66/296 GA
Organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
66
Session
| Draft symbol | A/66/L.61 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 66/296 |
| UN Document | 66/296 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/66/PV.130
Speeches following this vote (8)
The President
Before giving the floor to speakers 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. Makriyiannis
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
We would like to express our sincere appreciation for the leadership and extensive efforts of the co-facilitators, His Excellency Luis-Alfonso de Alba, Permanent Representative of Mexico, and Mr. John Henriksen, international representative of the Sami Parliament of Norway, during the negotiations of resolution 66/296. We would also lik…
Mr. Lukiyantsev
The delegation of the Russian Federation joined in the consensus on the adoption of the draft resolution contained in document A/66/L.61. We would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Mexico, Mr. De Alba, for his efforts to coordinate the difficult negotiating process on this document.
The Russian Federation sets great store by international efforts to protect the rights and interests o…
Mr. Llorentty Solíz
The delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia would like to refer to draft resolution A/66/L.61, on the organization of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held on 22 and 23 September 2014.
Bolivia would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank Ambassador Luis-Alf…
Mr. Grunditz
Sweden welcomes the adoption of the resolution on the modalities of the World Conference of Indigenous Peoples and, like others, we would like in particular to extend our gratitude to the two co-facilitators. We are particularly pleased that the resolution stresses the importance of including the participation of indigenous peoples, which is fully in line with the objective of the United Nations …
Ms. Robl
The United States would like to add our thanks to Ambassador De Alba of Mexico and Mr. John Henriksen for their efforts in facilitating the discussions of the modalities of the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.
There are more than 370 million indigenous people who live in some 90 countries around the world. We
honour th…
Ms. Li Xiaomei
China attaches great importance to the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples will give us a great opportunity to discuss and deliberate on the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. We steadfastly support the convening of this World Conference and we support the participation of indigenous representatives in the Conference in accordance with Gener…
The President
We have heard the last speaker on this item.
I should now like to express my sincere thanks to Ambassador Luis-Alfonso de Alba of Mexico and Mr. John Henriksen, the two co-facilitators of the consultations, who so ably conducted the discussions and complex negotiations. I am sure that members of the Assembly join me in extending to them our sincere appreciation.
May I take it that it is the wis…
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