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A/RES/60/38 GA

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

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Draft symbol A/60/L.30
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Category POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS
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UN Document A/RES/60/38 ↗

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

— Abstain (6)
✗ No (7)
Absent (18)
✓ Yes (160)
Speeches following this vote (6) may include explanations of vote
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/60/38 General Assembly Distr.: General 10 February 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 15 05-48988 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 1 December 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.30 and Add.1)] 60/38. 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 59/30 of 1 December 2004, 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 59/30; 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, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/60/35). 2 S/2003/529, annex. 3 See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1. A/RES/60/38 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 2006–2007, 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. 60th plenary meeting 1 December 2005
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