Permanent sovereignty over natural resources in the OPT and Golan – GA Second Cttee – Introduction of draft resolution – Summary record (excerpts)

Second Committee

Summary record of the 30th meeting

Held at Headquarters, New York, on Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 3 p.m. 

 Chairperson:   Mr. García González (Vice-Chairperson)  ………………………………. (El Salvador)

Contents

Agenda item 40: 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 ( continued)

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    In the absence of Mr. Park In-kook (Republic of Korea), Mr. García González (El Salvador), Vice-Chairperson, took the Chair.

The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m.

Agenda item 40: 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 (continued) (A/C.2/62/L.12)

Draft resolution on the 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

1.  Mr. Edrees (Egypt), introducing draft resolution A/C.2/64/L.12, informed the Committee that Bolivia (Plurinational State of), the Comoros, Cuba, Ecuador, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Senegal, South Africa and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) had joined the sponsors.

2.   The draft resolution was a reflection of the Secretary-General’s report (A/64/77-E/2009/13), which demonstrated that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, continued to deepen the economic and social hardships of the Palestinian people. The majority of the paragraphs were similar to those of General Assembly resolution 63/201. However, some amended and updated language had been included and one new paragraph had been inserted: the twelfth preambular paragraph, which took note of the recent report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) regarding the grave environmental situation in the Gaza Strip and stressed the need for follow-up of the recommendations therein.

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The meeting rose at 6.05 p.m.

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