45. At the reguest of the representative of Canada, a recorded vote was taken on his appeal against the ruling of the Chairman to permit the representative of Cuba to complete his statement. In favour: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zaire. Against: Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Ecuador, Ethiopia, German Democratic Republic, Guyana, Hungary, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia, Zambia. Abstaining: Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Chile, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Rwanda, Singapore, Spain, Swaziland, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates. 46. The Canadian appeal against the ruling of the Chairman to permit the representative of Cuba to complete his statement was rejected by 29 votes to 24, with 19 abstentions. 47. Mr. RALLIS (Greece), speaking in explanation of vote on behalf of the States members of the European Economic Community, said that the affirmative votes of those countries had been based solely on procedural considerations: the EEC countries were opposed to the introduction of extraneous issues into the work of the CommitteeJ furthermore, the subject on which the representative of Cuba wished to speak was already being discussed elsewhere. 48. Mr. HOLM (Norway), speaking on behalf of the Nordic countries, said that those countries had voted in favour of the Canadian appeal because the subject of the statement which the representative of Cuba wished to make was not related to any agenda item under discussion by the Committee and because the Fifth Committee had a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the functioning of an international organization, specifically the Fifth Committee of the United Nations, and involves a dispute over a representative's statement. The subject matter is not clearly related to a specific sector or field, but rather concerns procedural matters and the scope of the Committee's work.

**Category**
International trade, Politics