General Assembly Session 60 meeting 68

The Acting President

I would like to inform members that, as reflected in today's Journal, action on draft resolution A/60/L.43 under agenda item 45, "Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS", is postponed to a later date to allow time for a review of its programme budget implications by the Fifth Committee. The Assembly will take action on draft resolution A/60/L.43 as soon as the report of the Fifth Committee on its programme budget implications is available.

The General Assembly will consider the reports of the Second Committee on agenda items 38, 49, 50 and its sub-items (a) to (c), 51, 52 and its sub-items (a) to (d), (e) together with (i) and (f) to (h), 53, 54 and its sub-items (a) to (d), 55 and its sub-items (a) and (b), 56 and its sub-items (a) to (c), 57 and its sub-items (a) and (b), 58 and its sub-items (a) and (b), 59, 73 (b) and 116.

I request the Rapporteur of the Second Committee, Mr. Abdulmalik Alshabibi of Yemen, to introduce the reports of the Second Committee in one intervention.

Mr. Alshabibi (Yemen)

I have the honour to present for the consideration of the Assembly the following reports of the Second Committee on the agenda items allocated to it by the Assembly at its sixtieth session.

Under agenda item 38, entitled "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 14 of document A/60/484, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under agenda item 49, entitled "Information and communication technologies for development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/485, the adoption of one draft decision.

Agenda item 50 is entitled "Macroeconomic policy questions". Under sub-item (a), entitled "International trade and development", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 12 of document A/60/486/Add.1, the adoption of two draft resolutions.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 50, entitled "International financial system and development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/486/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (c) of agenda item 50, entitled "External debt crisis and development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of document A/60/486/Add.3, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under item 51 of the agenda, entitled "Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International Conference on Financing for Development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 14 of document A/60/487, the adoption of one draft resolution. However, the following corrections should be made to operative paragraph 12 of the draft resolution: the comma after "Monterrey Consensus" should be deleted, and the words "date to be determined during the period 2008-2009" should be replaced with the words "time between 2008 and 2009".

Agenda item 52 is entitled "Sustainable development". Under sub-item (a), entitled "Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 14 of document A/60/488/Add.1, the adoption of two draft resolutions and, in paragraph 15, one draft decision.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 52, entitled "Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/488/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (c) of agenda item 52, entitled "International Strategy for Disaster Reduction", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 15 of document A/60/488/Add.3, the adoption of two draft resolutions.

Under sub-item (d) of agenda item 52, entitled "Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 10 of document A/60/488/Add.4, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (e), entitled "Sustainable development in mountain regions", and sub-item (i) of agenda item 52, entitled "Rendering assistance to poor mountain countries to overcome obstacles in socio-economic and ecological areas", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/488/Add.5, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (f) of agenda item 52, entitled "Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of document A/60/488/Add.6, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (g) of agenda item 52, entitled "Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 24 of document A/60/488/Add.7, the adoption of two draft resolutions.

Under sub-item (h) of agenda item 52, entitled "Convention on Biological Diversity", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of document A/60/488/Add.8, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under agenda item 53, entitled "Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 11 of document A/60/489, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 54 is entitled "Globalization and interdependence". Under sub-item (a), entitled "Globalization and interdependence", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/490/Add.1, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 54, entitled "Science and technology for development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/490/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (c) of agenda item 54, entitled "International migration and development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 15 of document A/60/490/Add.3, the adoption of two draft resolutions.

Under sub-item (d) of agenda item 54, entitled "Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit origin and returning such assets to the countries of origin", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 9 of document A/60/490/Add.4, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 55 is entitled "Groups of countries in special situations". Under sub-item (a), entitled "Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 13 of document A/60/491/Add.1, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 55, entitled "Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of document A/60/491/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 56 is entitled "Eradication of poverty and other development issues". Under sub-item (a), entitled "Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 11 of document A/60/492/Add.1, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 56, entitled "Women in development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of document A/60/492/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (c) of agenda item 56, entitled "Human resources development", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 9 of document A/60/492/Add.3, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 57 is entitled "Operational activities for development". Under sub-item (a), entitled, "Operational activities for development of the United Nations system", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/493/Add.1, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 57, entitled "South-South cooperation: economic and technical cooperation among developing countries", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/493/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 58 is entitled "Training and research". Under sub-item (a), entitled "United Nations Institute for Training and Research", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 10 of document A/60/494/Add.1, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under sub-item (b) of agenda item 58, entitled "United Nations System Staff College in Turin, Italy", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 7 of document A/60/494/Add.2, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Under agenda item 59, entitled "Towards global partnerships", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 13 of document A/60/495, the adoption of one draft resolution.

Agenda item 73 is entitled "Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance". Under sub-item (b), entitled "Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions", the Second Committee recommends, in paragraph 26 of document A/60/496 and Corr.1, the adoption of five draft resolutions.

Under agenda item 116, entitled "Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly", the Committee recommends, in paragraph 5 of document A/60/497, the adoption of one draft decision.

The Second Committee, on the recommendation of the General Committee of the General Assembly, was requested to discuss agenda item 125, entitled "Programme planning". The Committee's recommendations in that regard are contained in the annex to document A/C.5/60/11.

Finally, delegations with queries about technical corrections to the texts of draft resolutions adopted by the Second Committee should communicate them to the secretariat of the Second Committee prior to the final issuance of those texts as resolutions of the General Assembly.

Before I conclude, I take this opportunity to thank most sincerely the Chairman of the Second Committee, Mr. Aminu Bashir Wali of Nigeria, as well as the Vice-Chairmen, Mr. Stefano Toscano of Switzerland, Mr. Juraj Koudelka of the Czech Republic and Mr. Selwin Charles Hart of Barbados, for their extraordinary collaboration and partnership during this most challenging and successful session of the Second Committee.

Finally, I thank the secretariat for its outstanding assistance to me and to all members of the Bureau.

The Acting President

If there is no proposal under rule 66 of the rules of procedure, I shall take it that the General Assembly decides not to discuss the reports of the Second Committee which are before the Assembly today.

The Acting President

I give the floor to the United States.

Mr. Marsh (United States)

I assume, Sir, that you intend that we should consider these matters seriatim, item by item. Is that correct?

The Acting President

Yes.

Mr. Toscano (Switzerland)

I have requested the floor in my capacity as Vice-Chair of the Second Committee. I have a number of corrections to make to some of the draft resolutions on which the Assembly is about to take action, under the sustainable development cluster. I would like to make those corrections, Sir, when you want me to do so.

The Acting President

I believe that you can make the corrections before the adoption of the relevant draft resolution. Alternatively, you can give them to the secretariat.

The positions of delegations regarding the recommendations of the Second Committee have been made clear in the Committee and are reflected in the relevant official records. May I remind members that, under paragraph 7 of decision 34/401, the General Assembly agreed that

"When the same draft resolution is considered in a Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a delegation should, as far as possible, explain its vote only once, i.e., either in the Committee or in plenary meeting, unless that delegation's vote in plenary meeting is different from its vote in the Committee."

May I remind delegations that, also in accordance with Assembly decision 34/401, explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.

Before we begin to take action on the recommendations contained in the reports of the Second Committee, I should like to advise representatives that we are going to proceed to take decisions in the same manner as was done in the Second Committee, unless the secretariat is notified otherwise in advance. This means that where separate votes or recorded votes were taken, we will do the same. I should also hope that we may proceed to adopt without a vote those recommendations that were adopted without a vote in the Second Committee.

With regard to co-sponsorship of draft resolutions in the Second Committee, I would like to clarify for members at the outset that the Assembly is acting on draft resolutions recommended for adoption by the Second Committee. And as such, those draft resolutions are no longer open to additional sponsorship by Member States in the plenary.

Any corrections that delegations may have concerning the reports of the Second Committee, including the lists of sponsors of draft resolutions contained in the Committee's reports, should be submitted to the secretariat of the Committee for the issuance of corrigenda. In that connection, I would urge delegations to approach the Committee secretariat at the end of the meeting with their corrections.

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 14 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution.

The Acting President

I call on delegations wishing to speak in explanation of vote after the vote.

Mr. Sermoneta (Israel)

We deeply regret that the Second Committee has once again become a political platform for advancing one-sided, unbalanced and inaccurate information regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The Second Committee has a vital responsibility before it. Addressing issues that neither enhance our work nor provide pragmatic solutions to the conflict are of no service to any party. The resolution just adopted represents an abuse of the mandate of the Second Committee. It is unfortunate that those who adhere to a myopic, singular political agenda continue to suppress its important priorities and exploit this forum. Ultimately, the important ideals that this institution aspires to serve -- integrity, fairness and effectiveness -- are likewise undermined.

Israelis and Palestinians have an important process in place, agreed upon by the Quartet, by which the two parties will engage in direct bilateral negotiations in pursuit of a lasting peace agreement. The resolution just adopted undermines those efforts and prejudges issues to be addressed in those negotiations.

As in past years, Israel voted against this biased and counter-productive resolution.

Mr. Sabbagh (Syria)

My delegation has asked for the floor to make a general statement. Once again, the international community, through the General Assembly, has reaffirmed the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan and their sovereignty over their natural resources.

And once again, we have listened as the representative of the occupying authorities ignored the opinion of the international community, despite the fact that the vast majority of delegations voted in favour of the resolution, which received 156 votes in favour. That strong support reflects the international community's commitment to achieving peace based on decisions and resolutions of international legitimacy and its deep concern with respect to grave Israeli practices, including the use of the natural resources belonging to the Syrian Golan and the occupied Palestinian territories. Those practices deprive the inhabitants of the resources of those areas. The resolution also transmits the international community's concern at the fact that the occupying Power is dumping various kinds of waste materials that are harmful to the environment in the occupied Arab territories and its concern at the impact of that dumping on the environment and on the health of the Arab civilian population living under the yoke of the occupation.

The Acting President

I call on the observer for Palestine.

Mr. Hijazi (Palestine)

My delegation has requested the floor to make a general statement.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the esteemed Member States who voted in favour of the resolution just adopted, which addresses an issue of critical importance to the Palestinian people. Through that action, the international community reaffirms its commitment to international law and the rights established under that law. The adoption of the resolution also sends a clear message to the Palestinian people, whose rights and resources remain under seizure by the occupying Power, that the international community stands with them and their inalienable right to a life of dignity and prosperity, in which their natural resources are employed for their benefit.

Additionally, the adoption of the resolution demonstrates the international community's overwhelming support for holding all States to the same standards and the same responsibilities, clearly demonstrating that no Member of the Organization is above international law and covenants.

A people's permanent sovereignty over its natural resources is part and parcel of its inalienable right to self-determination as established by international law, and it must be safeguarded by the international community in the interest of peace and stability. The resolution just adopted, which gained the support of the international community, provides such legal and moral protection.

Claiming that these resolutions are irrelevant is an assault on the will of the international community, which has repeatedly tried to uphold international law and the principles for which this Organization stands. The adoption of this resolution is repeated annually only because of the belligerence of the occupying Power. If this action is irrelevant to the principles of the United Nations and the obligations of its Members, what, then, is relevant?

Those accusations reflect the bankruptcy of the accuser, which has run out of all excuses and justifications for continuing to snub the international community and the laws by which that community lives. The United Nations is for all its Members, and the resolutions adopted by its Members are relevant because they represent the will of Members, who constitute the United Nations.

Once again, on behalf of the Palestinian people, I would like to thank Member States for their support of the resolution just adopted.

The Acting President

May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 38?

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it a draft decision recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 7 of its report. We will now take action on the draft decision, entitled "Report of the Secretary-General on information and communication technologies for development: progress in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 57/295".

May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft decision recommended by the Second Committee?

The Acting President

The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 49.

The Acting President

May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to take note of the report of the Second Committee?

The Acting President

The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 50.

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it two draft resolutions recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 12 of its report. We shall now take a decision on those draft resolutions.

Draft resolution I is entitled "International trade and development". In the Committee, operative paragraph 13 of draft resolution I was adopted by a vote. However, the Secretariat has been notified that there is no request for a separate vote in plenary meeting on operative paragraph 13. We shall therefore proceed to take action on draft resolution I.

I now put to the vote draft resolution I.

The Acting President

We turn now to draft resolution II. I give the floor to the representative of the United States, who wishes to speak in explanation of vote before action is taken on draft resolution II.

Mr. Marsh (United States)

We would like to explain our vote before action is taken on draft resolution II concerning "Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries".

The United States opposes the draft resolution. It serves as a direct challenge to the prerogative of sovereign States to conduct their commercial relations freely. Every sovereign State has the right to decide with whom it will or will not trade. Member States should understand, moreover, that the draft resolution is aimed at undermining the international community's ability to respond effectively to acts that by their very nature and enormity are offensive to international norms. There must be consequences for such actions; otherwise, offending States will have no incentive or reason to abandon them.

Unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions can be an effective means to achieve legitimate foreign policy objectives. They constitute an influential diplomatic tool. The United States is not alone in holding that view or in following that practice. The United Nations Charter itself provides for the use of sanctions to change the behaviour of those who would challenge, or seek to undermine, international norms.

It should be remembered that not too long ago, the unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions imposed on the racist regimes in South Africa and in what was then Rhodesia underscored the international community's solidarity with the people of those countries, who were fighting for their dignity and freedom. Through those steps, positive change was realized.

It is therefore a question not of so-called coercion against developing countries, but of extending a hand of support to their peoples when their Governments have coerced them.

The Acting President

Draft resolution II is entitled "Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries".

The Acting President

May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (a) of agenda item 50?

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 7 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution.

The Second Committee adopted the draft resolution. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?

The Acting President

May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (b) of agenda item 50?

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution.

The Second Committee adopted the draft resolution. May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to do the same?

The Acting President

May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (c) of agenda item 50 and of agenda item 50 as whole?

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 14 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution as orally corrected.

I call on the representative of Barbados.

Mr. Hart (Barbados)

Four further minor corrections to the text of the draft resolution need to be made before we proceed to adopt it by consensus. The corrections are consistent with the agreement reached at the Second Committee's meeting on 19 December, and are additional to the corrections made by the Rapporteur of the Second Committee.

In operative paragraph 4, the semicolon after "uneven" should be replaced with a comma, followed by the word "and". In the same paragraph, the semicolon after "services" should be replaced with a comma.

In the chapeau of operative paragraph 5, the semicolon after "Consensus" should be replaced with "and". Also in the chapeau, the semicolon and the word "and" after "Millennium Development Goals" should be replaced with a full stop. The final sentence of the chapeau would then read, "In this regard".

The Acting President

May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft resolution, as orally corrected?

The Acting President

May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 51?

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it three draft resolutions recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 25 of its report.

I give the floor to the representative of Switzerland.

Mr. Toscano (Switzerland)

I am speaking in my capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Second Committee.

Corrections need to be made to a number of draft resolutions under the sustainable development cluster in order to bring the texts into line with what was decided in the Second Committee. The draft resolutions in question are those on the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-third session, draft resolution I in document A/60/488; on the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, contained in document A/60/488/Add.1; on the follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, contained in document A/60/488/Add.2; on the protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind, contained in document A/60/488/Add.4; on the International Year of Deserts and Desertification, 2006, draft resolution I in document A/60/488/Add.7; and on the Convention on Biological Diversity, contained in document A/60/488/Add.8.

I will submit the corrections in writing. On behalf of the Committee, I request that they be reflected in the final version of the draft resolutions.

The Acting President

The Secretariat will take note of the comments of the representative of Switzerland, which will be reflected accordingly.

We will now take a decision on draft resolutions I to III.

Draft resolution I, entitled "Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-third session", was adopted by the Second Committee and was orally corrected by the Rapporteur earlier this morning. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft resolution I, as orally corrected?

The Acting President

The Second Committee adopted draft resolution II, entitled "Global Code of Ethics for Tourism". May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?

The Acting President

The Second Committee adopted draft resolution III, entitled "International Year of the Potato, 2008". May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?

The Acting President

The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 52.

The Acting President

The Assembly has before it two draft resolutions recommended by the Second Committee in paragraph 14 of its report and a draft decision recommended by the Committee in paragraph 15 of the same report. We will now take a decision on draft resolutions I and II and on the draft decision.

The Second Committee adopted draft resolution I, entitled "International Year of Planet Earth, 2008". May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?

The Acting President

Draft resolution II, entitled "Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development", was adopted by the Second Committee and has been orally corrected. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt draft resolution II, as orally corrected?

The Acting President

We turn now to the draft decision, entitled "Document on actions taken in organizing the activities of the International Decade for Action, 'Water for Life', 2005-2015".

May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft decision recommended by the Second Committee?

The Acting President

I will now give the floor to those representatives who wish to speak in explanation of position on the decisions just taken.

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