| Date | 2 December 2008 |
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Agenda item 86
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
Report of the First Committee (A/63/386)
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the First Committee in paragraph 7 of its report.
Mr. Aly (Egypt)
I have asked for the floor before the Assembly takes action on the draft resolution entitled "Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East" in order to address a technical issue related to the text of the draft.
While reviewing the draft resolution adopted by the First Committee, we noted that the reference to the Secretary-General's report in the last preambular paragraph of the draft resolution, namely preambular paragraph 12, was inaccurate, since it refers to the Secretary-General's report of last year and not that of this year. The footnote of the same paragraph was also outdated. In order to correct this technical reference, we propose to correct the last preambular paragraph of the draft resolution to read as follows: "Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 62/18". Consequently, the footnote on this paragraph should also be corrected to refer to document A/63/115. Since this correction represents the correction of a purely technical nature, we look forward to adopting the text as amended by consensus, as was the case in the First Committee and in accordance with the practice in previous years.
The Acting President
We will now take a decision on the draft resolution, as orally corrected. The First Committee adopted the draft resolution without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft resolution as orally corrected?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 86?
