text: El 1986/L. 14. Zimbabwe, having been drawn by lot by the Presi­ dent, was called upon to vote first. *From the 8th meeting, paras. 5 to 9. E/1986/SR.15 In favour: Brazil, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Guy­ ana, Indonesia, Iraq, Mozambique, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Turkey, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. Against: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America. Abstaining: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden. Paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 8 of draft resolution E/1986/L.l4 were adopted by 23 votes to 2. with 11 abstentions. 3. Mr. DE LA TORRE (Argentina) said that, al­ though he had been absent when his country's name was called, he wished his vote to be counted among those in favour of paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 8, since he had been present during the later part of the voting and had tried to have his vote registered. 4. Mr. BAHADIAN (Brazil) supported the Argen­ tine representative's request to have his vote registered. 5. The PRESIDENT said that the Secretariat would refer to the rules of procedure in the matter. 6. Mr. RAHMAN (Bangladesh), Mr. PRASAD (In­ dia), Mr. LOULICHKI (Morocco}, Mr. BASHIR (Pakistan), Mrs. REBONG (Philippines) and Mr. T ANASA (Romania) said that, if they had been present during the voting. they would have voted in 72 Economic and Social Council-First Regular Session, 1986 favour of paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 8 of draft resolution tion as a whole because they shared its overall E/1986/L.14. objectives. However, they had abstained in the vote 7. Mr. DE LA TORRE (Argentina) said that he had on pa~agraphs 3,.5, 6 and 8 because those paragraphs 
analysis: The text appears to be a record of a voting session in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. The draft resolution being voted on seems to be related to a specific issue, but the text does not provide enough information to determine the exact topic. However, the fact that it is an ECOSOC meeting and the presence of several countries with socialist or communist governments suggests that the issue may be related to international cooperation, development, or human rights.