Re: BREAKING NEWS-UN Res. 70/96 of 09/12/2015!!!

I am still at a loss as to where the independence of Southern
Cameroons factors in. No one should misinterpret me. I am only being
anxious over this issue because I need it very badly.

On 12/27/15, 'Mukwo Okwo Ntua' via ambasbay <ambasbay@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> The Trusteeship Council
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> The Trusteeship Council was established to provide international supervision
> for 11 Trust Territories administered by seven Member States and ensure that
> adequate steps were taken to prepare the Territories for self-government or
> independence. By 1994, all Trust Territories had attained self-government or
> independence, either as separate States or by joining neighbouring
> independent countries. The last to do so was the Trust Territory of the
> Pacific Islands — Palau — which was administered by the United States and
> became the 185th UN Member State.
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> Its work completed, the Trusteeship Council now consists of the five
> permanent members of the Security Council. It has amended its rules of
> procedure to allow it to meet as and when the occasion may require.
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>> On 26 Dec 2015, at 17:37, 'Mishe Fon' via ambasbay
>> <ambasbay@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> General Assembly Adopts 28 Fourth Committee Texts Covering Issues
>> Including Decolonization, Outer Space, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
>> Seventieth Session,
>> 70th Meeting (AM)
>> GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>> MEETINGS COVERAGE
>> Two Actions Postponed until Later Date, as Plenary Acts Directly on Three
>> Drafts
>> Upon the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and
>> Decolonization), the General Assembly adopted 25 draft resolutions and
>> three draft decisions today, tackling issues ranging from decolonization
>> issues to outer space activities, to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian
>> conflict and beyond.
>> The Assembly also took direct plenary action, adopting three outstanding
>> texts on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries
>> of origin, the situation in Afghanistan, and the report of the Economic
>> and Social Council.
>> Just like you, I scanned through the original UN document hoping to find
>> something that could remotely be interpreted as a "Victory" for Ambazonia.
>> Perhaps its just my slow level of understanding in "World Affairs" but
>> honestly there was no mention of Southern Cameroons in any of the
>> deliberations. I may be wrong though but that is no grounds for anyone to
>> come after me. It is just a personal observation with no aims of
>> undermining anyone's contributions to this "Breaking News". I hope you
>> guys will be tolerant enough to enable me state that I did not see any
>> "Breaking News" in the United Nations GA Resolution 70/96. Albert Einstein
>> used to say: "A foolish faith in authority or any Cause is the worst enemy
>> of TRUTH. Continue Reading the "Unadulterated Original" version of the UN
>> General Assembly Resolution 70/96 Here:
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>> From: Njousi Abang <njousid@gmail.com>
>> To: "ambasbay@googlegroups.com" <ambasbay@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 6:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: BREAKING NEWS-UN Res. 70/96 of 09/12/2015!!!
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>> Comrades,
>> Thanks for sharing this news. However thumping through it I did not see
>> where our case is expressly mentioned. Are we to gain our right to
>> self-determination by implication or by right. I will want it clearly
>> stated that Southern Cameroons as per A or B resolution is hereby free of
>> colonial rule. This has not been stated. We have to cause it to be brought
>> to the table in very clear terms and in the shortest possible time.
>> Njousi
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>> On 26 December 2015 at 02:44, 'Ofege Ntemfac' via ambasbay
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>> Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also
>> appear with him in glory. Christ appears in your life right here, right
>> now: one nanosecond after you believe and confess that Jesus is Lord.
>> https://www.facebook.com/CAYMCameroon
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>> On Saturday, December 26, 2015 9:08 AM, 'JusticeMbuh' via ambasbay
>> <ambasbay@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Dear brethrens,
>> Don't die or beat yourself trying to bypass the legal technics involved in
>> drafting this resolution. Just know the the UN Plebiscite for the British
>> Cameroons, together with UN Res. 1608 of April 21, 1961 have all been
>> nullified. Right now its about implementation of the 1960 General Assembly
>> Declaration.
>> Shout Hallelujah! "It is Finish"! And to God Almight be the Glory!
>> Justice M. Mbuh (Ph.Ds)
>> Peace Studies/Economics
>> UNGA RES on Decolonization
>> General Assembly Adopts 28 Fourth Committee Texts Covering Issues
>> Including Decolonization, Outer Space, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
>> 9 December 2015
>> GA/11737
>> Seventieth Session,
>> 70th Meeting (AM)
>> General Assembly
>> Meetings Coverage
>> Two Actions Postponed until Later Date, as Plenary Acts Directly on Three
>> Drafts
>> Upon the recommendation of its Fourth Committee (Special Political and
>> Decolonization), the General Assembly adopted 25 draft resolutions and
>> three draft decisions today, tackling issues ranging from decolonization
>> issues to outer space activities, to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian
>> conflict and beyond.
>> The Assembly also took direct plenary action, adopting three outstanding
>> texts on the return or restitution of cultural property to the countries
>> of origin, the situation in Afghanistan, and the report of the Economic
>> and Social Council.
>> Closely following the Fourth Committee's recommendations, it adopted,
>> without a vote, a series of annual texts relating to the decolonization of
>> specific Non-Self-Governing Territories. They included draft resolutions
>> affirming the right to self-determination for the peoples of Western
>> Sahara, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Tokelau.
>> Also without a vote, the Assembly adopted the Fourth Committee's annual
>> "omnibus" draft on the questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda,
>> British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint
>> Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.
>> It adopted a related draft resolution, "Information from
>> Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the
>> Charter of the United Nations", by a recorded vote of 175 in favour to
>> none against, with 4 abstentions (France, Israel, United Kingdom, United
>> States). By that text, the Assembly requested that the administering
>> Powers concerned transmit regularly to the Secretary-General statistical
>> and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social
>> and educational conditions in the Territories for which they were
>> respectively responsible.
>> Meanwhile, it adopted a draft resolution on "Economic and other activities
>> which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing
>> Territories" by a recorded vote of 176 in favour to 2 against (Israel,
>> United States), with 2 abstentions (France, United Kingdom). By its
>> terms, the Assembly affirmed the value of foreign economic investment
>> undertaken in collaboration with the peoples of those Territories and in
>> accordance with their wishes, in order to make a valid contribution to the
>> socioeconomic development of the Territories, especially during times of
>> economic and financial crisis.
>> By a recorded vote of 175 in favour to 3 against (Israel, United Kingdom,
>> United States), with 1 abstention (France), the Assembly also adopted a
>> draft on "Dissemination of information on decolonization", by which it
>> requested that the United Nations undertake efforts to give publicity to
>> its work in the field of decolonization.
>> The Assembly adopted another draft resolution — "Implementation of the
>> Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
>> Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions
>> associated with the United Nations" — by a recorded vote of 126 in favour
>> to none against, with 53 abstentions. By that text, the Assembly urged
>> those and other organizations of the United Nations system that had not
>> yet provided assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as
>> soon as possible.
>> A draft resolution titled "Offers by Member States of study and training
>> facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories" was adopted
>> without a vote. In addition, the Assembly postponed until a later date
>> its consideration of a draft resolution, "Implementation of the
>> Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
>> Peoples", pending a review by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and
>> Budgetary) of the programme budget implications of adopting that text.
>> Taking up two draft resolutions on questions relating to information, the
>> Assembly adopted both without a vote, the first being a text titled
>> "Information in the service of humanity" and the second, "United Nations
>> public information policies and activities".
>> In the area of outer space affairs, the Assembly adopted, again without a
>> vote, a draft resolution on "International cooperation in the peaceful
>> uses of outer space". However, it postponed its consideration of another
>> text — "Matters relating to activities under the United Nations Programme
>> on Space Applications in 2016" — pending the Fifth Committee's report on
>> its programme budget implications.
>> By a recorded 155 votes in favour to none against, with 16 abstentions,
>> the Assembly adopted a draft decision by which it appointed El Salvador,
>> Israel, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka to the Committee
>> on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
>> On Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Assembly adopted nine draft
>> resolutions, all requiring recorded votes. The first, "Assistance to
>> Palestine refugees", was adopted by a recorded vote of 167 in favour to 1
>> against (Israel), with 11 abstentions. By its terms, the Assembly
>> expressed grave concern about the especially difficult situation of
>> Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their
>> safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions. It also affirmed
>> the necessity for continuing the work of the United Nations Relief and
>> Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the
>> importance of ensuring that its operations and provision of services were
>> unimpeded.
>> The Assembly adopted a draft resolution on "Persons displaced as a result
>> of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities" by a recorded vote of 164 in
>> favour to 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of
>> Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), with 7 abstentions (Cameroon,
>> Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia,
>> Paraguay). By that text, the Assembly stressed the necessity for an
>> accelerated return of displaced persons. It also called for compliance
>> with the mechanism agreed by the parties — in article XII of the
>> Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13
>> September 1993 — on the return of displaced persons.
>> By a recorded 169 votes in favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall
>> Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, United States), with 5
>> abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, Vanuatu), the
>> Assembly adopted a draft resolution on "Operations of the United Nations
>> Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East". By that
>> text, it expressed deep concern over the Agency's extremely critical
>> financial situation, and emphasized the imperative of ensuring sustained
>> and predictable financial support for it, including by providing the
>> necessary resources to enable it to continue to deliver its vital services
>> uninterrupted.
>> The Assembly also adopted — by a recorded vote of 167 in favour to 7
>> against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
>> Nauru, Palau, United States), with 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire,
>> Paraguay, Vanuatu) — a draft resolution on "Palestine refugees' properties
>> and their revenues". By its terms, the Assembly reaffirmed that Palestine
>> refugees were entitled to their property and to the income derived
>> therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice.
>> By a recorded vote of 92 in favour to 9 against (Australia, Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
>> Panama, United States), with 75 abstentions, the Assembly also adopted a
>> draft resolution on the "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate
>> Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and
>> Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories". By its terms, the Assembly
>> expressed grave concern about the continuing detrimental impact of ongoing
>> unlawful Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied Palestinian
>> Territory, including East Jerusalem, such as excessive use of force by
>> Israeli occupying troops against Palestinian civilians, as well as
>> tensions, instability and violence due to Israel's illegal policies and
>> practices.
>> Also adopted — by a recorded 163 votes in favour to 6 against (Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, United
>> States), with 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central African
>> Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) — was a draft
>> titled "Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection
>> of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied
>> Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied
>> Arab territories". In line with that text, the Assembly reaffirmed the
>> Geneva Convention's applicability, and further demanded that Israel accept
>> the Convention's de jure applicability in those territories.
>> The Assembly adopted — by a recorded vote of 161 in favour to 7 against
>> (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru,
>> Palau, United States), with 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon, Central
>> African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu) — a
>> draft titled "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
>> including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan", by which it
>> condemned Israel's continuing settlement activities in the Occupied
>> Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as violations of
>> international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions,
>> agreements reached between the parties and obligations under the Roadmap
>> of the Middle East Quartet.
>> In another recorded vote — 158 in favour to 8 against (Australia, Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
>> United States), with 10 abstentions (Cameroon, Central African Republic,
>> Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu)
>> — the Assembly adopted a draft resolution on "Israeli practices affecting
>> the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian
>> Territory, including East Jerusalem". It urged all parties to refrain
>> from provocative actions, incitement and inflammatory rhetoric, especially
>> in areas of religious and cultural sensitivity, including East Jerusalem.
>> The Assembly adopted a draft resolution titled "Occupied Syrian Golan" by
>> a recorded vote of 160 in favour to 1 against (Israel), with 16
>> abstentions. By its terms, the Assembly reaffirmed the illegality of
>> Israel's 14 December 1981 decision to impose its own laws, jurisdiction
>> and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which had resulted in
>> that territory's effective annexation. It called upon the occupying Power
>> to comply with relevant resolutions and desist from changing the
>> territory's physical character, demographic composition, institutional
>> structure and legal status, and, in particular, desist from establishing
>> settlements.
>> Acting without a vote, the Assembly adopted draft resolutions on
>> assistance in mine action, the University for Peace, effects of atomic
>> radiation, and comprehensive review of special political missions. It
>> also adopted two draft decisions, one on the question of Gibraltar, and
>> the other on the Fourth Committee's future programme of work.
>> In other business this morning, the Assembly adopted, directly in plenary
>> without a vote, three draft resolutions on the return or restitution of
>> cultural property to countries of origin, on the situation in Afghanistan,
>> and on extending by three years, until December 2020, the preparatory
>> period before Vanuatu's graduation from least developed country status.
>> A handful of speakers spoke on the first of those issues, with the
>> representative of Greece, who introduced the text, saying that there was a
>> link between the destruction of cultural artefacts and the financing of
>> terrorism.
>> South Africa's representative presented the draft resolution on extending
>> the preparatory period preceding the graduation of Vanuatu from the least
>> developed country category.
>> The Rapporteur of the Fourth Committee introduced that body's reports for
>> the Assembly's consideration.
>> Other speakers were representatives of Cyprus, Italy, Syria, Turkey,
>> Argentina and Vanuatu.
>> The General Assembly will reconvene at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 10 December,
>> to elect members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination, among
>> other items.
>> Background
>> The General Assembly met this morning to consider, among other things, the
>> return or restitution of cultural property to countries of origin. Before
>> it were a related note by the Secretary-General (document A/70/365) and
>> draft resolution (document A/70/L.28).
>> Also before the Assembly were draft resolutions relating, respectively, to
>> the situation in Afghanistan (document A/70/L.23) and the report of the
>> Economic and Social Council (document A/70/L.16).
>> The Assembly was also expected to take up the reports of its Fourth
>> Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on the University for
>> Peace (document A/70/492); assistance in mine action (document A/70/493);
>> effects of atomic radiation (document A/70/494); international cooperation
>> in the peaceful uses of outer space (document A/70/495); United Nations
>> Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (document
>> A/70/496); report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli
>> Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other
>> Arabs of the Occupied Territories (document A/70/497); comprehensive
>> review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their
>> aspects (document A/70/498); and comprehensive review of special political
>> missions (document A/70/499).
>> Other Fourth Committee reports pending action were on questions relating
>> to information (document A/70/500); information from Non-Self-Governing
>> Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United
>> Nations (document A/70/501); economic and other activities which affect
>> the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories
>> (document A/70/502); implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
>> Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies
>> and the international institutions associated with the United Nations
>> (document A/70/503); offers by Member States of study and training
>> facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (document
>> A/70/504); implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of
>> Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (document A/70/505);
>> revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (document A/70/528);
>> and programme planning (document A/70/529).
>> Action on Draft Resolutions
>> CATHERINE BOURA (Greece), introducing the draft resolution "Return or
>> restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin" (document
>> A/70/L.28), expressed hope that it would be adopted by consensus as in
>> previous years. She said the report by the Director-General of the United
>> Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the
>> action taken by that body on the return or restitution of cultural
>> property to the countries of origin (document A/70/365) outlined relevant
>> developments over the past three years, and was timely due to
>> international activities such as cross-border movement of cultural
>> objects, money laundering and the sale of cultural artefacts. The looting
>> of monuments in Iraq and Syria showed that multi-confessional communities
>> were threatened by terrorism, she said, noting that the draft resolution
>> expressed deep concern about theft of cultural objects in areas of armed
>> conflict and condemned the looting and destruction of cultural heritages
>> sites. There was a link between the destruction of cultural artefacts and
>> the financing of terrorism, she said, emphasizing the importance of
>> raising awareness and capacity-building in that regard. The international
>> community had a responsibility to protect cultural heritage in times of
>> peace and war, she added.
>> MONIKA PACHOUMI (Cyprus) said the international community was witnessing a
>> rise in extremism that also targeted cultural heritage, which constituted
>> not only a threat to the Middle East's cultural heritage, but that of all
>> humanity. Facilitating the return and restitution of cultural property to
>> countries of origin was of paramount importance, he emphasized, explaining
>> that his country had its own experience of looting and smuggling due to
>> foreign occupation. Cyprus stood ready to contribute to regional efforts
>> to promote and strengthen international cooperation in that area.
>> SEBASTIANO CARDI (Italy) said that his country, in close cooperation with
>> Jordan, and with the support of UNESCO, the United Nations Office on Drugs
>> and Crime (UNODC) and the International Criminal Police Organization
>> (INTERPOL), would initiate a project on protecting cultural heritage that
>> would be launched with an opening at United Nations Headquarters in
>> December.
>> BASHAR JA'AFARI (Syria) said his delegation had participated in the
>> consultations on the draft and joined the list of co-sponsors out of
>> belief in the text's relevance to the dangerous reality that the
>> international community was witnessing. What the Middle East cultural
>> heritage was facing in Syria, Iraq and occupied Palestine was a systematic
>> attack against the global heritage, he said, emphasizing that his country
>> was witnessing a bleeding of its historical heritage. Members of the
>> Assembly had all seen the viciousness of Islamic State in Iraq and the
>> Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) as they destroyed monuments in Palmyra and
>> elsewhere.
>> The terrorists of Da'esh and the Nusra Front had perpetrated great
>> atrocities, including attacking the mosque in Aleppo, he continued.
>> People wanted to destroy Syria and market its antiquities illegitimately,
>> and by their transactions they were abetting terrorist activities in Syria
>> and Iraq. Governments engaging directly in such acts of theft and looting
>> must be held accountable, he said, noting that the Turkish regime was not
>> being held accountable in any way as it transacted with radical regimes in
>> the region and facilitated the arrival of criminals in Syria. It was the
>> main marketer of Syrian antiquities, trading them for ammunition and
>> weaponry, he noted, adding that the Turkish regime had used refugees on
>> its territory to blackmail Europe. That was cheap trade in the lives of
>> human beings, he said.
>> MURAT UĞURLUOĞLU (Turkey) said the illicit trade in cultural property
>> remained a source of grave concern, pointing out that, despite efforts to
>> raise awareness and build capacity to address such challenges, threats to
>> cultural heritage had been increasing. Conflict and instability further
>> aggravated the risk of destruction or illicit trafficking. Deploring the
>> inhumane attacks that had resulted in the destruction of cultural
>> properties, he noted that his country had strongly condemned the brutal
>> obliteration of archaeological sites, museums, places of worship, and
>> books and manuscripts. Turkey had reinforced all necessary measures to
>> prevent the illegal transfer of historical artefacts, but combating such
>> crimes required the active involvement of all Member States, cultural and
>> education institutions, museums and civil society, he emphasized.
>> The Assembly then adopted, by consensus, the draft resolution on the
>> return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin
>> (A/70/L.28).
>> The representative of Argentina, speaking in explanation of position,
>> welcomed the text's adoption, saying that the cultural heritage of
>> communities was a testament to their identity and should not be considered
>> as mere loot. Due to its geographic location, Argentina was sensitive to
>> the illicit trafficking of cultural objects, which had become more refined
>> in recent years due in part to modern technology. Fighting that
>> phenomenon required a common strategy by the international community.
>> Acting again without a vote, the General Assembly adopted the draft
>> resolution "The situation in Afghanistan" (document A/70/L.23), by which
>> it welcomed the direct talks held in 2015 between the Government of
>> Afghanistan and representatives of the Taliban as an important first step.
>> It encouraged Afghanistan and Pakistan to enhance their relationship in
>> such a way as to lead to cooperation in effectively combating terrorism
>> and moving the Afghan-led peace process forward.
>> Under the headings of governance, rule of law and human rights, the
>> resolution would have the Assembly address democracy, justice, public
>> administration, and human rights issues such as recognizing efforts to
>> protect civilians and minimizing casualties among them. Further, the text
>> urged the Assembly to address issues under the headings of social and
>> economic development, regional cooperation, counter-narcotics and
>> coordination.
>> SIMON PONI MAROBE (South Africa), introducing the draft resolution
>> "Extension of the preparatory period preceding the graduation of Vanuatu
>> from the least developed country category" (document A/70/L.16) on behalf
>> of the "Group of 77" developing countries and China, said Vanuatu had been
>> expected to graduate on 17 December but had been hit by Cyclone Pam.
>> Noting that 64 per cent of the island nation's economy had been affected
>> by the storm, which had caused exceptional human, economic and
>> developmental losses, he said the draft resolution extended the
>> preparatory period by three years, until December 2020, which would allow
>> Vanuatu to rebuild the economy and ensure that its graduation from least
>> developed status would not disrupt its developmental plans.
>> Following oral revisions to the text, the Assembly adopted the text by
>> consensus, as orally revised.
>> ODO TEVI (Vanuatu) said the unanimous adoption of the resolution gave hope
>> and encouragement to his country and demonstrated the international
>> community's unwavering commitment to ensuring that graduation from least
>> developed status should not result in the disruption of developmental
>> plans. Vanuatu had felt the impact of Cyclone Pam, and tourism, a major
>> economic sector, had suffered a significant decline, he said, adding that
>> the agriculture sector had also been severely affected. However,
>> Vanuatu's economy would be rebuilt and the country would be back on the
>> path of sustained high growth and development. Since natural disasters
>> would continue as a result of climate change, it was important that the
>> international community address the development concerns of small island
>> developing States and least developed countries, particularly with regard
>> to the new climate agreement under negotiation in Paris, he said.
>> The Assembly then took up the reports of its Fourth Committee.
>> CLOTILDE FERRY (Monaco), Rapporteur of the Fourth Committee, introduced
>> that body's reports, saying they contained 30 drafts. A high level of
>> cooperation had prevailed in the Committee, which had been able to fulfil
>> its mandate and complete its work effectively and constructively within
>> the time allotted by the Assembly, she added.
>> Acting without a vote, the Assembly first adopted the draft resolution
>> "University for Peace" (document A/70/L.10), by which it requested that
>> the Secretary-General expand the scope for using that institution's
>> services as part of his conflict-resolution and peacebuilding efforts.
>> The Assembly also adopted, again without a vote, the draft resolution
>> "Assistance in mine action" (document A/70/L.8), by which it urged all
>> mine-affected States to identify all areas containing mines and other
>> explosive remnants of war, and to engage in their clearance when
>> possible.
>> Once again without a vote, the Assembly adopted a draft titled "Effects of
>> atomic radiation" (document A/70/L.12), by which it would support the
>> Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation in conducting its
>> work programme of scientific review and assessment, in particular its next
>> Global Survey of Medical Radiation Usage and Exposures, as well as its
>> assessments of levels of ionizing radiation exposure from electrical
>> energy production.
>> Turning to a group of texts relating to outer space affairs, the Assembly
>> adopted, without a vote, the draft resolution "International cooperation
>> in the peaceful uses of outer space" (document A/70/495 I L.2/Rev.1), by
>> which it expressed its serious concern about the possibility of an arms
>> race in outer space. It also endorsed the report of the Committee on the
>> Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-eighth session.
>> The Assembly postponed until a later date its consideration of a draft
>> resolution on "Matters relating to activities under the United Nations
>> Programme on Space Applications in 2016" (document A/70/495 II, L.9/Rev.1)
>> pending a report of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on
>> the programme budget implications of adopting the text.
>> By a recorded vote of 155 in favour to none against, with 16 abstentions,
>> the Assembly then adopted a draft decision titled "Increase in the
>> membership of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space" (document
>> A/70/495 III, L.7), by which it appointed El Salvador, Israel, Oman,
>> Qatar, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to the Outer Space
>> Committee.
>> Turning to a raft of draft resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian issues, the
>> Assembly first adopted, by a recorded vote of 167 in favour to 1 against
>> (Israel), with 11 abstentions, a draft resolution titled "Assistance to
>> Palestine refugees" (document A/70/496 I, L.15). By its terms, the
>> Assembly expressed grave concern about the especially difficult situation
>> of Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their
>> safety, well-being and socioeconomic living conditions. It affirmed the
>> necessity for the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief
>> and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the
>> importance of its unimpeded operations and the provision of its services.
>> The Assembly then adopted a draft resolution titled "Persons displaced as
>> a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities" (document A/70/496
>> II, L.16) by a recorded vote of 164 in favour to 7 against (Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
>> United States), with 7 abstentions (Cameroon, Central African Republic,
>> Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Paraguay).
>> Taking up the draft resolution "Operations of the United Nations Relief
>> and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East" (document
>> A/70/496 III, L.17), the Assembly adopted it by a recorded vote of 169 in
>> favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of
>> Micronesia, Palau, United States), with 5 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte
>> d'Ivoire, Nauru, Paraguay, Vanuatu).
>> The Assembly then adopted a related draft resolution, "Palestine refugees'
>> properties and their revenues" (document A/70/496 IV, L.18), by a recorded
>> vote of 167 in favour to 7 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands,
>> Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, United States), with 4
>> abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Paraguay, Vanuatu). By its terms,
>> the Assembly reaffirmed that Palestine refugees were entitled to their
>> property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the
>> principles of equity and justice.
>> By a recorded vote of 92 in favour to 9 against (Australia, Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
>> Panama, United States), with 75 abstentions, the Assembly adopted a draft
>> titled "Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
>> Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of
>> the Occupied Territories" (document A/70/497 I, L.19). By its terms, the
>> Assembly expressed grave concern about the continuing detrimental impact
>> of ongoing unlawful Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied
>> Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, such as excessive use of
>> force by Israeli occupying troops against Palestinian civilians, as well
>> as tensions, instability and violence in the Occupied Palestinian
>> Territory, including East Jerusalem, due to Israel's illegal policies and
>> practices.
>> The Assembly then took up a draft resolution on "Applicability of the
>> Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
>> of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
>> including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories"
>> (document A/70/497 II, L.20). It adopted that text by a recorded vote of
>> 163 in favour to 6 against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated
>> States of Micronesia, Palau, United States), with 8 abstentions
>> (Australia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia,
>> Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu).
>> Next, the Assembly adopted, by a recorded vote of 161 in favour to 7
>> against (Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,
>> Nauru, Palau, United States), with 8 abstentions (Australia, Cameroon,
>> Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Honduras, Paraguay, Togo,
>> Vanuatu), a draft resolution on "Israeli settlements in the Occupied
>> Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian
>> Golan" (document A/70/497 III, L.21). The Assembly expressed grave
>> concern about continuing settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian
>> Territory, including East Jerusalem, on the part of Israel, the occupying
>> Power. It condemned those activities as violations of international
>> humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions, agreements between
>> the parties, and obligations under the Middle East Quartet's Roadmap, and
>> as actions in defiance of calls by the international community to cease
>> all settlement activities.
>> By a recorded vote of 158 in favour to 8 against (Australia, Canada,
>> Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau,
>> United States), with 10 abstentions (Cameroon, Central African Republic,
>> Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Malawi, Paraguay, Togo, Vanuatu),
>> the Assembly adopted a draft resolution on "Israeli practices affecting
>> the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian
>> Territory, including East Jerusalem" (document A/70/497 IV, L.22). By
>> its terms, the Assembly urged all parties to refrain from provocative
>> actions, incitement and inflammatory rhetoric, especially in areas of
>> religious and cultural sensitivity, including East Jerusalem. It further
>> urged the parties to take every possible step to defuse tensions and
>> promote conditions conducive to the credibility and success of peace
>> negotiations.
>> A draft resolution on "The occupied Syrian Golan" (document A/70/497 V,
>> L.23) was adopted by a recorded vote of 160 in favour to 1 against
>> (Israel), with 16 abstentions.
>> The Assembly then took note of the report on the "Comprehensive review of
>> the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects"
>> (document A/70/498).
>> Acting without a vote, it went on to adopt the draft resolution
>> "Comprehensive review of special political missions" (document A/70/499,
>> L.14), by which it requested that the Secretary-General hold regular,
>> inclusive and interactive dialogue on overall policy matters pertaining to
>> special political missions.
>> Turning to questions relating to information, the Assembly then adopted,
>> without a vote, two draft resolutions, both contained in the report of the
>> Committee on Information at its thirty-seventh session (document A/70/21).
>> By the terms of the draft resolution A (document A/70/500 I), titled
>> "Information in the service of humanity", the Assembly urged all
>> countries, organizations of the United Nations system as a whole and all
>> others concerned, to cooperate with a view to reducing existing
>> disparities in information flows at all levels, by increasing assistance
>> for the development of communications infrastructures and capabilities in
>> developing countries, with due regard for their needs and the priorities
>> attached to such areas by those countries.
>> By the terms of draft resolution B (document A/70/500 II), "United Nations
>> public information policies and activities", the Assembly stressed the
>> importance of provision, by the Secretariat to Member States, of clear,
>> timely, accurate and comprehensive information upon request, within
>> existing mandates and procedures.
>> Turning to decolonization questions, the Assembly then took up a number of
>> draft resolutions contained in, or related to, a report of the Special
>> Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the
>> Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
>> Peoples for 2015 (document A/70/23).
>> By a recorded vote of 175 in favour to none against, with 4 abstentions
>> (France, Israel, United Kingdom, United States), it adopted draft
>> resolution I, "Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted
>> under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations". By its terms,
>> the Assembly requested the administering Powers concerned to transmit
>> regularly to the Secretary-General statistical and other information of a
>> technical nature relating to economic, social and educational conditions
>> in the Territories for which they were respectively responsible.
>> It went on to adopt, by a recorded vote of 176 in favour to 2 against
>> (Israel, United States), with 2 abstentions (France, United Kingdom),
>> draft resolution II (document A/70/502) on "Economic and other activities
>> which affect the interests of the people of the Non-Self-Governing
>> Territories". By its terms, the Assembly urged the administering Powers
>> concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the
>> inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to
>> their natural resources, and to establish and maintain control over the
>> future development of those resources.
>> The Assembly then took up draft resolution III (document A/70/503),
>> "Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
>> Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the
>> international institutions associated with the United Nations", adopting
>> it by a recorded vote of 126 in favour to none against, with 53
>> abstentions. In line with the terms of that text, the Assembly urged
>> those and other organizations of the United Nations system that had not
>> yet provided assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as
>> soon as possible.
>> Taking up two draft resolutions — titled "Offers by Member States of study
>> and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories"
>> (document A/70/504, L.3) and "Question of Western Sahara" (document
>> A/70/505 I, L.4) — the Assembly adopted both without a vote.
>> It then went on to adopt draft resolutions IV (document A/70/505 II) on
>> the "Question of New Caledonia", V (document A/70/505 III), the "Question
>> of French Polynesia", and VI (document A/70/505 IV), on the "Question of
>> Tokelau", without a vote. Similarly without a vote, it adopted draft
>> resolution VII (document A/70/505 V), the annual omnibus resolution on the
>> "Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands,
>> Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos
>> Islands and the United States Virgin Islands".
>> Taking up draft resolution VIII (document A/70/505 VI), "Dissemination of
>> information on decolonization", the Assembly adopted it by a recorded vote
>> of 175 in favour to 3 against (Israel, United Kingdom, United States),
>> with 1 abstention (France). By that text, the Assembly requested that the
>> United Nations undertake efforts to give publicity to its work in the
>> field of decolonization.
>> The Assembly then decided to postpone until a later date its consideration
>> of draft resolution IX (document A/70/505 VII), "Implementation of the
>> Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
>> Peoples", pending a review of its programme budget implications by the
>> Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
>> Acting without a vote, it then adopted a draft decision titled "Question
>> of Gibraltar" (L.5), by which it urged Spain and the United Kingdom —
>> while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar, legitimate
>> under international law — to reach a definitive solution to that question,
>> in light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and
>> applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27
>> November 1984.
>> The Assembly then adopted, without a vote, a draft decision titled
>> "Proposed programme of work and timetable of the Special Political and
>> Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) for the seventy-first session
>> of the General Assembly" (document A/70/529, L.11).
>> Finally, it took note of a report of the Committee on "Programme planning"
>> (document A/70/529).
>> http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11737.doc.htm.
>> 1. Home
>> 2. Deputy Secretary-General, on Genocide Prevention Day,
>> Says 'Never Again' Promise Must Translate into Serious Action to End Hate
>> Crimes, Human Rights Violations
>> 9 December 2015
>> DSG/SM/922-HR/5281-OBV/1568
>> Deputy Secretary-General, on Genocide Prevention Day, Says 'Never Again'
>> Promise Must Translate into Serious Action to End Hate Crimes, Human
>> Rights Violations
>> Deputy Secretary-General
>> Press Release
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>> THE LEGACY OF AMBAZONIA (UN Trust Territory of British Cameroons): The
>> Parliamentary Opposition, ...forged for itself a new role noteworthy for
>> its dignity; and the government,..never attempted to withdraw...the legal
>> recognition that was its due. Thanks to this...West Cameroon has won for
>> itself the prestige of being the one place in West Africa (if not all of
>> Africa) where democracy, in the British style, has lasted longest in its
>> genuine form. --Prof. Bernard Nsukika Fonlon, The Task of Today, p. 9
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