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S/1994/1234 SC

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Russia United States United Kingdom China France

Vote Recorded VoteS/PV.3455 Nov. 10, 1994

✓ Yes (15)
Speeches following this vote (7) may include explanations of vote
Mr. Mérimée (France)
Since France is currently serving as President of the Trusteeship Council, it is a special pleasure for me to welcome the adoption by the Security Council of the resolution recording the accession of the Republic of Palau to independence. This resolution is the final necessary step to mark the end of the Trusteeship System’s applicability to Palau. On this occasion, I should like to extend to th…
Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation)
The Russian delegation is very pleased to note that, the tasks assigned to the United Nations Trusteeship System having been fully discharged, a significant contribution has been made to the solution of The resolution unanimously adopted today by the Security Council terminates the United Nations Trusteeship Agreement with respect to the last Trust Territory, Palau. The adoption of this resoluti…
Mr. Li Zhaoxing (China)
The resolution which has been just adopted unanimously by the Security Council is of historical significance. It not only announces to the world the termination of Palau’s status as a Trust Territory and the birth of an independent Palau, but also marks the fulfilment of the historical task entrusted to the United Nations Trusteeship System under the United Nations Charter. For this, we wish to e…
Mr. Yañez-Barnuevo (Spain)
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 956 (1994), which had our complete support. We thank France, as President of the Trusteeship Council, Spain has a long history of close connections with the Palau archipelago ever since the islands were first visited by the Spanish navigator Ruy López de Villalobos in 1543. The first printed reference to the archipelago was also the work of a Span…
The President
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the United States. The United States warmly congratulates the Republic of Palau on the occasion of its independence and looks forward to the day when the people of Palau joins us here as a Member of the United Nations. The United States served for 47 years as Administering Authority in Palau pursuant to its Trusteeship Agreement w…
Mr. Butler (Australia)
I have the honour to address the Council in Australia’s capacity as current Chair of the group of South Pacific countries, on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and Australia. The resolution the Security Council has just adopted is an historic one. The Council’s decision, in the light of…
The President
There are no further names on the list of speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded its consideration of the item on the agenda.
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