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A/RES/60/36 GA

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

60
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106
Yes
8
No
59
Abstentions
Draft symbol A/60/L.28
Adopted symbol A/RES/60/36
Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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UN Document A/RES/60/36 ↗

Vote Recorded VoteA/60/PV.60 Dec. 1, 2005

— Abstain (59)
✗ No (8)
Absent (18)
✓ Yes (106)
Speeches following this vote (8) may include explanations of vote
The Acting President
We turn now to draft resolution A/60/L.29, entitled “Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat”. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Zimbabwe have joined the list of sponsors. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegation of Tonga informed the Secretariat that it had intended to abstain.]
The Acting President
We turn now to draft resolution A/60/L.30, entitled “Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat”. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has joined the list of sponsors. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegation of Tonga informed the Secretariat that it had intended to abstain.]
The Acting President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/60/L.31, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Zimbabwe have joined the list of sponsors. A recorded vote has been requested. [Subsequently the delegations of Mexico and of Timor-Leste informed the Secretariat that they had intended to vote in favour, and the delegation of …
The Acting President
Before giving the floor to those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of vote on the draft 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. Laurin (Canada)
With regard to the resolution entitled “Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People”, in the absence of clear value added as a result of the work of the Committee, Canada maintains its opposition and believes that the General Assembly should consider reassigning scarce United Nations resources to efforts that contribute more directly to the peace process objectiv…
Ms. Rivero (Uruguay)
Uruguay wishes once again to express its conviction that a return to the road map is essential and urgent in order to complete the peace process and achieve as soon as possible a just and comprehensive settlement in the Middle East. Uruguay supports a just and lasting solution achieved through peaceful means, leading to the coexistence of two free and independent States, Israel and Palestine. M…
Mr. Southcott (Australia)
I am speaking in explanation of Australia’s vote on draft resolutions concerning the Division for Palestinian Rights, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Information Programme on the Question of Palestine. Australia is concerned that a number of resolutions of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly are unbalanced in their critic…
The Acting President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of vote after the vote. The General Assembly has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of agenda item 15.
Full text of resolution OCR extract — may contain errors
United Nations A/RES/60/36 General Assembly Distr.: General 10 February 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 15 05-48976 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.28 and Add.1)] 60/36. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 181 (II) of 29 November 1947, 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 31/20 of 24 November 1976 and all subsequent relevant resolutions, including those adopted by the General Assembly at its emergency special sessions and resolution 59/28 of 1 December 2004, Recalling also its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004, Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1 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 Recalling further 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 and recalling also its resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004, Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility towards the question of Palestine until the question is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance with international legitimacy, 1. Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in performing the tasks _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/60/35). 2 S/2003/529, annex. 3 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1. A/RES/60/36 2 assigned to it by the General Assembly, and takes note of its annual report,1 including the conclusions and recommendations contained in chapter VII thereof; 2. Requests the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, to support the Middle East peace process and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people, and authorizes the Committee to make such adjustments in its approved programme of work as it may consider appropriate and necessary in the light of developments and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session and thereafter; 3. Also requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make suggestions to the General Assembly, the Security Council or the Secretary-General, as appropriate; 4. Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation and support to Palestinian and other civil society organizations in order to mobilize international solidarity and support for the achievement by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to involve additional civil society organizations in its work; 5. Requests the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, established under General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and other United Nations bodies associated with the question of Palestine to continue to cooperate fully with the Committee and to make available to it, at its request, the relevant information and documentation which they have at their disposal; 6. Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their cooperation to the Committee in the performance of its tasks; 7. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the report of the Committee to all the competent bodies of the United Nations, and urges them to take the necessary action, as appropriate; 8. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its tasks. 60th plenary meeting 1 December 2005
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