abebe
Ethiopia notes the cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe over the last couple of decades with great satisfaction. We are looking forward to the strengthening of this cooperation on more solid and concrete grounds to achieve the common goals and objectives of the two organizations.
My delegation regrets that consensus was not achieved on the resolution contained in A/57…
Mr. Mwakawago
Two hours ago, the General Assembly adopted 11 draft resolutions. And a few moments ago, before the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, another resolution, a twelfth one, was adopted by consensus. There was no controversial clause in any of them.
My delegation would like to explain our vote on the important draft resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, entit…
Mr. Wang Donghua
The Chinese delegation has all along supported strengthened cooperation between the United Nations and the various regional organizations, including the Council of Europe. We hope that such cooperation can produce concrete results on the basis of pragmatism and mutual respect. It is because of this reason that the Chinese delegation voted in favour of the resolution contained in document A/57/L.2…
Mr. Drammeh
My delegation is always keen to support cooperation between the United Nations and any regional organization. However, given the inclusion of external elements in draft resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, my delegation voted as shown in the records and regrets not being able to join the
consensus. This decision is based on the principle that the explicit and implicit references to the abolition of death…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote.
I now give the floor to the representative of the Czech Republic on a point of order.
Mr. Kára
I take the floor to inform the General Assembly that a few days ago my country signed the list of sponsors for the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Therefore, I ask that the Czech Republic be considered as a sponsor of draft resolution L.23/Rev.1.
The Acting President
I call on delegations wishing to make statements after the adoption of the resolution.
Mr. Balzan
I have listened carefully to the explanation of positions expressed prior to and after the votes were taken on resolution A/57/L.23/Rev.1, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe”.
It is very much regretted that, notwithstanding several genuine attempts to amend the language in order to facilitate acceptance by all delegations, we were not able to adopt the res…
▶ Cite this page
UN Project. “57/157.” UN Project, https://un-project.org/votes/resolution/57-157/. Accessed .