Permanent sovereignty over natural resources in the OPT – Second Cttee debate/Additional sponsor to draft res’n – Summary record (excerpts)

Second Committee

Summary record of the 19th meeting

Held at Headquarters, New York, on Thursday, 1 November 2005, at 9.30 a.m.

 Chairman:   Mr. Toscano (Vice-Chairman) ………………………………………………………  (Switzerland)

Contents

Agenda item 38: 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. Wali (Nigeria), Mr. Toscano (Switzerland), Vice-Chairman, took the Chair.

The meeting was called to order at 9.45 a.m.

Agenda item 38: 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.2/60/L.11)

Introduction of draft resolution A/C.2/60/L.11

1.   Mr. Elfarnawany (Egypt) said that the sponsors had been joined by Cuba.

2.   The draft resolution embodied a number of accepted international principles relating to the permanent sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources, and was guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and a number of General Assembly and Economic and Social Council resolutions, and other principles generally associated with international legitimacy. The aim was to ameliorate a severely deteriorating situation.

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The meeting rose at noon.

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