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 34th meeting 

Held at Headquarters, New York, on Thursday, 10 November 2011, at 3 p.m. 

 Chair:  Mr. Donckel (Vice-Chair) ………………………………………………………  (Luxembourg) 

Contents 

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Agenda item 61: 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 

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Agenda item 61: 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.2/66/L.22) 

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 (A/C.2/66/L.22) 

31.  Mr. Khalil (Egypt), introducing draft resolution A/C.2/66/L.22, said that Azerbaijan, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Guinea-Bissau, Malaysia, Namibia, Turkey and Viet Nam had joined the list of sponsors. The draft resolution reflected the findings in the report of the Secretary-General in document A/66/78-E/2011/13 that the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, continued to deepen the economic and social hardships of the Palestinian people and was associated with illegal exploitation of their natural resources. 

The meeting rose at 1 p.m. 

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