| Date | 9 December 2003 |
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Agenda item 89 and agenda item 12 (continued)
Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations
Report of the Economic and Social Council
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/58/478)
The President
The Assembly will now take a decision on the draft resolution recommended by the Special Political and Decolonization Committee in paragraph 7 of its report.
The draft resolution is entitled "Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations".
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The draft resolution was adopted by 116 votes to none, with 55 abstentions (resolution 58/104).
favour=116 against=0 abstain=55 absent=20
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The President
I call on the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, who wishes to explain his vote on the resolution just adopted.
Mr. Lewis (Antigua and Barbuda)
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution because it serves as the continuing legislative mandate for the wider United Nations system to provide support for the Non-Self-Governing Territories. The Economic and Social Council continues to adopt a similar resolution on this issue.
In that connection, we are pleased to note that a number of United Nations bodies have specific provisions within their rules of procedure to provide such assistance, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations regional commissions. The United Nations Development Programme is to be especially commended for its effective coordination of assistance from the wider United Nations system. We call on other United Nations bodies to follow suit by reviewing and adjusting their mandate to provide a mechanism for assisting Non-Self-Governing Territories in their development process, consistent with the extensive mandate of the General Assembly.
We are concerned that the number of reports on the implementation of this resolution requested from United Nations bodies continues to be insufficient. We call on the agencies concerned to respond to the request of the Secretary-General to report on their assistance to the Territories.
Finally, it is regrettable that this important resolution has carried a number of abstentions in the General Assembly and in the Economic and Social Council. We are hopeful that future consultations will yield consensus on a streamlined companion text that would garner the full support of the General Assembly, consistent with the critical role of the wider United Nations system in providing assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories.
The President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 89?
The President
The Assembly has concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 12.
