76/262 GA
Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council
76
Session
| Draft symbol | A/76/L.52 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 76/262 |
| Sponsors (13) | |
| UN Document | 76/262 ↗ |
Austria
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Ireland
Japan
Liechtenstein
Malta
Singapore
Switzerland
Ukraine
United States of America
Vote Consensus — A/76/PV.69
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
Before giving the floor to those who wish to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted, may I remind delegations that explanations are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Ms. Jiang Hua
Currently, the world is confronted with unprecedented risks and challenges. Countries need to uphold true multilateralism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation under the banner of the United Nations and make the Organization the central platform for maintaining common security and pursuing shared development.
Like other Member States, China believes that the General Assembly is the most univers…
Mr. Raguttahalli
Represented by a delegation that has piloted the need for reformed multilateralism, India fully supports any initiative that genuinely furthers the objective of achieving meaningful and comprehensive reform of the key elements of the global multilateral architecture.
In the context of the United Nations, that has implied, inter alia, bringing the structure and composition of the Security Council…
Mr. Koba
I thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor to explain our position on resolution 76/262. We support all efforts to improve transparency in the work of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the United Nations as a whole. It was in that spirit that Indonesia joined the consensus on the resolution.
Hence, it is regrettable that our endeavour to improve the transparency of the Security Counc…
Mr. Pilipenko
The Republic of Belarus, a country that survived the horrors of Nazi occupation and defeated the plague of fascism, is a founding Member of the United Nations and has always been very careful and responsible with regard to the United Nations carrying out its primary role, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security.
We are very disturbed by the fact that in the Security Council t…
Mr. Larbaoui
The Algerian delegation joined in the adoption of resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for the General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”, as a procedural mechanism to strengthen the role, powers and functions of the General Assembly in matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as the principal representative
organ for deliberation…
Mr. Chindawongse
Thailand supports the ongoing efforts to enhance transparency in the United Nations, whether in the General Assembly or the Security Council. In our view, resolution 76/262, which we just adopted, reflects a well-intentioned effort that seeks to promote greater transparency in the work of the Security Council, particularly on the use of the veto. The stated aspirations behind, and the principle u…
Mr. Sarufa
On behalf of my delegation, let me acknowledge the leadership and the efforts of the core group of countries on the establishment of the General Assembly standing mandate to deal with the use of the veto in the Security Council subsequent to a meeting in which a veto is cast.
The veto debate is not only politically sensitive but also emotionally charged, with its positive and negative implicatio…
Mr. Gertze
In Namibia’s capacity as a member of the African Union Committee of 10 on the Reform of the United Nations Security Council, I have the honour to deliver this explanation of vote after the voting on behalf of the States members of the African Union, following the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 76/262, under agenda item 124, entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”, otherwi…
Mr. Khan
Pakistan supported the adoption of resolution 76/262 under agenda item 124, entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”. Pakistan agrees with the overall objective of the resolution, which is to bring greater responsibility to the conduct of the permanent members of the Security Council.
Pakistan appreciates that the sponsors added the eighth preambular paragraph, which recalls decisio…
Mr. Mainero
As a founding Member of the United Nations, Argentina is firmly committed to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations dating back to the negotiations of the 1945 San Francisco Conference, especially the meeting of the General Assembly at the second part of its first session held in October 1946 (see A/PV.37), at which Argentina took a firm position against the right of vet…
Mr. Takht Ravanchi
My delegation joined the consensus on resolution 76/262. However, we would like to state the following.
As a founding Member of the United Nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a staunch supporter of a strengthened role for the United Nations as the cornerstone of multilateralism in maintaining international peace and security. Iran has also called on the Security Council to act in a mo…
Mr. Kuzmin
Let me say a few words about resolution 76/262, which was just adopted. Quite frankly, we had no desire to join the consensus. I shall explain why.
The right of veto of the permanent members of the Security Council is a cornerstone of the United Nations architecture. Without it, the Security Council would become a body merely rubber-stamping questionable decisions imposed by the nominal majority…
Mr. Pedroso Cuesta
Cuba has always supported the fact that the General Assembly should fully assume the role entrusted to it by the United Nations with regard to international peace and security. The mandate of the Assembly on
those issues has been severely undermined because of the growing trend in the Security Council to usurp its functions.
The Council is increasingly expanding the definition of international …
Mr. Gutiérrez Plata
We would like to make the following points on resolution 76/262, which was just adopted.
As a founding Member of the United Nations, Colombia adopts the traditional position of challenging the veto and advocating its elimination. We believe that the role played by the Security Council as part of the mechanism set out in the Charter of the United Nations is important and should not be overlooked.…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of position after the adoption of the resolution.
We will now hear statements after adoption.
Ms. Eneström
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries, namely, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and my own country, Sweden.
We would like to thank Liechtenstein for this important initiative. The Nordic countries wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of resolution 76/262.
The fulfilment of the principal task of the United Nations — the maintenance of international peace a…
Mr. Paulauskas
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the three Baltic States, that is,
Estonia, Latvia and my own country, Lithuania.
We applaud the adoption of resolution 76/262, entitled “Standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council”. We are proud to have presented the resolution together with a cross-regional group of States and to have provided consistent su…
Mr. Maes
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the three Benelux countries —Belgium, the Netherlands and my own country, Luxembourg.
The Benelux countries are proud to have co-sponsored resolution 76/262, which was just adopted by consensus and which establishes a standing mandate for the General Assembly to hold a debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council.
We thank Liechtenstein for its lead…
Mr. Stastoli
Albania has supported this initiative from the very beginning and is a proud co-sponsor of resolution 76/262, which was adopted today without a vote. The reasons for doing so are very simple and straightforward, and we have said them before.
We find ourselves at the cusp of a major global reordering that is putting into question the basic rules and institutions that came out of the most calamito…
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