S/9980 SC
25
Session
| Draft symbol | S/9980 |
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Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.1557
Speeches following this vote (5)
The President
I shall now give the floor to delegations wishing to explain their vote.
Mr. Mwaanga
We voted in favour .of the draft resolution contained in document S/9980 because it basically reaffirms all the previous Security Council resolutions on this question. We must of course register our bitter disappointment that the Secirrity Council has not been able to pronounce itself on the question of no independence before majority rule.
6. It is a matter for regret that the Government of the…
Mr. Khatri
My,delegation has cast its vote in favour of the draft resolution contained in document S/9980. Following useful suggestions made at: our last meeting, this resolution takes note of the third report of the Sanctions Committee in its fifth preambular paragraph, something the earlier draft had failed
’ See resolution 288 (1970).
“Calls upon the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland…
Sir Colin CROWE
My delegation supported the consensus resolution that we have just adopted. As has been pointed out, the resolution is a reiteration of the views already expressed and the measures already decided by the Council. Some of us may ask ourselves whether such a move is particularly constructive or necessary at this time. However, the present resolution, unlike its predecessor, does take account of the…
Mr. Terence
I should like once again to express our thanks to the representatives of the United States and France for the understanding they showed a week ago. My thanks are especially relevant today because the statemeet by the Ambassador of France, Mr. Kosciusko- Morizet, and the position of the United States have shown that, little by little, they have left the position taken by the United Kingdom on the …
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