UNITED
NATIONS
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
News and Highlights from the President
General
Assembly plenary continued today
3 December 2001
Friday afternoon, after the representative of Ukraine had spoken on the
item the Situation in the Middle East, the right of reply was exercised
seven times by four Member States. The discussion on the issue continued
this morning and the General Assembly first adopted the draft resolution
on Jerusalem with 130 in favour,2 against and 10 abstentions. It then
adopted the draft resolution on Syrian Golan with 90 in favour, 5 against
and 54 abstentions.
As the
Second and Fifth Committees will not be able to finish their work before
the scheduled recess date, 11 December, the General Assembly has decided
that the new recess date will be 21 December.