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A/RES/59/30 GA

Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat

59
Session
162
Yes
7
No
9
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/59/L.36
Adopted symbol A/RES/59/30
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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UN Document A/RES/59/30 ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/59/PV.64 Dec. 1, 2004

— Abstain (9)
✗ No (7)
Absent (13)
✓ Yes (162)
Speeches following this vote (5) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/59/L.37, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. A recorded vote has been requested.
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote 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.
Ms. Núñez de Odremán (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela)
Our delegation wishes to explain its vote in favour of draft resolution A/59/L.37, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela voted in favour of the resolution because we believe that the right to selfdetermination is an inalienable right of all peoples. Therefore, the Palestinian people, whose territory is occupied by Israe…
Mr. Berry (Canada)
Canada voted against draft resolution A/59/L.34 because of serious reservations we have about the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Canada has consistently supported the rights of the Palestinian people — including the right to selfdetermination and to a Palestinian State — and we will continue to do so until those rights are realized through a negoti…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 37.
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
United Nations A/RES/59/30 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 January 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 37 04-47806 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2004 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.36 and Add.1)] 59/30. Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information 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 information contained in chapter VI of that report, Recalling its resolution 58/20 of 3 December 2003, Convinced that the worldwide dissemination of accurate and comprehensive information and the role of civil society organizations and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening awareness of and support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, Recalling the mutual recognition between the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, as well as the existing agreements between the two sides and the need for full compliance with those agreements, Recalling also the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,2 Taking note of the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,3 1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in compliance with resolution 58/20; 2. Considers that the special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department is very useful in raising the awareness of the _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/59/35). 2 S/2003/529, annex. 3 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1. A/RES/59/30 2 international community concerning the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East and that the programme is contributing effectively to an atmosphere conducive to dialogue and supportive of the peace process; 3. Requests the Department, in full cooperation and coordination with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to continue, with the necessary flexibility as may be required by developments affecting the question of Palestine, its special information programme for the biennium 2004–2005, in particular: (a) To disseminate information on all the activities of the United Nations system relating to the question of Palestine, including reports on the work carried out by the relevant United Nations organizations; (b) To continue to issue and update publications on the various aspects of the question of Palestine in all fields, including materials concerning the recent developments in that regard, in particular the prospects for peace; (c) To expand its collection of audio-visual material on the question of Palestine and to continue the production and preservation of such material and the updating of the exhibit in the Secretariat; (d) To organize and promote fact-finding news missions for journalists to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; (e) To organize international, regional and national seminars or encounters for journalists, aiming in particular at sensitizing public opinion to the question of Palestine; (f) To continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people in the field of media development, in particular to strengthen the training programme for Palestinian broadcasters and journalists initiated in 1995. 64th plenary meeting 1 December 2004
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