UN DEFERS VOTE ON ENHANCED EU STATUS
Baku, September 16 (AZERTAC). The UN General Assembly has defeated a resolution that would have granted the EU extra rights in its proceedings.
The Caribbean regional grouping Caricom called for the resolution to be deferred - and 76 countries voted for that, 71 were against and 26 abstained.
Developing nations were concerned that the EU was seeking rights denied to other regional groupings.
Enhanced observer status would have enabled top EU officials to address the assembly like national leaders.
The deferral means that the European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, will not be able to address the assembly on behalf of the EU next week.
His powerful job was created by the Lisbon Treaty, which came into effect last December.
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