Thanks my brother. I shall be glad to have this link between Southern
Cameroons' Independence and this resolution. I am in the same line of
illiterates like you.
On 12/26/15, Samuel Ngwa <snjingwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> To a layman like me, what does this General Assembly vote etc mean
> regarding the Southern Cameroon/Ambazonia
> matter which I thought had waiting in the UN all these years.
>
> Can one of you luminaries pf the UN system help me with an
> explanation........PLEASE!!!!!
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 2:08 AM, 'JusticeMbuh' via ambasbay <
> ambasbay@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> *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 <http://www.un.org/press/en/un-bodies/general-assembly>
>> Meetings Coverage
>> <http://www.un.org/press/en/type-document/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
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=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
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/492>); assistance
>> in mine action (document A/70/493
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/493>); effects of
>> atomic radiation (document A/70/494
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/494>);
>> international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (document
>> A/70/495 <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/495>);
>> United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
>> East (document A/70/496
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=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
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/497>);
>> comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in
>> all their aspects (document A/70/498
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/498>); and
>> comprehensive review of special political missions (document A/70/499
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/499>).
>> Other Fourth Committee reports pending action were on questions relating
>> to information (document A/70/500
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=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
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/501>); economic and
>> other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the
>> Non-Self-Governing Territories (document A/70/502
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=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*
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/503>*); offers by
>> Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of
>> Non-Self-Governing Territories (document **A/70/504*
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/504>*);
>> implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
>> Colonial Countries and Peoples (document **A/70/505*
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/505>*);
>> revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (document **A/70/528*
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/528>*); and
>> programme planning (document **A/70/529*
>> <http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=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 <http://www.un.org/press/en>
>> 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
>> <http://www.un.org/press/en/un-bodies/deputy-secretary-general>
>> Press Release <http://www.un.org/press/en/type-document/press-release>
>>
>> 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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