71/72 GA
Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices
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Session
| Draft symbol | XLII |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 71/72 |
| UN Document | 71/72 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/71/PV.51
Speeches following this vote (9)
The Acting President
I now invite members to turn to paragraph 113 of the report of the First Committee, concerning draft decisions.
We turn first to draft decision I, entitled “Further measures in the field of disarmament for the prevention of an arms race on the seabed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof”. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the sa…
The Acting President
Draft decision II is entitled “Missiles”. The First Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The Acting President
Draft decision III is entitled “Open-ended Working Group on the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament”. A recorded vote has been requested.
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote or position on the resolutions just adopted.
Ms. Dagher
My delegation would like to explain its vote on resolution 71/69, entitled “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction”.
Lebanon would first like to say that we are fully committed to the principal objective of the Convention, to which Lebanon is a signatory. We have expressed our opinion on…
Mr. Ammar
I am taking the floor to explain my delegation’s vote on resolution 71/67, “Nuclear disarmament verification”. Pakistan remains committed to achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world through the conclusion of a universal, verifiable and non-discriminatory comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons. We support the commencement of negotiations to that end in the Conference on Disarmament.
We recogniz…
Mr. Mahfouz
Egypt is taking the floor to explain its vote on resolution 71/50, on the Arms Trade Treaty.
As a matter of fundamental policy, Egypt is well aware of the facts of the illicit trafficking in weapons. We are fully committed to exerting every effort to combat and eradicate the illicit trade in arms. Nevertheless, Egypt abstained in the voting on the draft resolution entitled “The Arms Trade Treaty…
Mr. Toro-Carnevali
We abstained in the voting on resolution 71/69, entitled “Implementation of
the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction”, as well as against the third and fourth preambular paragraphs and operative paragraphs 2 and 3, for the following reasons.
During the past three years, the resolution on the Chemical Weapo…
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 98.
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