660 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড VOTE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION The President of the Conference referred to the result announced the previous morning of the roll-call vote taken on the resolution presented by the Indian Delegation on the subject of international cooperation on behalf of refugees from East Pakistan He said that it had first been announced that the two-thirds majority had been obtained for acceptance of the supplementary item for inclusion in the Agenda, but it had later been discovered that the required number of votes for such a majority had been miscalculated and that the abstentions should have been taken into account for that purpose, so that on that basis the proposal had not been accepted. Later Mr. Dhillon (India) had protested and asked that the first decision should be maintained. It appeared that certain delegates had not been sufficiently instructed about the possible consequences of the way in which they voted. Therefore, he proposed to put the matter to the Conference again for a simple majority vote on whether the original roll-call vote should be considered null and void. If it was considered null and void by the Conference, a new vote would be taken on the Indian request, and in that case it should be borne in mind that the required majority must be calculated on the basis of all those present and voting, including abstentions. He added that the new rules of the Union would take account of what had happened. The President of the Conference declared that the required absolute majority had been obtained. The vote taken on the previous day was therefore null and void. The Conference would therefore be asked to vote again on the question whether the item proposed by the Indian Delegation should be added to the Agenda. In this vole a twothirds majority was required, and the calculations would include the abstentions. A Vote by roll call resulted as follows: Number of votes cast 758 Ayes 640 Noes 83 Abstentions 35 Absolute majority required 380 The President of the Conference declared that the required absolute majority had been obtained. The vote taken on the previous day was therefore null and void. The Conference would therefore be asked to vote again on the question whether the item proposed by the Indian Delegation should be added to the Agenda. In this vote a two-thirds majority was required, and the calculations would include the abstentions. A vote by roll call on whether the Indian Delegation's proposal should be accepted for inclusion In the Agenda resulted as follows: Number of votes cast 775 Ayes 627 Noes 59 Abstentions 89 Two-thirds majority 516
