A/66/L.44 GA
66
Session
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Vote Consensus — A/66/PV.109
Speeches following this vote (17)
The Acting President
I now give the floor to the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic.
Mr. Falouh
I would like to thank all the delegations that supported our oral amendment to draft decision A/66/L.44.
I would also like to express our regret that Syria’s amendment was not adopted, despite the logical basis and reasons supporting the legitimacy and reasonableness
of our request to omit two organizations from the list of non-governmental organizations participating in the United Nations Conf…
The Acting President
I shall now give the floor to speakers who wish to speak in explanation of position following the adoption of the decision.
Mr. Estreme
As reflected in our vote on the motion made under rule 74 of the rules of procedure, my country would have preferred that the delegations had been given more time to consider this important topic. We believe that, unfortunately, the procedure was not entirely clear. We did not have before us the full list of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) referred to in the decision just adopted. We wo…
Mrs. Pessôa
My delegation would also have preferred that the decision be adopted by consensus, but that was not possible. We are less than a month away from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), however, so we do think that the decision had to be taken at this point in time.
My delegation would like to offer the following explanation of vote after the voting concerning the propo…
Mr. Gálvez
Chile voted against the oral amendment to today’s decision, thereby supporting the Secretary-General’s recommendations in his note contained in document A/66/760. However, that does not imply that there has been any change in Chile’s position regarding the occupied Syrian Golan, nor does it affect our Government’s position in support of the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutio…
Mr. Vidal
The delegation of Uruguay would like to state that its position on the decision just adopted does not affect Uruguay’s traditionally held positions concerning the occupied Syrian Golan, or its support of the relevant General Assembly resolutions seeking compliance in that area, including resolution 66/80.
Mrs. Irman
I would like to express our concerns about the procedures employed in today’s voting. The list of non-governmental organizations was not distributed for us to refer to. That is why my delegation abstained in the voting. In substance, however, we remain supportive of Syria’s position on the issue of the occupied Syrian Golan.
Mr. Benmehidi
I would like to express the Algerian delegation’s concern and our regret that what we have observed today is that those in charge of leading the process of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) to a successful outcome have taken the risk of departing from the usual way in which the preparatory process is conducted — that is, in a spirit of consensus and consultation a…
Mr. Muñoz
My delegation would like to state that our position in favour of this decision does not in any way affect the position of Peru on the issue of the occupied Syrian Golan, nor our position on the contents of the various resolutions adopted by the General Assembly.
Mr. Archondo
We would like to add our voice to those who believe that the decision on the Rio process and its adoption are a sad precedent. We believe that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that participate in United Nations conferences should go through the Economic and Social Council accreditation process. We believe it regrettable, given such a short time, that the General Assembly should take a decisi…
Mr. Al Otaibi
I should clarify that, most regrettably, we were unable to participate in the voting. Nevertheless, my delegation supports the proposal to amend the decision by deleting the two organizations from the list of the non-governmental organizations participating in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Mr. Jaiswal
In our explanation of position, we would like to state that, even though we voted against the amendment, it should not be taken in any manner to reflect a change in our long-held position on the Syrian Golan and related issues.
Mr. León González
We deeply regret the fact that such a hasty procedure has taken place. We note that those delegations that opted to impose a decision in such a way have done so. We hope that such a decision does not set a precedent for future decisions concerning the participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in other conferences, in particular those NGOs whose application for consultative status in …
Mr. Laguna
My delegation merely wishes to add its voice to those of other delegations that have expressed the sentiment that our decision today, which sought to allow civil society organizations to participate appropriately in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, should not in any way be seen as a precedent that alters our previously stated position on the occupied Syrian Golan, as othe…
Mr. Mugerwa
The delegation of Uganda would have preferred that this matter be resolved through further consultations. That is why we abstained in the first vote. We would like to clarify that our voting against the proposed amendment was on the basis of the participation of those non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and it does not affect the positions that we hold outside the participation of the NGOs.
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 19.
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