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General Assembly Session 59 meeting 24

Date11 October 2004
Started10:00
Ended13:10

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A-59-PV.24 2004-10-11 10:00 11 October 2004 [[11 October]] [[2004]] /
The President: Mr. Ping (Gabon)
The meeting was called to order at 10.05 a.m.

Agenda item 113 (continued)

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations

Report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/421)
The President

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.

It was so decided.
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 as 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 would 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 9 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 draft resolution was adopted (resolution 59/1).
The President

The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 113.

Agenda item 7

Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations

Note by the Secretary-General (A/59/335)
The President

As members are aware, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations, and with the consent of the Security Council, the Secretary-General is mandated to notify the General Assembly of matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security that are being dealt with by the Security Council and of matters with which the Council has ceased to deal.

In that connection, the General Assembly has before it a note by the Secretary-General issued as document A/59/335. May I take it that the Assembly takes note of that document?

It was so decided.

Agenda items 11 and 53

Report of the Security Council (A/59/2)

Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters

The President

I now call on Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the Security Council, to introduce the Council's report.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom) --> -->
 
 
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