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S/8825/Rev.2 SC

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Vote Recorded VoteS/PV.1454 Sept. 27, 1968

— Abstain (3)
Speeches following this vote (10) may include explanations of vote
The President
The Secretary-General has asked to speak after the vote and 1 call on him.
The Secretary-General
With regard to paragraph 1 of the resolution just adopted, I need only call to the attention of the Council that, as indicated in my note [S/8699], I have been ready for some time to designate a Special Representative to undertake a second humanitarian mission to the Middle East. The representative can be on his way with minimum delay once there is assurance that he 15 See resolution 259 (1968).
Mr. De Araujo Castro
Allow me to state very briefly the reasons which have prompted the Brazilinn delegation to vote in favour of the resolution, 257. AS YOU will recall, resolution 237 (1967), inspired bY clearly humanitarian considerations and without any politi. cal motivations at all, originated from a joint effort on tlke part of the delegations of Argentina, Ethiopia and Brazil. ln considering the resolution t…
Mr. Borch (Denmark)
My delegation abstained from voting on the draft resolution that has just been adopted by this Council primarily because in certain respects we are not convinced about the adequacy of the approach applied in the resolution to the problems confronting us. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, I do however wish to underline right from the beginning that we feel very strongly that the United Natio…
Mr. Buffum (United States of America)
I should like to explain very briefly the reasons why the United States abstained from voting on the resolution which the Council has just adopted. 274. First, let me say what our abstention does not mean. It doe% not mean that our concern at the humanitarian plight of the civilian population in the area of the 1967 conflict has in the slightest decreased over the past year. We continue to belie…
The President
Speaking as the representative pf CANADA I should like to explain our vote on the resolution. 288. As President of this Council I did my best to direct the difficult and prolonged consultations with impartiality and endeavoured to achieve a more generally acceptable text. The difficulties which we encountered have been revealed for everyone to see in the statements made both before and after the…
Mr. Boye (Senegal)
At our last meeting, I had the opportunity of expressing my views on the matter with which we are dealing today. After the vote which has just taken place, my thanks and those of the delegation of Pakistan go to you, Mr, President, for the impartiality and skill with which you have conducted our deliberations, both official and unofficial. 295. On behalf of the delegations of Pakistan and Senega…
Mr. Yunus (Pakistan)
The representative of Senegal has already spoken on behalf of his delegation and mine regarding our joint draft, just adopted by the Council, I speak merely to make two points, very briefly. 302. First, I explained the position of my delegjtion regarding the implementation of resolution 237 (1967) at the 1453rd meeting on 20 September. We believe that the Council adopted that resolution out of c…
The President
I have no further speakers on the list. However, I see that the representative of Syria wishes to speak. I shall recognize him. I do beg representatives not to reopen the debate now that the vote on the resolution has been taken. It is usual to have explanations of vote; it is not usual to reopen discussion on resolutions that have been voted on. 310. Since I have already made one exception, I s…
The President
There being no other speakers at this time, I propose to adjourn the meeting. Before doing so, I should like to remind members of the Council that a private meeting has been scheduled for 11 o’clock Monday morning, 30 September, to consider the draft report of the HOW TO OBTAIN UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATIONS United Notions publications may be obtained from bookstores and distributors throughout t…
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