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A/RES/50/84B GA

Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat

50
Session
96
Yes
2
No
53
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/50/L.48
Adopted symbol A/RES/50/84B
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Voeten Topics ⓘ
P5 Positions
Russia ~ United States ✗ United Kingdom ~ China ✓ France ~
UN Document A/RES/50/84B ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/50/PV.93 Dec. 15, 1995

— Abstain (53)
✗ No (2)
Absent (34)
✓ Yes (96)
Speeches following this vote (10) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
We turn next to draft resolution A/50/L.49, entitled “Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. We shall now begin the voting process. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegations of Grenada, Guinea- Bissau, Latvia and Saint Lucia informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour.]
The Acting President
We turn now to draft resolution A/50/L.50, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. We shall now begin the voting process. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegations of Guinea-Bissau, Latvia and Saint Lucia informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour.]
The Acting President
Before I call on the first speaker in explanation of vote, let me remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Samadi (Islamic Republic of Iran)
My delegation would like to express its reservations on those parts of the resolutions adopted under agenda item 42 which might be construed as any recognition of Israel.
Mr. Hallak (Syrian Arab Republic)
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/50/L.50, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. Our favourable vote does not mean either that we support or that we oppose the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, to which reference is made in the ninth and tenth preambular paragraphs …
Mr. Amer (Libya)
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolutions A/50/L.47, entitled “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People”, A/50/L.48, entitled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”, A/50/L.49, entitled “Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”, and A/50/L.50, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. We voted in favour bec…
Mr. Valencia Rodríguez (Ecuador)
The delegation of Ecuador abstained in the voting on draft resolutions A/50/L.47, L.48 and L.49 under agenda item 42, “Question of Palestine”, and voted in favour of draft resolution A/50/L.50. My delegation considers it vital to support the Middle East peace process initiated at the Madrid conference in 1991 and to make the most effective possible contribution to strengthening the bilateral and …
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. In accordance with General Assembly resolutions 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974 and 43/177 of 15 December 1988, I now call upon the observer of Palestine.
Mr. Al-Kidwa (State of Palestine)
On behalf of the Palestinian people, the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestine National Authority, I wish to extend thanks At the same time, we cannot but express regret over the positions taken by the delegations of the United States of America and Israel. Those are positions that appear to aim principally at setting aside international law and international lega…
The Acting President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 42.
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