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Thirdly, the Republic of Yemen as a matter of principle emphasizes its condemnation and denunciation of all forms of interference in the internal affairs of other countries, and strongly opposes the use of force and calls for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Fourthly, on that basis, we call on Iraq ad Kuwait to begin immediately negotiations with a view to solving their problems, and we support all efforts by Arab countries, individually and collectively, to contain the crisis. Those efforts are going on now in Caira, where the Foreign Ministers of the Arab countries are meeting to deal with the matter.
The President: I thank the representative of Yemen for his kind words addressed to me.
I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/21425.
A vote was taken by show of hands.
In favour: Canada, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Malaysia, Romania, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Zaire
Yemen did not participate in the voting.
The President: The result of the voting is as follows: 14 in favour, none against and no abstentions. One member did not participate in the voting. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 660 (1990).
There are no further speakers on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.
The meeting rose at 6.05 a.m.
