| Date | 8 December 2006 |
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| Started | 11:25 |
| Ended | 12:35 |
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Agenda item 71 (continued)
Oceans and the law of the sea
(a) Oceans and the law of the sea
Report of the Secretary-General (A/61/63 and A/61/63/Add.1)
Report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (A/61/65)
Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at its seventh meeting (A/61/156)
Draft resolution (A/61/L.30)
(b) Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments
Report of the Secretary-General (A/61/154)
Draft resolution (A/61/L.38)
The Acting President
I should like to remind speakers that the General Assembly, in its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 decided that, outside the general debate, there shall be a 15-minute limit for speakers in plenary and in the Main Committees.
It is my intention to hear the remaining speakers in the debate and to take action on draft resolution A/61/L.38 this morning. I would therefore like to appeal to speakers to adhere to the 15-minute time limit, given that we still have several speakers in explanation of vote.
I should like to inform members that action on draft resolution A/61/L.30 is postponed to a later date to allow time for the review of its programme budget implications by the Fifth Committee. The Assembly will take action on the draft resolution as soon as the report of the Fifth Committee on its programme budget implications is available.
Mr. Kuzmin (Russia)
The Russian Federation attaches high priority to the development of international law of the sea and to the discussion of maritime issues by the General Assembly.
We express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for the comprehensive reports he has prepared in 2006 on the law of the sea and on sustainable fisheries. As in past years, the reports contain much useful information and provide a good basis for a comprehensive analysis of the current situation and the determination of essential future tasks in ensuring respect for the rights and interests of States, the protection of the marine environment, and the conservation of vulnerable maritime ecosystems.
The major instrument for ensuring effective inter-State cooperation in the global oceans system is the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Russian Federation advocates the preservation of its integrity, the implementation of Convention rights and freedoms, and compliance by States with their obligations under that instrument of international law. Among the most important of those are freedom of the high seas, the right of transit passage through straits used for international shipping, the right of innocent passage, the right to fish on the high seas and others.
We call on States, including coastal States, fully to meet their obligations under the aforementioned rights and freedoms and in strict compliance with the Convention. In that regard, we note that the rules and laws enacted by straits-bordering States should not allow discrimination in form or in substance among foreign vessels, and their implementation must not in practice amount to infringement of the right of passage.
We note in particular the role of the 1982 instrument in the maintenance of peace and security and the peaceful use of maritime space. We call on States that have not yet done so to become parties to UNCLOS.
The Russian Federation attaches great significance to the operation of bodies established under the Convention, in particular the International Seabed Authority, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
There are serious and weighty questions on the current agenda of the International Seabed Authority, the resolution of which will require ongoing attention and significant resources. In that regard, we continue to believe that the Authority should not be assigned any additional workload in the protection of the biological resources of the Area.
The work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf grows more active every year, given the rising number of applications submitted by States for the delimitation of their continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. We believe that its activities must be in strict compliance with the mandates and procedures established by the relevant provisions of the 1982 Convention.
We call attention to the important role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in settling disputes over the interpretation or application of the Convention.
I turn now to the issue of ensuring sustainable fisheries. We note the efforts of the international community to combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. We believe it necessary to strengthen the genuine link between flag States and their vessels. We are pleased to recognize the work of the International Maritime Organization in that regard.
In the area of destructive fishing practices, the greatest responsibility for resolving that problem lies with regional fisheries management organizations and States whose vessels are engaged in such practices. We call on countries to cooperate in establishing new regional fisheries management organizations and in increasing the effectiveness of those already in operation. In that context, we note once again the exceptional importance of the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks.
Lastly, we would draw attention to law of the seas activities planned for 2007. In the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, we need to focus on marine genetic resources. We hope that such work will teach us more about resources that are insufficiently understood and the options for their utilization.
In connection with the upcoming annual meeting of States parties to UNCLOS, we wish once again to focus attention on the importance of maintaining the current mandate of that forum to resolve administrative and budgetary issues concerning the operation of the bodies established under the Convention. In particular, next year we will elect new members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and face the serious task of maintaining the Commission's current level of professionalism and of ensuring that it works smoothly.
In conclusion, we wish to offer our support for both draft resolutions to be adopted under this item, and to thank coordinators Holly Koehler and Carlos Duarte for their efforts in developing those important documents. We also thank the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and its chief, Mr. Vladimir Golitsyn, for their capable assistance in developing the drafts.
The Acting President
In accordance with General Assembly resolution 54/195 of 17 December 1999, I now call on the observer for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Mr. Cohen (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources)
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