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General Assembly Session 60 meeting 1

Date13 September 2005
Started16:00
Ended18:00

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A-60-PV.1 2005-09-13 16:00 13 September 2005 [[13 September]] [[2005]] /
The President: Mr. Eliasson (Sweden)
The meeting was called to order at 5.40 p.m.

Item 1 of the provisional agenda

Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly

The President

I have the honour to declare open the sixtieth session of the General Assembly.

Item 2 of the provisional agenda

Minute of silent prayer or meditation

The President

Let me begin by inviting representatives, in accordance with rule 62 of the rules of procedure, to stand and observe one minute of silent prayer or meditation.

The members of the General Assembly observed a minute of silent prayer or meditation.

Item 129 of the provisional agenda

Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations (A/60/345)

The President

Before turning to the items on our agenda, I should like, in keeping with established practice, to invite the attention of the General Assembly to document A/60/345, which contains a letter from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the General Assembly in which he informs the Assembly that nine Member States are in arrears in the payment of their financial contributions to the United Nations within the terms of Article 19 of the Charter.

I should like to remind delegations that, under Article 19 of the Charter,

"A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years."

I should also like to recall for members that the General Assembly, by its resolution 59/312 of 14 July 2005, decided that those nine Member States should be permitted to vote in the General Assembly until the Assembly takes a final decision during the main part of its sixtieth session. This information is duly reflected in document A/60/345.

May I therefore take it that the General Assembly takes note of the information contained in document A/60/345?

It was so decided.

Address by the President

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