A
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, 32/40 A of 2 December 1977,
33/28 A and B of 7 December 1978, 34/65 A of 29 November 1979 and 34/65 C
of 12 December 1979, ES-7/2 of 29 July 1980, 35/169 A and C of 15 December
1980, 36/120 A and C of 10 December 1981, ES-7/4 of 28 April 1982, 37/86 A
of 10 December 1982, 38/58 A of 13 December 1983, 39/49 A of 11 December
1984, 40/96 A of 12 December 1985, 41/43 A of 2 December 1986, 42/66 A of 2
December 1987, 43/175 A of 15 December 1988, 44/41 A of 6 December 1989,
45/67 A of 6 December 1990 and 46/74 A of 11 December 1991,
Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1/
Affirming that the United Nations has a permanent responsibility
with respect to 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 assigned to it by the General Assembly;
2. Endorses the recommendations of the Committee contained in
paragraphs 85 to 94 of its report 1/ and draws the attention of the
Security Council to the fact that action on the recommendations of the
Committee, as repeatedly endorsed by the General Assembly at its
thirty-first session and subsequently, is still awaited;
3. Requests the Committee to continue to keep under review the
situation relating to the question of Palestine as well as the
implementation of the Programme of Action for the Achievement of
Palestinian Rights 2/ and to report and make suggestions to the
General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate;
4. Authorizes the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to
promote the implementation of its recommendations, including representation
at conferences and meetings and the sending of delegations, to make such
adjustments in its approved programme of work as it may consider
appropriate and necessary, to give special emphasis to the need to mobilize
public opinion in Europe and North America, and to report thereon to the
General Assembly at its forty-eighth session and thereafter;
5. Also requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation
to non-governmental organizations in their contribution towards heightening
international awareness of the facts relating to the question of Palestine
and creating a more favourable atmosphere for the full implementation of
the recommendations of the Committee, and to take the necessary steps to
expand its contacts with those organizations;
6. Requests the United Nations Conciliation Commission for
Palestine, established under General Assembly resolution 194 (III), as well
as 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;
7. Decides 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, in accordance with the programme of implementation
of the Committee;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance of its
tasks.
B
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 relevant information contained in
paragraphs 41 to 65 of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 33/28 C of 7
December 1978, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, 35/169 D of 15 December 1980,
36/120 B of 10 December 1981, 37/86 B of 10 December 1982, 38/58 B of 13
December 1983, 39/49 B of 11 December 1984, 40/96 B of 12 December 1985,
41/43 B of 2 December 1986, 42/66 B of 2 December 1987, 43/175 B of 15
December 1988, 44/41 B of 6 December 1989, 45/67 B of 6 December 1990 and
46/74 B of 11 December 1991,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the action taken by the
Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 46/74 B;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Division for
Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat with the necessary resources to
strengthen its programme of research, studies and publications, through the
establishment of an adequately staffed and equipped computer-based
information system on the question of Palestine, and to ensure that it
continues to discharge the tasks detailed in paragraph 1 of resolution
32/40 B, paragraph 2 (b) of resolution 34/65 D, paragraph 3 of resolution
36/120 B, paragraph 3 of resolution 38/58 B, paragraph 3 of resolution
40/96 B, paragraph 2 of resolution 42/66 B, paragraph 2 of resolution 44/41
B and paragraph 2 of resolution 46/74 B, in consultation with the Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and
under its guidance;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued
cooperation of the Department of Public Information and other units of the
Secretariat in enabling the Division for Palestinian Rights to perform its
tasks and in covering adequately the various aspects of the question of
Palestine;
4. Invites all Governments and organizations to lend their
cooperation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of
the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights in the
performance of their tasks;
5. Takes note with appreciation of the action taken by Member States
to observe annually on 29 November the International Day of Solidarity with
the Palestinian People and requests them to continue to give the widest
possible publicity to the observance.
C
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
paragraphs 66 to 84 of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 46/74 C and 46/75 of 11 December 1991,
Convinced that the world-wide dissemination of accurate and
comprehensive information and the role of non-governmental organizations
and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening awareness of and
support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the action taken by the
Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in compliance with
General Assembly resolution 46/74 C;
2. Requests the Department of Public Information, 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 on the question of
Palestine for the biennium 1992-1993, with particular emphasis on public
opinion in Europe and North America and, in particular:
(a) To disseminate information on all the activities of the United
Nations system relating to the question of Palestine, including reports of
the work carried out by the relevant United Nations organs;
(b) To continue to issue and update publications on the various
aspects of the question of Palestine, including Israeli violations of the
human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arab inhabitants of the
occupied territories as reported by the relevant United Nations organs;
(c) To expand its audiovisual material on the question of Palestine,
including the production of such material;
(d) To organize and promote fact-finding news missions for
journalists to the area, including the occupied territories;
(e) To organize international, regional and national encounters for
journalists.
D
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 43/176 of 15 December 1988, 44/42 of 6
December 1989, 45/68 of 6 December 1990 and 46/75 of 11 December 1991,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 27 November
1992,3/
Having heard the statement made on 30 November 1992 by the chairman
of the observer delegation of Palestine,4/
Stressing that achieving a comprehensive settlement of the Middle
East conflict, the core of which is the question of Palestine, will
constitute a significant contribution to international peace and security,
Noting the convening at Madrid, on 30 October 1991, of the Peace
Conference on the Middle East and the subsequent bilateral negotiations, as
well as meetings of the multilateral working groups,
Noting also that the United Nations has participated as a full,
extraregional participant in the work of the multilateral working groups,
Preoccupied by the increasingly serious situation in the occupied
Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, as a result of persistent
policies and practices of Israel, the occupying Power,
1. Reaffirms the urgent need to achieve a just and comprehensive
settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the core of which is the question
of Palestine;
2. Welcomes the ongoing peace process, which started at Madrid, and
expresses the hope that it will lead to the establishment of a
comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region;
3. Expresses the need for the United Nations to play a more active
and expanded role in the current peace process;
4. Considers that the convening, at a certain stage, of an
International Peace Conference in the Middle East, under the auspices of
the United Nations, with the participation of all parties to the conflict,
including the Palestine Liberation Organization, on an equal footing, and
the five permanent members of the Security Council, based on Council
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October
1973 and the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people,
primarily the right to self-determination, would contribute to the
promotion of peace in the region;
5. Reaffirms the following principles for the achievement of
comprehensive peace:
(a) The withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territory occupied
since 1967, including Jerusalem, and from the other occupied Arab
territories;
(b) Guaranteeing arrangements for peace and security of all States
in the region, including those named in resolution 181 (II) of 29 November
1947, within secure and internationally recognized boundaries;
(c) Resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees in conformity
with General Assembly resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, and
subsequent relevant resolutions;
(d) Dismantling the Israeli settlements in the territories occupied
since 1967;
(e) Guaranteeing freedom of access to Holy Places, religious
buildings and sites;
6. Notes the expressed desire and endeavours to place the
Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, under the
supervision of the United Nations for a transitional period or,
alternatively, to provide international protection for the Palestinian
people there, as part of the peace process;
7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts with the
parties concerned, and in consultation with the Security Council, for the
promotion of peace in the region, and to submit progress reports on
developments in this matter.
E
The General Assembly,
Aware of the uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people
since 9 December 1987 against Israeli occupation, which has received
significant attention and sympathy from world public opinion,
Deeply concerned about the alarming situation in the Palestinian
territory occupied since 1967, as a result of the continued occupation by
Israel, the occupying Power, and of its persistent policies and practices
against the Palestinian people,
Reaffirming that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,5/ is applicable
to the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including
Jerusalem, and to the other occupied Arab territories.
Expressing its profound shock at the continued measures by Israel,
the occupying Power, including the killing and wounding of Palestinian
civilians, and at the acts of violence committed by the Israeli security
forces, which took place on 8 October 1990 at the Haram al-Sharif in
Jerusalem, resulting in injuries and loss of human lives, and on 29
December 1990 at Rafah,
Stressing the need to promote international protection to the
Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory,
Recognizing the need for increased support to, and aid for and
solidarity with, the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation,
Having considered the recommendations contained in the reports of
the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988,6/ 31 October 1990 7/
and 9 April 1991,8/
Recalling its relevant resolutions as well as the relevant Security
Council resolutions, in particular Council resolution 681 (1990) of 20
December 1990, in paragraph 6 of which the Council requested "the
Secretary-General, in cooperation with the International Committee of the
Red Cross, to develop further the idea, expressed in his report, of
convening a meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the said Convention
to discuss possible measures that might be taken by them under the
Convention and, for this purpose, to invite the Parties to submit their
views on how the idea could contribute to the goals of the Convention, as
well as on other relevant matters, and to report thereon to the
Council",
1. Condemns those policies and practices of Israel, the occupying
Power, which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the
occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and, in particular,
such acts as the opening of fire by the Israeli army and settlers that
result in the killing and wounding of defenceless Palestinian civilians,
the beating and breaking of bones, the deportation of Palestinian
civilians, the imposition of restrictive economic measures, the demolition
of houses, the ransacking of real or personal property belonging
individually or collectively to private persons, collective punishment and
detentions, and so forth;
2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, abide scrupulously by
the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and desist immediately from those policies
and practices which are in violation of the provisions of the Convention;
3. Calls upon all the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to
ensure respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the Convention in all
circumstances, in conformity with their obligation under article 1 thereof;
4. Strongly deplores the continuing disregard by Israel, the
occupying Power, of the relevant decisions of the Security Council;
5. Reaffirms that the occupation by Israel of the Palestinian
territory since 1967, including Jerusalem, and of the other Arab
territories in no way changes the legal status of those territories;
6. Requests the Security Council to examine with urgency the
situation in the occupied Palestinian territory with a view to considering
measures needed to provide international protection to the Palestinian
civilians in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967,
including Jerusalem;
7. Invites Member States, the organizations of the United Nations
system, governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
and the mass communications media to continue and enhance their support for
the Palestinian people;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to examine the present situation
in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, by
all means available to him and to submit periodic reports thereon, the
first such report as soon as possible.
* * *
1/ Ibid., Forty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 36 (A/47/36).
2/ Ibid., Forty-seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item
78, document A/47/718/Add.5, para. 3.
3/ A/47/202-E/1992/51.
4/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-seventh
Session, Annexes, agenda item 86, document A/47/726, para. 8.
5/ Ibid., agenda item 77, document A/47/615, para. 5.
6/ Resolution S-18/3, annex.
7/ Resolution 45/199, annex.
8/ TD/364, part one, sect. A, "A New Partnership for
Development: The Cartagena Commitment", adopted by the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development at its eighth session, held at
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 8 to 25 February 1992.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 47/64 A: 115-3-40
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba,
Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Greece,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet
Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican
Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovenia,
Solomon Islands, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Absent: Armenia, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Grenada,
Guinea-Bissau*, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome
and Principe*, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago*,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zaire.
_____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON 47/64 B: 119-2-37
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda,
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin,
Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti,
Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia,
Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao
People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland,
Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet
Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Estonia, Federated States of Micronesia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Sweden,
United Kingdom.
Absent: Armenia, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Grenada,
Guinea-Bissau*, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome
and Principe*, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago*,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zaire.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON 47/64 C: 152-2-3
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and
Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger,
Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania,
Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Dominican Republic, Federated States of Micronesia,
Marshall Islands.
Absent: Armenia, Congo, Croatia, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia,
Grenada, Guinea Bissau*, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea,
Sao Tome and Principe*, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and
Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia, Zaire.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 47/64 D: 93-4-60
In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,
Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic
Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,
United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet
Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands,
United States.
Abstaining: Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia,
Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of
Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Slovenia, Solomon
Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay.
Absent: Armenia, Cape Verde, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia,
Grenada, Guinea-Bissau*, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia*, Mozambique, Papua New
Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe*, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Trinidad
and Tobago*, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zaire.
____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it has intended to vote in favour.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 47/64 E: 146-3-10
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and
Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso,
Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,
Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El
Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea,
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of
Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Dominican
Republic, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Russian Federation, Togo, Uruguay.
Absent: Armenia, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia, Grenada,
Guinea-Bissau*, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tome and
Principe*, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago*,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zaire.
_____________
*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.