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members of the Secretariat who assisted it, because I know that the going was not very smooth to start with and
that you overcame the difficulties, for which I congratulate and thank you.
3.2 I should like to remind the distinguished delegates that the report in the documents before them is
submitted for consideration in its entirety. I now open the floor for the debate, and the first speaker is the
representative of the United Republic of Tanzania.
4. Mr BAVU (United Republic of Tanzania):
Thank you, Madam President. I would like to congratulate the Chairperson of the Commission for his
very eloquent and clear report. With a lot of hesitation, I would like to request your indulgence, Madam
President, if we are now talking about the report of the Commission, by allowing me to propose a very, very
small, but very important amendment to the draft resolution on item 4.11, contained in paragraph 30 on page 18
of the English text. I would like, Madam President, to suggest an addition after the word “Europe”, in the last line
of the paragraph which starts with “Recalling that”, the addition being the words “Arabian peninsula”. This is
mainly because the subsequent paragraph, which starts with “Recognizing”, refers to the “Transatlantic and
Indian Ocean slave trade”, and the Indian Ocean slave trade did, to a large extent, have its base in the Arabian
peninsula. The insertion of additional facts would make this draft resolution more complete. Thank you.
5.1 The PRESIDENT:
So, it is proposed that under item 4.11, “The transatlantic slave trade and slavery: a crime against
humanity”, on page 18 of the English version of the main document, the last part of the second preambular
paragraph should be amended. The paragraph would read as follows: “Recalling that, within the framework of
UNESCO’s activities, the question of the slave trade and slavery is the focus of the Slave Route project, to which
the General Conference, at its 27th session, assigned the objective of studying the root causes and the methods of
the slave trade and of highlighting the interactions to which it has given rise between Europe, the Arabian
peninsula, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and the rest of humanity”. I see that you agree, Sir.
5.2 Do I find agreement with this proposal? Does anyone object to this amendment? Does anyone second
this amendment? Yes, I can see Haiti seconding the amendment, Benin, Palestine, Mali, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire,
Burkina Faso and others. I think that there is sufficient support. Palestine wishes to speak? I give the floor to the
representative of Palestine.
(6) Mr ABDELRAZEK (Palestine) (Translation from the Arabic):
Thank you, Madam President. I should simply like to draw your attention to a point in the report that was
ready by the Chairperson of Commission IV concerning Debate 2. I believe he said something that I did not quite
catch, to the effect that the Ambassador of Israel had opposed the decision on Jerusalem. In point of fact, I
understood that the decision had been reached by consensus in Commission IV. I hope that this will be reflected in
the report presented by the Chairperson of Commission IV, that the decision was reached by consensus. Thank
you.
7. The PRESIDENT:
Thank you. I shall ask the Chairperson to refer us to the exact place in the text. I see the representative
of Israel. Can we first deal with the amendment which was proposed by the representative of the United Republic
of Tanzania? I understand that there is a general consensus on accepting the amendment. Is that so? Yes. I shall
now ask the Chairperson of the Commission to refer us to the page in question.
8.1 M. VASSILIKOS (Grèce), Président de la Commission IV :
La question est abordée à la page 10 de la version anglaise de mon rapport oral (document
30 C/INF.54). Peut-être le représentant de l'Autorité palestinienne souhaiterait-il qu'on lui indique la page
correspondante dans la version française ? Voici ce qui est dit à ce sujet dans le rapport écrit (document
30 C/64) :
(L'orateur poursuit en anglais)
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