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General Assembly - Forty-Eighth Session United Nations 85th GENERAL PLENARY MEETING ASSEMBLY Monday, 20 December 1993 FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION at 3 p.m. Official Records NEW YORK President: Mr. INSANALLY REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH (Guyana) COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, QUESTIONS __________ RELATING TO REFUGEES, RETURNEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS AND HUMANITARIAN The meeting was called to order at 3.30 p.m. QUESTIONS: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE (A/48/631) AGENDA ITEMS 108 (continued), 109 (continued), 110 to 115 (continued), 172 (continued),12(continued) HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE (PART I) (A/48/632) RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO SELF-DETERMINATION (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (a) RIGHT OF PEOPLES TO SELF- INSTRUMENTS: REPORT OF THE THIRD DETERMINATION: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE (PART II) (A/48/632/Add.1) COMMITTEE (PART I) (A/48/626) (b) HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS, INCLUDING (b) EFFECTIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR SELF-DETERMINATION THROUGH IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVE ENJOYMENT OF AUTONOMY: REPORT OF THE THIRD HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL COMMITTEE (PART II) (A/48/626/Add.1) FREEDOMS: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING QUESTIONS (i) REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION (PARTS III AND V) (A/48/632/Add.2 AND AND TO YOUTH, AGEING, DISABLED PERSONS Add.4) AND THE FAMILY: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE (A/48/627) (ii) REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE (A/48/795, A/48/796) CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE (A/48/628) (c) HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS AND REPORTS OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS AND ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN: REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES: THIRD COMMITTEE (A/48/629) (i) REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL: REPORT OF (PART IV) (A/48/632/Add.3) THE THIRD COMMITTEE (A/48/630) This record is subject to correction. Distr. GENERAL Corrections should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned within one week of the date of publication to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Section, A/48/PV.85 Room C-178, and incorporated in a copy of the record. 24 January 1994 Corrections will be issued after the end of the session in a consolidated corrigendum. ENGLISH When the result of a recorded and/or roll-call vote is followed by an asterisk, see the annex to the record. 93-87437 (E) 2 General Assembly - Forty-eighth session (ii) REPORT OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, (A/48/797) Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ESTONIA AND Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, LATVIA: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, (A/48/633) Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad NECESSITY OF ADOPTING EFFECTIVE MEASURES and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, RIGHTS OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE Viet Nam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe WORLD WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING ARMED Against: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, CONFLICTS: France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom of Great Britain and (a) REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE Northern Ireland, United States of America (A/48/634) Abstaining: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, (b) REPORT OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, (A/48/798) Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL Lithuania, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated COUNCIL: REPORT OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE States of), New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic of (A/48/624) Korea, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden, the former Yugoslav The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will consider first Republic of Macedonia, Turkey part I of the report (A/48/626) of the Third Committee on sub-item (a) of agenda item 108, entitled "Right of peoples Draft resolution I was adopted by 108 votes to 14, with to self-determination". 39 abstentions (resolution 48/92).* The Assembly will now take a decision on the three The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution II is entitled draft resolutions recommended by the Third Committee in "Universal realization of the right of peoples to self- paragraph 18 of part I of its report. determination". Draft resolution I is entitled "Use of mercenaries as a The Third Committee adopted draft resolution II means to violate human rights and to impede the exercise of without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to the right of peoples to self-determination". do the same? The voting process has now begun. A recorded vote Draft resolution II was adopted (resolution 48/93). has been requested. The PRESIDENT: Draft resolution III is entitled A recorded vote was taken. "Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of In favour: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, independence to colonial countries and peoples for the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, effective guarantee and observance of human rights". Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, The voting process has now begun. A recorded vote Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, has been requested. Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican A recorded vote was taken. Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, In favour: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, 85th meeting - Monday, 20 December l993 3 Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic make them reflect more clearly the rapidly changing People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, international situation. Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic The PRESIDENT: May I take it that it is the wish of Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s the Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (a) Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab of agenda item 108? Jamahiriya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, It was so decided. Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now consider Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, part II of the report (A/48/626/Add.1) of the Third Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Committee on sub-item (b) of agenda item 108, entitled Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab "Effective realization of the right of self-determination Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, through autonomy". Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Members will recall that, in accordance with the Zimbabwe decision taken by the General Assembly at its 3rd plenary meeting, on 24 September, sub-item (b) of agenda item 108 Against: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech was introduced at the Assembly’s 36th plenary meeting on Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, 25 October. Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and decision recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph Northern Ireland, United States of America 11 of part III of its report. Abstaining: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, The draft decision was adopted by the Third Committee Azerbaijan, Belarus, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican without a vote. May I consider that the Assembly wishes to Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Greece, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, do the same? Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), The draft decision was adopted. New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, The PRESIDENT: May I take it that it is the wish of Slovenia, Spain, the former Yugoslav Republic of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (b) Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay of agenda item 108 as well as its consideration of agenda item 108 as a whole? Draft resolution III was adopted by 101 votes to 26, with 37 abstentions (resolution 48/94).* It was so decided. The PRESIDENT: I call on the representative of The PRESIDENT: The Assembly will now consider Mongolia for an explanation of vote. the report (A/48/627) of the Third Committee on agenda item 109,
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