78/119 GA
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
78
Session
| Draft symbol | A/78/L.20 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 78/119 |
| UN Document | 78/119 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/78/PV.47
Speeches following this vote (12)
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/78/L.21, entitled “International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development”.
May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/78/L.21?
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/78/L.22, entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.
May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/78/L.22?
The Acting President
Before giving the floor for explanations of vote or position after the voting, I would like to remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Al-thani
At the outset, I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the delegations of the States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, namely, the State of Bahrain, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and my country, the State of Qatar.
Our countries express their thanks and appreciation to the delegation of Swe…
Mr. González Behmaras
Cuba supports the noble objective of resolutions 78/118, 78/119, 78/120 and 78/121, which were just adopted under the agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations.
Those resolutions and the United Nations efforts in that area should continue to be implemented in strict compliance with resolution 46/182 and the United Na…
Ms. Ochoa Espinales
Nicaragua is taking the floor to explain its position following the vote on resolution 78/118, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”.
Nicaragua is not a State party to the Rome Statute. In that regard, we disassociate ourselves from the references to the International Criminal Court in the resolution.
Nicaragua believes in internatio…
Mr. Chumakov
I will be brief. We have always called and continue to call for the adoption by consensus of humanitarian resolutions in the General Assembly, and this year is no exception.
However, given our country’s position vis-à-vis the International Criminal Court (ICC), which we stated earlier (see A/78/PV.46), our delegation disassociates itself from the thirty-fourth preambular paragraph and operative …
Mr. Al-Khaqani
My delegation would like to explain its vote and make some comments on resolution 78/121, entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.
While we would like to thank the sponsors of the resolution for reaffirming the humanitarian assistance provided to the Palestinian people, we want to express reservations about certain terms in the text that run counter to our national legislation. The resol…
Mr. Ivanyi
I thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor to make a statement on resolution 78/120, which we have just adopted.
Hungary is deeply concerned about the increasing impact of natural disasters, which is resulting in loss of life worldwide, along with food insecurity, waterand sanitation-related challenges, displacement and the destruction of housing and infrastructure. Nevertheless, we would like to…
Mrs. Kavaleuskaya
My delegation would like to make a comment on resolution 78/118.
Belarus shares the concerns about the extremely important issue of the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and joins the consensus on the resolution. However, at the same time, we dissociate ourselves from its preambular paragraph 33 and operative paragraph 8 and do not consider ourselves bound by those provisions.
Mr. Zambrana Flores
The Plurinational State of Bolivia would like to take the floor to explain its position following the adoption of resolution 78/121, entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.
While my delegation joined the consensus on the resolution, we would have liked to have a text that better reflects the current situation in the Middle East and the tragic situation that the Palestinian people are go…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the voting.
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 72 and its sub-items (a) to (c).
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