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A/49/947 GA

49
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Draft symbol A/49/947

Vote Consensus — A/49/PV.106 July 20, 1995

Speeches following this vote (10) may include explanations of vote
The President
We shall now consider Part VI of the report (A/49/803/Add.5) of the Fifth Committee on sub-item (a) of agenda item 132. The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the Fifth Committee in paragraph 6 of Part VI of that report. The draft resolution, entitled “Support account for peace-keeping operations”, was adopted by the Fifth Committee without a vote. May I con…
The President
The Assembly will now consider Part II of the report (A/49/821/Add.1) of the Fifth Committee on sub-item (b) of agenda item 132.
The President
I now call on those delegations wishing to explain their position on the resolutions and the decision just adopted.
Mr. Mojouikhov (Belarus)
My delegation wishes to explain the position of the Republic of Belarus in favour of the decision of the Fifth Committee, adopted at its 66th meeting on the revised draft resolution of the Chairman of the Fifth Committee, submitted with oral amendments and subsequently issued as document A/C.5/49/L.64 of 14 July 1995. The text, which we have just adopted, appears on page 2 of document A/49/947 of…
The President
May I remind delegations that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 34/401, explanations of vote or position are limited to 10 minutes.
Mr. Zlenko (Ukraine)
The Government of Ukraine decided to support the decision that has just been taken by the General Assembly. Although this decision is not perfect, it can be considered as a step in the right direction. We would like to underline once again that the solution of the problem of the proper financing of We also proceed from the fact that in the current situation the voluntary movement “up” in the ex…
Mr. Deineko (Russian Federation)
The Russian delegation takes note with great satisfaction of the decision of the Government of Portugal regarding its voluntary reclassification to group B with respect to apportionment of the costs of peace-keeping operations, and we support the request of Belarus for simultaneous reclassification to group C. Our decision to join the consensus on the draft resolution recommended in document A/49…
Mr. Birenbaum (United States of America)
The United States welcomes Portugal’s decision to increase voluntarily its rate of assessment for peace-keeping. In his statement to the Fifth Committee last week, the representative of Portugal cited two reasons for his Government’s voluntary action: its concern for the United Nations financial situation; and its recognition that Portugal’s economic improvement over the last 20 years no longer j…
Mr. Soares (Portugal)
My delegation wishes to express its satisfaction at the adoption by consensus of the resolution contained in document A/49/947, which reclassifies Portugal from group C to group B. In this connection, we have informed the Secretary-General that, as declared in our statement in the Fifth Committee, the first step in the process of change took place as of 1 July 1995. The decision of my Government…
The President
We have thus concluded this stage of our consideration of agenda item 132.
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