| Date | 16 October 2003 |
|---|---|
| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 13:05 |
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Agenda item 124 (continued)
Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/58/432)
The President
The Assembly will consider a report of the Fifth Committee on agenda item 124 entitled "Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations", document A/58/432. If there is no proposal under rule 66 of the rules of procedure, I shall take it that the General Assembly decides not to discuss the report of the Fifth Committee that is before the Assembly today.
The President
Statements will therefore be limited to explanations of vote.
The positions of delegations regarding the recommendations of the Fifth Committee have been made clear in the Committee and are reflected in the relevant official records.
May I remind members that under paragraph 7 of decision 34/401, the General Assembly agreed that
"When the same draft resolution is considered in a Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a delegation should, as far possible, explain its vote only once, that is, either in the Committee or in plenary meeting unless that delegation's vote in plenary meeting is different from its vote in the Committee."
May I remind delegations that, also in accordance with General Assembly decision 34/401, explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes.
Before we begin to take action on the recommendation contained in the report of the Fifth Committee, I should like to advise representatives that we are going to proceed to take a decision in the same manner as was done in the Fifth Committee.
The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the Fifth Committee in paragraph 7 of its report.
The Fifth Committee adopted the draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 124.
The President
The General Assembly will take up agenda item 12, entitled "Report of the Economic and Social Council", in order to consider a draft resolution entitled "Open-ended panel of the General Assembly on commodities", issued as document A/58/L.1.
We shall now proceed to consider draft resolution A/58/L.1. I give the floor to the representative of the Secretariat.
Ms. Kelley (Representative of the Secretariat)
Under the terms of operative paragraph 1 of the draft resolution A/58/L.1, the General Assembly would decide to convene an open-ended panel of the General Assembly on commodities, to be chaired by the President of the General Assembly, with a maximum of six panelists from among the independent eminent persons and lead discussants on 27 October 2003, from 3 to 5 p.m.
It is estimated that the convening of the open-ended panel would require provision of travel costs for six panelists in the amount of $16,400. These will be absorbed within existing extra-budgetary resources.
The convening of the open-ended panel on 27 October would give rise to additional requirements for conference-servicing. The related conference-servicing requirements, at full cost, is estimated at $13,600. Since a Main Committee of the General Assembly cancelled its initially planned meeting on 27 October, the proposed meeting of the Open-ended panel on commodities could be absorbed within the existing conference-servicing resources.
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A/58/L.1, entitled "Open-ended panel of the General Assembly on commodities".
May I take it that the Assembly decides to adopt draft resolution A/58/L.1?
The President
Before giving the floor to the speaker in explanation of vote, may I remind delegations that the explanations of vote are limited to ten minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Scott (United States)
The United States notes that the report of the Panel of Experts on Commodities had already been allocated to the Second Committee by the General Committee. We are confident that the Committee has the expertise to do justice to the topic and we also note that this item has been biennialized. In the interest of streamlining the agenda of the General Assembly and ensuring the greatest possible efficiency, we hope that in the future, efforts will be redoubled to avoid duplicating agenda items.
The President
We have heard the only speaker in explanation of vote. The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 12.
Agenda item 39 (continued)
New Partnership for Africa's Development: progress in implementation and international support
(a) New Partnership for Africa's Development: progress in implementation and international support
Report of the Secretary-General (A/58/254)
Note by the Secretary-General on proposed revisions to programme 8 of the medium-term plan for the period 2002-2005: United Nations support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (A/58/83)
Report of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (A/58/16, chapter III, section B, programme 8; chapter IV, section B)
(b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa
Report of the Secretary-General (A/58/352)
Mr. De Alba (Mexico)
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