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A/RES/55/53 GA

Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat

55
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107
Yes
2
No
48
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/55/L.46
Adopted symbol A/RES/55/53
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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P5 Positions
Russia ~ United States ✗ United Kingdom ~ China ✓ France ~
UN Document A/RES/55/53 ↗

Vote Recorded Vote — A/55/PV.78 Dec. 1, 2000

— Abstain (48)
✗ No (2)
Absent (32)
✓ Yes (107)
Speeches following this vote (8) may include explanations of vote
The President
We turn next to draft resolution A/55/L.47, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. I should like to announce that, since the publication of the draft resolution, Guyana has become a sponsor of A/55/L.47. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Jamaica informed the Secretariat …
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/55/L.48, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. I should like to announce that, since the publication of the draft resolution, Togo has become a sponsor of A/55/L.48. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently, the delegation of Jamaica informed the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.]
The President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to explain their votes on the resolutions just adopted. May I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Bigot (France)
I have the honour of explaining the votes of the European Union on the resolutions entitled “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People” and “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”, contained in documents A/55/L.45 and A/55/L.46, respectively. Significant progress has been made in the Middle East peace process over the years, with a view to establi…
Mr. Macedo (Mexico)
My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/55/L.48 because it believes that the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine is vital to the settlement of the Middle East conflict. However, I would like to reiterate the following regarding the contents of operative paragraph 3. Mexico notes that one of the basic understandings of the peace process in the Middle East has been the exc…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote.
Mr. Al-Kidwa (State of Palestine)
I should like to express our profound gratitude to all the member States that supported the resolutions adopted here today by vast majorities, with only a couple of votes against, under the items on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East. Of course, we extend our particular thanks to those friendly countries that sponsored and voted in favour of the resolutions. One repre…
The President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 41.
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
United Nations A/RES/55/53 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 41 00 56257 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.46 and Add.1)] 55/53. 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, 52/50 of 9 December 1997, 53/40 of 2 December 1998 and 54/40 of 1 December 1999, 1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 54/40; 2. Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a useful and constructive contribution; 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 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/55/35). A/RES/55/53 2 of the question of 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. 78th plenary meeting 1 December 2000
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