Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination – Third Cttee debate – Summary record (excerpts)

Third Committee 

Summary record of the 53rd meeting

Held at Headquarters, New York, on Thursday, 20 November 2003, at 3 p.m. 

Chairman:   Mr. Belinga-Eboutou  ………………………………………. (Cameroon)

Contents

Agenda item 116 : Right of peoples to self-determination (continued) 

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The meeting was called to order at 3:20 p.m.

Agenda item 116: Right of peoples to self-determination (continued) (A/C.3/58/L.31)

Draft resolution A/C.3/58/L.31: Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination

1.  The Chairman invited the Committee to take a decision on draft resolution A/C.3/58/L.31.

2.  Ms. Hall (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) said that her country wished to withdraw its name from the list of sponsors of the draft resolution, given the deterioration of the conditions under which it had been submitted. Her delegation would vote in favour of the text.

3.  Mr. Gopinathan (India) …

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6.   India fully supported the cause of Palestine and had sponsored the draft resolution on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination. His delegation deeply regretted the fact that the main sponsor of the draft resolution on self-determination should disparage the Palestinian cause in order to serve its own territorial ambitions. The text was unacceptable, and he asked for a vote. His delegation would vote against the draft resolution.

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The meeting rose at 6.10 p.m.

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