A/43/L.IS GA
Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte
43
Session
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United States
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United Kingdom
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China
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France
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Vote Recorded Vote — A/43/PV.37
Speeches following this vote (16)
The President
This concludes our
consideration of agenda item 32.
AGENDA ITDl 15
ELECTIONS 'ID FILL ~CANCIES IN PRINeI PAL ORGANS
(a) ELECTroN OF FIVE NON-PERMANENT M9IBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL
(b) ELECTION OF EIGHTEEN M9mERS OF THE ECOt."OMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
The President
The Assembly will now
proceed to the election of five non-permanent members of the security Council to
replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 1988. The five
outgoing members are the following: Argentina, the Federal Republic of Germany,
Italy, Japan and Zambia. These five States cannot be re-elected and therefore
their names should not appear on the ballot papers.
…
The President
In accordance with rule 92
of the rulea of procedure, the election shall be held by secret ballot and there
shall be no nominations.
Ballot papers are now being distributed.
I request representatives to use only those ballot papers that have been
distributed and to write on them the names of the five States for which they wish
to vote. As I have indicated, the ballot papers should not inclu…
The President
The result of the voting
for the election of two non-permanent members of the security Council is as follows:
Number of ballot papers:
Number at invalid ballots:
Number of valid ballots:
Abs ten tions :
Number of Members voting:
Required two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained:
Malaysia
Finland
Greece
Bangladesh
Having obtained the required two-thirds majority, Malaysia was ele…
The President
One seat remains to be
filled from the Group of western European and other States.
In accordance wHh rule 94 of the rules of procedure, we shall proceed to a
third ballot, restricted to the two candidates which have obtained the largest
number of votes. These two countries·~re Pinland and Greece. Ballot papers will
now be distributed.
At the invitation of the President, Mr. A!;~...ler (Aust…
The President
The result of the voting is
as follows:
Number of ballot papers:
Number of invalid ba:llots: :-=='-
Number of valid ballots:
Abs ten tions:
Number of Members voting:
Required two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained~
Finland
Greece
~ng obtained the r!luired two-thirds majority, Finland was elected a
non-permanent member of the Security Council for a two-year period beginning on
…
The President
I congratulate the states
that have been elected non-permanent members of the security Council and I thank
the tellers for their co-operation in the election.
The Assembly has concluded its consideration of sub-item (a) agenda item 15.
The Assembly will now proceed to the election of 18 members of the EconOJllic
and Social Council to replace thoge members whose term of office exrires on
31 …
The President
In accordance ~ith 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 the Chairmen of
regional groups have been allowed to speak at this stage to clarify the status of
the candidates. Acc~rdingly, I call first on the representative of Kuwait, as
current Chairman of the Group of Asian Sta…
The President
I call on the
representative of Austria g as current Chairman of the Group of Western European and other States.
Mrs. BERTRAND (Austria): As Chairman of the Group of Western European
and other States we should like to inform the Asselnbly that our Group has an agreed
list of candidates for the forthcoming election. There are four candidates for the
four seats, all endorsed: Italy, the Nether…
The President
I call on the
representative of th~ Ukrainian SSR to speak on behalf of the socialist States of Eastern Europe.
Mr. OUDOVENKO (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) (interpretation from
Russian): The socialist States of Eastern Europe endorse the candidacy of
Czechoslovakia and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for the two places
reserved for our group on the Economic and Social Council.
The President
I call on the
representative of the united Republic of Tanzania, as Chairman of the African
Group.
Mr. KATEKA (United Republic of Tanzania): The African Group has agreed
on the following candidates: Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Tunisia and Zambia.
The President
I new call on the
representative of the Dominican Republic, as Cha irman of the La tin American and
Caribbean Group.
Mrs. De La MAZA (Dominican Republic) (interpretation from Spanish): As
Chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Group, I wish to inform the Assenbly
that the Group did not reach a consensus. For its three seats in the Economic and
SOcial Council, the Group has the followi…
The President
Ballot papers marked A, B,
C, D and E are now being distributed. I request representatives to use only those
ballot paper s and to wr i te on them the names of the Member Sta tes for which they
wish to vote in each group. Ballot papers containing more names than the nunner
assigned to that group will be declared invalid. Names of Member States on a
ballot that do not belon9 to that group wil…
The President
THe result of the voting
for the election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council is as follows:
GROUP A
Numer of ballot paper.!!. 158
NUmber of invalid ballots: 1
NUmber of valid ballots: 157
Abs ten tions: 0
Number of Members voting: 157
Rt!quired twO-thirds majority: 105
NUmber of votes obtained:
Zanbia 152
Tunisia 150
Kenya 149
Niger 146
Camer.oon 145
Niger ia 4
Libya…
The President
The result of the voting is
as follows:
NUmber of ballot papers:
Number of invalid ballots:
NUmber of valid ballots: 156 Abs ten dons: -,.....--- o
NUmber of Members voting: 156 R!9uired two-thirds majority:
Number of votes obtained: 104
Nicaragua 82 Peru 74
The President
This restricted ballot has
not produced a positive result. Therefore, in accordance with the rules, we should
go on to another restricted ballot.
However, taking into account the lateness of the hour and the fact that we
still have another i tern to deal wi th, I should like to propose that we postpone the
voting to a future meeting and suspend these elections for the time being.
If I hear …
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