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A/RES/53/40 GA

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

53
Session
111
Yes
2
No
48
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/53/L.49
Adopted symbol A/RES/53/40
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
Voeten Topics ⓘ
P5 Positions
Russia ~ United States ✗ United Kingdom ~ China ✓ France ~
UN Document A/RES/53/40 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/53/PV.76 Dec. 2, 1998

— Abstain (48)
✗ No (2)
Absent (24)
✓ Yes (111)
Speeches following this vote (11) may include explanations of vote
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/53/L.50, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. I wish to announce that, since the introduction of the draft resolution, Brunei Darussalam and Qatar have become cosponsors. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegations of Cuba and China informed the S…
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/53/L.51, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. I wish to announce that, since the introduction of the draft resolution, Brunei Darussalam and Qatar have become cosponsors. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Cuba informed the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.]
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote after the vote. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Macedo (Mexico)
The delegation of Mexico voted in favour of draft resolution A/53/L.51 because it believes that the solution to the question of Palestine is vital to the settlement of the Middle East conflict. However, I would like to make the following statement regarding the substance of operative paragraph 3. Mexico takes note that one of the basic understandings in the peace process in the Middle East has b…
Mr. Manz (Austria)
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union in order to explain the vote of its member States on the draft resolutions concerning the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, contained in document A/53/L.48, and the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat, contained in document A/53/L.49. In spite of difficulties in the Middle East …
Mr. Abou-Hadid (Syrian Arab Republic)
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/53/L.51, which has just been adopted. Our agreement on it does not indicate our support of or opposition to the agreement on the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, signed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel, as referred to in the tenth and eleventh preambular paragraphs of the draft resolution and …
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote. I now call on the Observer of Palestine.
Mr. Al-Kidwa (State of Palestine)
I wish to take this opportunity to express once again our appreciation to all the Member States that have supported the four resolutions adopted under the agenda item entitled “Question of Palestine”. We believe that all four of these resolutions are very important to the question of Palestine and the United Nations. As all members know, these resolutions include the United Nations machinery for …
The Acting President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 39. Programme of work
The Acting President
I should like to draw the Assembly's attention to some matters concerning the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Members will recall that, in a letter by the President of the General Assembly dated 25 November 1998 addressed to all permanent representatives to the United Nations, the President informed delegations of the necessity of holding t…
The Acting President
May I take it that there is no objection to the proposal to hear the Observer of the Holy See on this agenda item?
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
UNITED A NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/40 20 January 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 39 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/53/L.49 and Add.1)] 53/40. Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1 Taking note in particular of the relevant information contained in chapter V.B of that report, Recalling its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 33/28 C of 7 December 1978, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, 35/169 D of 15 December 1980, 36/120 B of 10 December 1981, 37/86 B of 10 December 1982, 38/58 B of 13 December 1983, 39/49 B of 11 December 1984, 40/96 B of 12 December 1985, 41/43 B of 2 December 1986, 42/66 B of 2 December 1987, 43/175 B of 15 December 1988, 44/41 B of 6 December 1989, 45/67 B of 6 December 1990, 46/74 B of 11 December 1991, 47/64 B of 11 December 1992, 48/158 B of 20 December 1993, 49/62 B of 14 December 1994, 50/84 B of 15 December 1995, 51/24 of 4 December 1996 and 52/50 of 9 December 1997, 1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 52/50; 2. Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a useful and constructive contribution; 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/53/35). 99-76297 /... A/RES/53/40 Page 2 3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Division with the necessary resources and to ensure that it continues to carry out its programme of work as detailed in the relevant earlier resolutions, in consultation with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and under its guidance, including, in particular, the organization of meetings in various regions with the participation of all sectors of the international community, the further development and expansion of the documents collection of the United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine, the preparation and widest possible dissemination of publications and information materials on various aspects of the question of Palestine, the provision of assistance in completing the project on the modernization of the records of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, and the provision of the annual training programme for staff of the Palestinian Authority; 4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued cooperation of the Department of Public Information and other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Division to perform its tasks and in covering adequately the various aspects of the question of Palestine; 5. Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to the Committee and the Division in the performance of their tasks; 6. Notes with appreciation the action taken by Member States to observe annually on 29 November the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, requests them to continue to give the widest possible publicity to the observance, and requests the Committee and the Division to continue to organize, as part of the observance of the Day of Solidarity, an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. 76th plenary meeting 2 December 1998
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