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74/245 GA

International Day of Banks

74
Session
Draft symbol A/74/L.38
Adopted symbol 74/245
Sponsors (1)
UN Document 74/245 ↗

Vote ConsensusA/74/PV.52 Dec. 19, 2019

Speeches following this vote (11) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
Before giving the floor for explanations of vote after adoption, may I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Lawrence (United States of America)
We are pleased to join consensus on resolution 74/245 and refer the General Assembly to our remarks delivered in the Second Committee on 21 November on our position with respect to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda in the context of the draft resolution.
Mr. Terva (Finland)
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its 28 member States. The candidate countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, the country of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the country of the European Free Trade Association Liechtenstein, member of the European Economic Area…
Mr. Nakano (Japan)
I would like to deliver an explanation of position on resolution 74/245, entitled “International Day of Banks”. At the outset, Japan would like to thank the delegation of Bahrain as the proponent and facilitator of the resolution. We also express our appreciation to our colleagues who participated in the informal consultations. Japan decided to join the consensus on the resolution in recognition…
The Acting President
I now give the floor to those representatives who wish to speak in exercise of the right of reply. May I remind members that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second intervention and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Aldoseri (Bahrain)
The Kingdom of Bahrain, also on behalf of Egypt, Nigeria and Kazakhstan, would like to thank all the sponsors of resolution 74/245, entitled “International Day of Banks”. In response to our colleague from the Mission of Japan and the comments he made in his explanation of position, we would say that we wish that those comments had been made during the informal meetings, which were attended by th…
Mr. Lawrence (United States of America)
I would like to associate my delegation with the remarks made by the representative of Finland and the representative of Japan with regard to the process by which resolution 74/245 was managed.
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 17 and its sub-item (b)?
The President
I have been informed by the Chair of the Fifth Committee that the Committee requests a further extension of its work to Friday, 27 December, in the hope that such an extension would facilitate reaching consensus on the pending draft resolutions before it. There are particular challenges with the new annual budget faced by the Fifth Committee this year. I acknowledge our Fifth Committee colleagues…
The President
May I also take it that the General Assembly agrees to extend the work of the Fifth Committee until Friday, 27 December?
The President
The General Assembly will take up the pending items, including the reports of the Fifth Committee, after the completion of the work of the Fifth Committee in the General Assembly Hall. I wish delegates a merry Christmas and happy holidays. Before suspending this meeting, I would like to announce that the meeting of the Fifth Committee will take place in this room immediately after this meeting.
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