BY APPROVED THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT, SECRETARY-GENERAL WOULD ENSURE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FUNDS TO UN AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR CRIME PREVENTION

29 November 1995

Press Release
GA/SHC/3336

BY APPROVED THIRD COMMITTEE DRAFT, SECRETARY-GENERAL WOULD ENSURE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FUNDS TO UN AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR CRIME PREVENTION

19951129 The General Assembly would request the Secretary-General to ensure that the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders was provided with adequate funds within the overall appropriation of the United Nations programme budget and from extrabudgetary resources, under the terms of an orally revised draft resolution approved by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) without a vote this morning.

In a recorded vote on the paragraph containing those requests to the Secretary-General, 76 countries voted in favour to one against (United States), with 47 abstentions. (See Annex for voting details.)

By the terms of that draft, the Assembly would also request the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to reconsider its decision with regard to its financial support for the Institute and to continue providing appropriate funds for the strengthening of the Institute and the implementation of its programme of work, taking into account the difficult economic and financial situation faced by many countries in the African region.

Speaking in explanation of position after the vote, the representative of the United States said her Government did not support funding of regional institutes through the regular budget of the United Nations.

The representative of Uganda, speaking after approval of the text as a whole, expressed his disappointment that in a time when the United Nations was giving great importance to the prevention of crime at the international level, the same was not being done at the regional level.

Statements relating to the recorded vote were also made by India, Japan, Russian Federation and Rwanda.

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Also this morning, under the terms of an orally revised text introduced by Japan, the General Assembly would request the United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM) to take into account the need to strengthen its activities to eliminate violence against women as part of system-wide United Nations efforts towards this goal, in accordance with the measures set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The Committee also continued its consideration of various human rights questions.

The representative of Albania said police repression against Albanians in Kosovo had continued, including illegal and violent search of their homes, illegal arrests, use of torture, expropriation of properties, prosecution of political and human rights activists, as well as killings. He hoped the new Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the former Yugoslavia would pay particular attention to that matter.

"Bulgarians in Serbia have still been denied the right to freely express their ethnic identity through adequate education in their mother tongue and through the preservation and development of their national and cultural traditions", the representative of Bulgaria said.

Statements were also made by the representatives of Kazakstan, Spain (also speaking on behalf of the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania), Syria, Egypt and South Africa. Romania also made a statement.

Also this morning, the Chairman of the Committee, Ugyen Tshering (Bhutan) announced that it recommended that the General Assembly take note of the Secretary-General's transmission of the report of the Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders contained in document A/50/373.

The Committee will meet again at 3 p.m. today, to continue its consideration of human rights questions.

Committee Work Programme

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this morning to continue its consideration of human rights questions. Those include how the provisions of human rights instruments are being carried out, as well as alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights. The Committee will also examine human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives. It will also discuss the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

Under its sub-item on the implementation of human rights instruments, the Committee has before it the reports of the Human Rights Committee (document A/50/40), the Committee against Torture (document A/50/44); and a report on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (document A/50/512).

In addition, the Committee has before it the report of the Secretary- General on the status of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (document A/50/469).

It will also consider the report on the status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (document A/50/472). (For background, see Press Release GA/SHC/3331 of 24 November.)

Under its sub-item on human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Committee has before it reports on: respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes (document A/50/495); the effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (document A/50/514); human rights and mass exodus (document A/50/566); human rights and terrorism (document A/50/685); assistance to States in strengthening the rule of law (document A/50/653); the strengthening of the Centre for Human Rights (document A/50/678); and the geographical composition and function of the staff of the Centre for Human Rights (document A/50/682).

Also before the Committee is the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) on the plan of action for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (document A/50/698); and the Secretary-General's reports on the Recommendations made by his Special Representative for human rights in Cambodia (document A/50/681); the role of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights (document

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A/50/681/Add.1); and his report on national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (document A/50/452). (For background, see Press Release GA/SHC/3331 of 24 November and GA/SHC/3335 of 28 November.)

Also before the committee is a report of the Secretary-General on enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections (document A/50/736), which has also been presented to the Committee, was prepared in response to General Assembly resolutions 48/131 of 20 December 1983 and 49/190 of 23 December 1994. It provides information on the implementation of those resolutions and on United Nations experiences in electoral assistance over the past year; and reflects on future activities. It states that requests are increasing for smaller and more economical forms of electoral assistance and that the focus of international efforts is shifting from short-term preoccupation with the events of a particular election day to more longer-term considerations relating to the development and strengthening of electoral institutions and processes.

The report notes that in July, managerial responsibility for the Electoral Assistance Division was returned from the Department of Peace-keeping Operations to the Department of Political Affairs, in view of the expected fall in the number of large-scale peace-keeping missions with an electoral component. Also, the Secretary-General appointed Marrack Goulding Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to serve as the new focal point for United Nations electoral assistance activities.

Further, according to the report, the recent experiences, with the Organization of American States (OAS) in Haiti, and with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Armenia, have demonstrated the positive results of such coordination. The Electoral Assistance Division continues to expand its roster of electoral experts. Approximately 250 curricula vitae are received each year for possible addition to the roster. A mission has been organized at the request of the Government of Azerbaijan, with observers arriving for national elections in November. Such United Nations electoral assistance, first utilized in Ethiopia in 1992, has since been used with good results for elections in such countries as Lesotho, Malawi, Niger and, currently, the report adds, in the United Republic of Tanzania.

Efforts are currently under way to computerize the roster for more efficient maintenance and retrieval of names. As of 23 October, the United Nations Trust Fund for Electoral Observation held a balance of $1,479,509, the report notes. That reflects contributions from Austria, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom since the creation of the Fund in 1992. The Electoral Assistance Division is initiating a series of manuals on the planning and implementation of particular types of electoral assistance while working with the Department of Public Information (DPI) to prepare a

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volume in the "Blue Books" series on United Nations electoral assistance to be published early in 1996. The Division continues to publish a monthly bulletin entitled Electoral Assistance Activities of the United Nations System.

Since 17 October 1994, the United Nations system has provided technical assistance or advisory services to 19 Member States, the report states. The emphasis on capacity-building has become more pronounced, and consideration is being given to the provision of more "client-oriented" forms of assistance. Annexed to the report was a status of requests for electoral assistance and a country-by-country overview of electoral assistance activities during the past year.

Under its sub-item, on human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives, the Committee had before it notes by the Secretary-General transmitting the following: interim report prepared by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar (document A/50/568); interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan (document A/50/569); interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cuba (document A/50/663); and three reports by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Rwanda (document A/50/709). (For background, see Press Releases GA/SHC/3333 and GA/SHC/3334 of 27 November as well as GA/SHC/3335 of 28 November.)

Under its sub-item on the implementation of the follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the Committee has the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development (document A/50/670). (For background, see Press Release GA/SHC/3335 of 28 November.)

The Committee is also expected to hear the introduction of a draft resolution relating to the advancement of women and to take action on a text on crime prevention and criminal justice.

Draft Resolutions

By a draft resolution on the role of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in eliminating violence against women (document A/C.3/50/L.25), the General Assembly would request the Fund, as one of the operational bodies of the United Nations, to take into account the need to strengthen its activities to eliminate violence against women as part of system-wide efforts of the United Nations towards this goal, in accordance with the measures set out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.

It would also have the Assembly request the Fund, in undertaking any relevant activities, to cooperate closely with the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations, in particular the Division for the Advancement of

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Women, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, the Centre for Human Rights, the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, and the United Nations Children's Fund, in order to ensure that its activities form part of the system-wide efforts of the United Nations to eliminate violence against women.

Under the terms of the draft resolution, the Fund would be further requested to include in its regular reports information regarding its activities to eliminate violence against women and girls and to provide such information to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Human Rights.

In addition, the Assembly would request the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations, in particular the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, to take into account the activities of these bodies in eliminating violence against women; and invite the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to consider the possibility of establishing a trust fund within the existing structure and management of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in consultation with the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations, in support of national, regional and international actions, including those taken by governments and non- governmental organizations, to eliminate violence against women.

The text is sponsored by Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bhutan, Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Panama, Romania, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Under the terms of a draft on the United Nations Institute for the Preventions of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, sponsored by South Africa, on behalf of the Group of African States, the General Assembly would appeal to Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to provide financial and technical support to the Institute to enable it to fulfil its objectives, in particular those concerning training, technical assistance, policy guidance, research and data collection (document A/C.3/50/L.16). The Secretary-General would be requested to ensure that the Institute is provided with adequate funds, within the overall appropriation of the programme budget and from extrabudgetary resources. It would also ask that he mobilize additional extrabudgetary resources for the implementation of the Institute's activities.

Also under the terms of that draft, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) would be requested to resume its assistance programme to the Institute, and to continue providing appropriate funds for the institutional strengthening and the implementation of the programme of work of the Institute.

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Statements Made

AKMARAL KH. ARYSTANBEKOVA (Kazakstan) said the creation of the post of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was one of the important outcomes of the Vienna Conference. The visit of the High Commissioner to more than 30 States had had the effect of enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights. The High Commissioner had met with the President of Kazakstan in Geneva, and that meeting had focused on the strengthening of cooperation with her country in the human rights area and on improving machinery for the protection of those rights.

She called for the further strengthening of the Centre for Human Rights as that would assist its effectiveness in the implementation of its mandate. Kazakstan was convinced that the Centre, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), should continue extending assistance in organizing general education on human rights in Member States.

She said that the rights of women were part of overall human rights. The implementation of the recommendations of the Beijing and Vienna Conferences depended on the international community as a whole. States must contribute to full implementation of the human rights of all people without discrimination.

Her country had adopted a new constitution in August. That Constitution stressed the unity of all people living in the country and laid down priority elements for the legal status of citizens. It also focused on the basic principles of the existence of Kazakstan. A commission on human rights had also been set up at the beginning of 1994 to study the state of human rights in Kazakstan and to analyze policies to be enacted by the State. That commission had become the initiator of the State programmes in human rights.

ALVARO RODRIGUEZ (Spain), speaking on behalf of the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, said that actions to prevent and put an end to massive human rights violations were central to international human rights concerns. The promotion and protection of those rights was one of the main purposes of the United Nations, as reflected in the Charter and echoed in the Vienna Declaration. The level of resources allocated to human rights activities did not indicate, as yet, that that was one of the three paramount objectives of the Organization.

Democracy and human rights had to be an integral part of efforts to create an environment for the achievement of development and peace-building. Coordination of efforts was the best guarantee for accomplishment of those objectives of the international community.

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He stressed support for human rights field operations. In most situations, he said, the success of those efforts was contingent upon complementary efforts in related fields. Building up mechanisms to integrate and coordinate humanitarian, developmental and human rights activities could be an appropriate solution, as already demonstrated in Cambodia and El Salvador. Country-specific planning and adequate funding of the different components of an integrated strategy were required. Also, he stressed the importance of substantively increasing the share for human rights activities within the regular budget of the United Nations.

VLADIMIR SOTIROV (Bulgaria) said his country hoped for a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. He welcomed the peace agreements in Dayton as well as the suspension of Security Council sanctions.

The tenth periodic report of the Special Rapporteur on the former Yugoslavia had stated that the situation of the Bulgarian national minority in the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Sotirov said, had not improved. His country attached great importance to the full implementation of the rights of the Bulgarian national minority in Serbia, he continued, which, although constitutionally recognized were not fully respected, especially with regard to the free expression of their ethnic identity as well as national culture. In spite of a few improvements, such as the fact that the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church had been able to conduct, for the first time after several years, religious services to ethnic Bulgarians in their mother tongue, major improvements had not been made.

"Bulgarians in Serbia have still been denied the right to freely express their ethnic identity through adequate education in their mother tongue and through the preservation and development of their national and cultural traditions", he said. Furthermore, there were still hidden forms of pressure to assimilate as well as discrimination on ethnic grounds.

ALEXANDRU FARCAS (Romania) said his Government welcomed the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights in promoting universal accession to human rights instruments. It was essential that States fully cooperate with the treaty bodies and the other human rights organs of the United Nations system. Member States needed to give their support to the work of the entire human rights machinery of the Organization.

"We strongly believe that it is time that we all showed our support for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by meeting his proposals on a reformed and efficient United Nations Centre for Human Rights", he concluded.

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PELLUMB KULLA (Albania) said that gross and massive human rights violations were linked to the question of peace and stability in a country or region. There could not be such stability when there was continued massive violations of human rights. Full respect for international humanitarian law was obligatory and violation of its norms during armed conflicts should be punished. Those responsible must be brought to justice in accordance with national legislation and international norms. It was very important that the syndrome of impunity be abolished, he continued. The establishment of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda were actions in the right direction, but the establishment of similar permanent international structures should not be delayed.

The situation of human rights in Kosova continued to deteriorate, he went on. The police repression against Albanians had continued, including illegal and violent search of homes throughout Kosova, the killing of Albanians, illegal arrests, use of torture, expropriation of properties, prosecution of political and human rights activists, framed political trials of Albanians, discrimination in education and health-care services, the dismissals of Albanians and evictions from their homes. The international community should continue to keep under consideration the grave situation of human rights in Kosova and the new Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the former Yugoslavia should pay particular attention to that situation.

WANG XUEXIANG (China) said that instead of promoting dialogue and international cooperation in the field of human rights, some States exerted political and economic pressure on others. "When considering the question of human rights, some countries, in an arrogant approach of racial superiority, always arbitrarily distort and fragment the concept of human rights and wantonly pursue double standards", he stated.

In the promotion and protection of human rights, it was essential to observe the basic guiding principles of sovereign equality between States and non-interference in others' internal affairs, he continued. Also, it was essential to take into account different national conditions of each country. The priorities among human rights efforts needed to be defined so as to ensure the basic rights of the overwhelming majority of people in the world, particularly their right to subsistence and development.

In addition, a distinction needed to be made between the enjoyment of human rights and criminal offences, so as not to endanger the State and violate the interests of the people. He also called for the establishment of effective and reliable human rights bodies. "The United Nations human rights mechanism is confronted with serious problems such as overlapping bodies, vague functions and excessive agenda items", he said.

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FAYSSAL MEKDAD (Syria) said his country attached great importance to safeguarding cultural, social, economic, political and civil human rights. That firm principle had been entrenched in the Constitution which affirmed the right of the citizen to exercise his or her rights. Syria had also ratified more than 11 human rights instruments, including the International Covenants on Political and Civil Rights and on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as well as most of the conventions of the International Labour Organisation. The democratic process which was proceeding in Syria was committed to international norms and drew on its economic, cultural and historical background which had its own specificity.

He said human rights constituted an integral whole which could not be separated. It was strange that a State spoke of human rights while it had been occupying the territories of others for more than 27 years, depriving millions of people of their fundamental freedoms and violating their human rights. It had used torture, murder, destruction and deportation in oppressing the Arab citizens in the Golan and in south Lebanon and had even gone as far as to accuse those who were resisting its occupation and striving to obtain their basic right to freedom. The Israeli authorities had been violating the human rights of the Arabs who were living under its occupation.

He said it was necessary to attach due importance to the decision of the last summit of the Non-Aligned Countries on the Centre for Human rights by recruiting staff from the developing countries.

ABOU EL AHAS (Egypt) said that his country had become party to 18 international human rights instruments and was doing all it could to adhere to their letter and spirit. It was also doing its utmost to avoid violations of human rights. It followed the provisions of the Charter and the International Convention.

He said Egypt made full use of the services offered by the Centre for Human Rights. Courses had been organized for diplomats and for the police force with the assistance of the Centre. Also, regular meetings had been held to enhance the enjoyment of human rights in Egypt.

PETER SOAL (South Africa) said that in the past year, a human rights commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission had been established in his country. Furthermore, the Constitutional Court had declared the death penalty illegal as it violated the provision of the Constitution dealing with the right to life. His country had ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and was considering ratification of the remaining international human rights instruments.

The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action was an important document. With it, the international community had struck an important

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balance between civil and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights. The role played by human rights bodies had convinced his country -- previously the subject of attention by various Special Rapporteur and investigatory bodies -- of their effectiveness.

Introduction of Draft Resolution

MITSUKO HORIUCHI (Japan) introduced the draft on the role of United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in eliminating violence against women (document A/C.3/50/L.25). She announced that Bahamas, Benin, Ethiopia, Poland, Singapore and Thailand joined in sponsoring that draft text. And she introduced the following oral amendments:

.. Delete the words "Strengthening of" from the title before the words "the Role," so that it would read "The Role of the United Nations Development Fund for Women in Eliminating Violence against Women";

.. Insert new operative paragraph 1, which would read: "Reiterates its appreciation for the Fund's advocacy initiatives, including its contribution to and participation in the follow-up of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, in particular with respect to efforts to combat violence against women, commends the Fund for its support of catalytic and innovative projects that strengthen national capacity to improve the situation of women, and takes note of the Platform for Action which affirmed that the Fund had the mandate to increase options and opportunities for women's economic and social development in developing countries by providing technical and financial assistance to incorporate the women's dimension into development at all levels, and that it should review and strengthen, as appropriate, in the light of the Platform for Action, focusing on women's political and economic empowerment";

.. Renumber the remaining operative paragraphs as they follow the new operative paragraph 1;

.. Reformulate the text of original operative paragraph 4, as new operative paragraph 5 to read: "Requests the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, in consultation with the Secretary-General as well as the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations, in particular the Division for the Advancement of Women, the Special Rapporteur on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Centre for Human Rights, and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, to consider the possibility of establishing a trust fund, within the existing mandate, structure and management of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, in support of national, regional and international actions, including those taken by Governments and non-governmental organizations, to eliminate violence against women".

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Action on Draft Resolution

The Committee then took up the draft resolution on the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders.

Mr. SOAL (South Africa) orally amended the draft.

The words "resolution 49/156 and" were inserted in the last line of operative paragraph 4.

Operative paragraph 5, which would have requested the Secretary-General to mobilize additional extrabudgetary resources for the Institute activities, would be deleted.

In the second line of operative paragraph 6, the words "resume its assistance programme" would be deleted and replaced with the words "reconsider its decision with regard to its financial support". Also in the second line, the words "which was ended in October 1994" were deleted.

Mr. TSHERING (Bhutan), Committee Chairman, said that a recorded vote had been requested on operative paragraph 4, which reads as follows, with the underscored addition the amendment by South Africa:

4. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Institute is provided with adequate funds, within the overall appropriation of the programme budget and from extrabudgetary resources, and to submit proposals for any necessary additional funding of the Institute, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/156 and decision 49/480 of 6 April 1995;

The Committee then approved the paragraph by a recorded vote of 76 in favour to one against (United States), with 47 abstentions.

The representative of the United States, speaking after the vote, said that her Government did not support funding of regional institutes through the regular budget of the United Nations.

The representative of Japan said her country abstained on the vote because it believed that the expense for the activities of regional bodies should be met through voluntary contributions rather than through the regular budget of the United Nations.

The representative of India queried the segment of the paragraph to be noted on. The representative of Uganda questioned the procedure followed for the explanation of votes.

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The representative of the Russian Federation said that his country abstained from the vote because it believed that extra financing for the Institute could be achieved through redistributing existing financial resources.

The Committee adopted the draft resolution as a whole without a vote.

The representative of Uganda expressed his disappointment that in a time when the United Nations was giving great importance to the prevention of crime at the international level, the same was not being done at the regional level. He hoped that in the future, other States who had opposed the funding of the Institute within the regular budget of the United Nations would reconsider their decision. He expressed hope that the Secretary-General would continue to support the administrative functions of the Institute from the regular budget of the United Nations and would continue to mobilize extrabudgetary resources to support the Institute's activities; he also hoped that all States would support the Secretary General's proposals for the Institute in programme budget 1996-1997.

The representative of Rwanda said he had accidentally pushed the abstention button. He meant to vote in favour of the amended operative paragraph 4.

(annex follows)

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ANNEX

Vote on Operative Paragraph 4 of Draft on African Institute

The Third Committee adopted operative paragraph 4 of the draft text on the United Nations African Institute for Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (document A/C.3/50/L.16) by a recorded vote of 76 in favour to 1 against (United States), with 47 abstentions, as follows:

In favour: Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darrusalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia.

Against: United States.

Abstaining: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Absent: Albania, Andorra, Bahamas, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Georgia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Maldives, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

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