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PROVISIONAL VERBATIM RECORD OF THE TWO THOUSAND

NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHTH MEETING

Held at Headquarters, New York,

on Wednesday, 12 December 1990, at 6 p.m.

This-record contains the original text of speeches delivered in English and interpretations of speeches in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council.

Corrections should be submitted to original speeches only. They should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned, within one week, to the Chief, Official Records Editing Section, Department of Conference Services, room DC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a copy of the record.

The meeting was called to order at 8.15 p.m.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

The agenda was adopted. 

THE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

LETTER DATED 26 SEPTEMBER 1990 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF YEMEN TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL (S/21830)

REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION 672 (1990) (S/21919 and Corr.1 and S/21919/Add.1-3)

Mr. LOZINSKY (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (interpretation from Russian): In the light of information on the course of the consultations regarding the draft resolution before the Council and on negotiations at the political level that have taken place recently, the Soviet delegation would like to propose that, under rule 33.3 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, the meeting be adjourned to Monday, 17 December 1990, at 3 p.m.

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Arabic): The representative of the Soviet Union has moved the postponement of the meeting to Monday, 17 December 1990 at 3 p.m., in accordance with rule 33.3 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. I shall now put to  the  vote the motion by the Soviet Union,  that  the meeting  be adjourned to Monday, 17 December, at 3 p.m.

A vote was taken by show of hands.

In favor: Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Finland, Romania, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zaire

Against: Colombia, Cuba, Malaysia, Yemen

Abstaining: China, France

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Arabic): The result of the voting is as follows: 9 votes in favor, 4 against and 2 abstentions. The motion is adopted.

The meeting rose at 8.20 p.m.