A/42/669 GA
General and complete disarmament
42
Session
| Draft symbol | A/42/669 |
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Vote Consensus — A/42/PV.46
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
I thank the Rapporteur of
the First Committee.
If there is no proposal under rule 66 of the rules of procedure, I shall
consider that the General Assembly decides not to discuss the report of the First
Committee.
It was so decided.
The President
Statements will therefore
be limited to explanations of vote. The positions of delegations regarding the
various recommendations of the First Committee have been made clear in the
Committee and are reflected in the relevant official records.
May I remind Members that, in paragra~h 7 of its decision 34/401, the General
Assembly decided that, when the same draft resolution is considered in a M…
The President
The General Assembly, upon
the recommendation of the First Committee, has just adopted a very important and
timely decision. Tnat decision reflects, indeed, the aspirations of all the
peoples of the world. It will be transmitted to the Governments of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America.
ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN PRINCIPAL ORGANS
(b) ELECTION OF EIGH…
The President
The Assembly will now
proceed to the election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council to replace
those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 1987.
The 18 outgoing members are: Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, France, the
Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland, India, Japan, Morocco,
Nigeria, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, Venezuela and Zimhabwe.
These 18 S…
The President
In accordance with rule 92
of the rules of procedure, the election shall be held by secret ballot and there
shall be no nominations.
The Assembly will recall that in the past chairmen of regional groups have
been allowed to speak at this stage to clarify the status of the candidatures.
I call on the representative of Madagascar, as Chairman of the African Group.
Mr. RABETAFIKA (Madagascar) …
The President
I call on the
representative of Antigua and Barbuda in his capacity as Chairman of the Latin
American Group.
Mr. JACOBS (Antigua and Barbuda): On behalf of the Latin American and
Caribbean Group, I wish to inform the Assembly that there are seven candidates to
fill the Latin American vacancies. The candidates are Brazil, Colombia, Cuba,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
The President
Ballot papers marked A, B,
C, D, and E will now be distributed. I request representatives to use only
(The President)
those ballot papers and to write on them the names of the Member States for which
they wish to vote in each group. Ballot papers containing more names than are
assigned to that group will be declared invalid. Names on a hallot paper of Member
states which do not belong to th…
The President
The result of the voting
for the election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council is as follows:
GROUP A
Number of ballot papers:
Number of invalid ballots:
Number of valid ballots:
Abstentions:
Number of Members voting:
Required two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained:
Ghana
Lesotho
Guinea
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liberia
Benin
Tunisia
Algeria
Burundi
Kenya
Mauri…
The President
I congratulate the States
which have been elected members of the Economic and Social Council.
There remain three seats to be filled from the Latin American States.
In accordance with rule 94 of the rules of procedure, we shall proceed to a
second ballot, restricted to the six candidates which have obtained the largest
number of votes. These six countries are Colombia, Brazil, Trinidad and To…
The President
The result of the voting is
as follows:
Number of ballot papers: 156
Number of invalid ballots: 3
Number of valid ballots: 153
Abstentions: 0
Number of Members voting: 153
Required two-thirds majority: 102
Number of votes obtained:
Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
Ecuador
Guatemala
The President
Since no candidates have
obtained the required two-thirds majority, there remain three seats to be filled
from the Latin American Group. In accordance with rule 94 of the rules of
procedure, we shall proceed to a third ballot, restricted to the six candidates
which obtained the largest number of vot~s in the previous ballot. These six
countries are: Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Brazil, Ven…
The President
I call on the representative of Guatemala, who has asked
to speak on a point of order.
Mr. ARIS de CASTILLA (Guatemala) (interpretation from Spanish) :
Guatemala is very grateful to all those who voted for our country, but we are now
withdrawing our candidacy.
The President
I call on the representative of Jamaica who has asked to
speak on a point of order.
Mr. BARNETT (Jamaica): I wish to point out that the representative of
Guatemala has, in the midst of the voting, unfortunately, withdrawn the name of his
country. Evidently he did so inadvertently while the process of voting was taking
place. Ballot papers had been distributed and the President had stated tha…
The President
Representatives have all
heard the statement by Guatemala and, since the ballot papers have not yet been
collected, everyone has the opportunity to make any correction necessary.
Therefore, I believe that we can continue the voting process.
The President
The result of the voting is
as follows:
Number of ballot papers: iS3
Number of invalid ballots:
Number of valid ballots;
Abstentions:
Number of Members voting:
Required two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained:
Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
Ecuador
Guatemala
Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago, having obtained the required two-thirds
majority, were electea member…
The President
I congratulate the States
which have just been elected members of the Economic and Social Council.
As one seat still remains to be filled from the Group of Latin American
States, the Assembly will now proceed to a tnird restricted ballot to elect one
State from that group. This ballot will be restricted to the two states of the
Latin American Group which obtained the largest number of votes …
The President
The result of the voting is
as follows:
Number of ballot papers:
o
Number of invalid ballots:
Number of valid ballots:
Abaten tions: 4
Number of Members voting: 147
Required two-thirds majority: 98
Number of votes obtained:
Brazil 91
56 Venezuela
The President
Since the third restricted
ballot has also failed to produce a positive result, we must conduct another
unrestrictred ballot. This is the fifth ballot being carried out in accordance
with rule 94 of the rules of procedure.
I should like to remind the Assembly that Members have the right to vote for
any State from the Group of Latin American States, with the exception, naturally,
of those St…
The President
The result of the voting if
as follows:
Number of ballot papers:
Number of invalid ballots:
Number of valid ballots:
Abstentions:
Number of Members voting:
Required two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained:
68 Brazil
Venezuela
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Barbados
Guatemala 2
Bahamas 1
Mexico 1
The President
As no State obtained the
required two-thirds majority, the General Assembly ought now, in accordance with
its rules of procedure, to hold two additional unrestricted ballots. I propose,
however, that further voting be postponed to a later meeting to be announced in d e
course. May I take it that the Assembly decides to suspend the voting for the ti e
being'?
It was so decided. I I ~-'------…
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