| Date | 16 December 1996 |
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The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on the six draft resolutions recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 38 of its report and on the draft decision recommended in paragraph 39 of the same report.
The Assembly will first turn to draft resolution I, entitled "Enhancing international cooperation towards a durable solution to the external debt problem of developing countries".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution I without a vote. May I consider that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
Draft resolution II is entitled "Net flows and transfer of resources between developing and developed countries".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution II without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
Draft resolution III is entitled "Global financial integration and strengthening collaboration between the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution III without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
Draft resolution IV is entitled "International trade and development".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution IV without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
Draft resolution V is entitled "Transit environment in the landlocked States in Central Asia and their transit developing neighbours".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution V without a vote.
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
Draft resolution VI is entitled "Commodities".
The Second Committee adopted draft resolution VI without a vote.
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The President
We turn now to the draft decision entitled "Documents relating to macroeconomic policy questions", which is recommended for adoption by the Second Committee in paragraph 39 of the report.
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft decision?
The President
I call now on the representative of Brazil, who wishes to make a statement in explanation of vote after the vote.
Mr. Florencio (Brazil)
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Chile, Lesotho, Mozambique, Paraguay, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Uruguay and Brazil.
I wish to comment briefly on resolution 51/167, on international trade and development, which the General Assembly has just adopted. The resolution endorses the outcome of the ninth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and expresses the political will and responsibility of the Member States with respect to implementing its agreed commitments, while welcoming the generous offer by Thailand to host the tenth session of UNCTAD, in the year 2000. It recognizes the far-reaching reforms implemented pursuant to the Midrand Conference, which encompassed UNCTAD's programme of work, its intergovernmental machinery, the reform of its secretariat and its cooperation with other organizations.
It also sends a clear message that the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development should now focus on implementing its substantive programme of work and that the savings generated as a result of the ninth session of UNCTAD should be reinvested in priority areas of UNCTAD's work.
Concerning the multilateral trading system, the resolution stresses the urgent need to continue trade liberalization in developed and developing countries and therefore to improve access for the exports of developing countries, and emphasizes the importance of the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, which was held in Singapore.
It also underscores the importance of the full, timely, continuous and faithful implementation of the Uruguay Round agreements and the need for a balanced approach with respect to the built-in agenda, as well as for an integrated approach to environment, trade and development issues.
This is the first time in the history of the United Nations that a draft resolution on trade and development has been jointly sponsored by developing and developed countries. The broad sponsorship it received is a reflection of the vitality and relevance of the global partnership for growth and development.
We are particularly grateful to the countries that joined in sponsoring this Group of 77 draft resolution, namely Australia, Belarus, Japan, Mexico, Norway, the Russian Federation, Turkey and the United States of America.
To a large extent we can credit this result to the strengthened partnership which emerged at the ninth session of UNCTAD, and we would like to thank South Africa, in its capacity as host country and President of the session, for having deployed all efforts to achieve this result and to keep the momentum generated by the Midrand consensus.
The broad-based agreement that we have achieved in this resolution sets an example for the future work of the Second Committee.
The President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 94?
