68. Mr. ALFQNSO MARTfNEZ drew attention to the amendment in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.l2. 69. Mr. DESPOUY withdrew his amendment in favour of the amendments submitted by Mr. Joinet in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.l5. 70. Mr. JOINET, introducing his amendments contained in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.l5, said that the amendment to the second preambular paragraph was the same as the amendment he had proposed to draft resolution E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.4. His amendment to the fourth preambular paragraph was inspired by the Advisory Opinion given in 1989 that a secret ballot would preclude explanations of vote. The Legal Adviser had said that the rules of procedure said nothing about the question of explanations of vote in a secret ballot. Nevertheless, the principle of the secret ballot and confidentiality required that no indication of any sort should be given on how an individual had voted, and the Economic and Social Council should be clear on that point. 71. His proposed amendment to the fifth preambular paragraph was based on the Legal Adviser's opinion on votes by secret ballot. The two rules referred to in his amendment were the only two he had been able to find that had a bearing on the matter, since the Legal Adviser had not mentioned any specific rules. His amendment to operative paragraph 1 was similar to the amendment he had proposed to draft resolution E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/L.4. 72. Lastly, regarding operative paragraphs 2 and 3, the only difference concerned the question of who should perform the task. He would support the proposal to appoint members of the Sub-Commission, if necessary, but since a working group under the chairmanship of Mr. van Boven was already studying the Sub-Commission's working methods, he would prefer the matter to be handled by the statutory group that already existed. 73. Mr. SUESCUN MONROY said that, while appreciating the efforts of his 
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