| Date | 18 December 2007 |
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| Started | 16:00 |
| Ended | 18:05 |
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Reports of the Third Committee
The Acting President
As announced this morning, the General Assembly will first take up the remaining reports of the Third Committee. Thereafter, the Assembly will resume its consideration of agenda item 77 and its sub-items (a) and (b), on oceans and the law of the sea.
Agenda item 70 (continued)
Promotion and protection of human rights
(d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Report of the Third Committee (A/62/439/Add.4)
The Acting President
May I take it that the Assembly wishes to take note of the report of the Third Committee?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (d) of agenda item 70?
(e) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Report of the Third Committee (A/62/439/Add.5)
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 10 of its report, which was orally corrected by the Rapporteur at the 76th meeting.
We will now take a decision on the draft resolution, as orally corrected. The draft resolution is entitled "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to adopt the draft resolution, as orally revised?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (e) of agenda item 70?
(f) Celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Report of the Third Committee (A/62/439/Add.6)
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 8 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution, entitled "International Year of Human Rights Learning". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-item (f) of agenda item 70?
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 70 as a whole.
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it four draft resolutions recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 24 of its report and one draft decision recommended by the Committee in paragraph 25 of the same report. We will now take a decision on draft resolutions I to IV, one by one, and on the draft decision.
Draft resolution I is entitled "Technical assistance for implementing the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The Acting President
Draft resolution II is entitled "Follow-up to the Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The Acting President
Draft resolution III is entitled "United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The Acting President
Draft resolution IV is entitled "Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The Acting President
We now turn to the draft decision, entitled "Document considered by the General Assembly in connection with the question of crime prevention and criminal justice". May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to adopt the draft decision recommended by the Third Committee?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 106?
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it a draft resolution recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 12 of its report. We will now take a decision on the draft resolution, entitled "International cooperation against the world drug problem". The Third Committee adopted it without a vote. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do likewise?
The Acting President
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of agenda item 107?
Agenda item 121
Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
Report of the Third Committee (A/62/442)
The Acting President
The Assembly has before it a draft decision recommended by the Third Committee in paragraph 6 of its report. We will now take action on the draft decision, entitled "Programme of work of the Third Committee for the sixty-third session of the General Assembly". It was adopted by the Third Committee. May I take it that the Assembly wishes to do the same?
The Acting President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 121.
The Acting President
May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to take note of the report of the Third Committee?
The Acting President
The Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 129.
Agenda item 77 (continued)
Oceans and the law of the sea
(a) Oceans and the law of the sea
(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 (A/62/260)
Mr. Al-Saied (Kuwait)
The delegation of the State of Kuwait wishes to thank the President of the General Assembly for his articulate and effective conduct of the work of this session. We also convey our thanks to the Secretary-General for his report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/62/66 and Adds.1 and 2), prepared pursuant to paragraph 130 of General Assembly resolution 61/222.
The State of Kuwait attaches great importance to the subject of oceans and the Law of the Sea, and welcomes the Secretary-General's 12 March 2007 report, which contains a comprehensive review of developments and issues relating to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and to the work of the United Nations and its specialized agencies on ocean affairs and the law of the sea.
We highlight the global and regional importance of the content of the report. The State of Kuwait also commends the States that recently acceded to the Convention, thus increasing the number of the States parties to the Convention to 153. This increase in the number of States acceding to the Convention demonstrates its importance on both the international and regional levels. In this regard, we call upon the States that have not yet acceded to the Convention to do so. This would help strengthen international peace and security among all the States parties, in line with the global and regional character of the Convention and promoting justice and equality in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
The State of Kuwait wishes to commend the tangible progress achieved in the activities of all the bodies established pursuant to the Convention: the International Seabed Authority, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Those bodies are important for implementing the provisions of the Convention, which is the agreed legal framework for protecting and preserving the marine environment, by taking all necessary measures to prevent pollution and to promote the peaceful utilization of the oceans and the seas.
The State of Kuwait is firmly convinced that the management and preservation of marine resources can only adequately take place through building the marine capacities of developing countries, and through the transfer of modern technology, so that those countries can play a more effective role in managing and preserving marine resources.
It is therefore necessary to improve cooperation and coordination at all levels in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in order to address comprehensively all aspects of the issues relating to oceans and seas and thus to ensure the integrated management and sustainable development of the oceans and seas.
Since protecting the marine environment and preserving its living natural resources is a matter of great importance, we must take a holistic approach and continue to study and consolidate measures leading to intensified cooperation and coordination on preserving marine biodiversity from the effects of both human and naturally induced climate change.
Realizing the vital importance of this subject, the State of Kuwait has acceded to the various international instruments on this subject, including the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, in 1986, and the Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, in 2002, and is a party to the Protocol concerning Marine Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf.
In this regard, we would like to note that Kuwait is the headquarters of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment, established pursuant to the 1978 Regional Convention for Cooperation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution, which aims to coordinate the efforts of all the coastal States of the Gulf to protect the resources of the marine environment. Furthermore, the State of Kuwait also carries out programmes with the International Atomic Energy Agency to protect the marine environment.
In conclusion, the State of Kuwait urges all States parties to cooperate and to work to improve the lives of all peoples, through the preservation and optimal use of marine resources by adhering to the provisions of the international conventions and by observing the law, in order to ensure the rights of peoples and the fair and equitable use of marine resources. This would guarantee our achievement of the desired environmental sustainability.
Mr. Kodera (Japan)
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