UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001016 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNGA PHUM SNAR KWMN SUBJECT: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT RESOLUTIONS REF: A. A. SECSTATE 151717 ¶B. B. SECSTATE 151731 ¶C. C. SECSTATE 151473 ¶D. D. SECSTATE 151713 ¶E. E. SECSTATE 148811 ¶F. F. SECSTATE 151475 ¶G. G. SECSTATE 150702 ¶1. (U) On November 1, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted 8 resolutions without a vote. ¶2. (U) The United States joined consensus on the following resolutions: --L.6, Cooperatives for Social Development (ref A). --L.15.Rev.1, Violence Against Women (ref B),with EOP. --L.22, World Autism Awareness Day (ref C). --L.25, International Covenants on Human Rights (ref D),with EOP. --L.11, United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (ref E). ¶3. (U) The United States joined consensus and co-sponsored the following resolutions: --L.8, Follow up to the Tenth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond (ref F). --L.12.Rev.1, Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity (ref E). -The Venezuelan delegate delivered an EOP, expressing concern over language in preambular paragraph three relating to common and shared responsibility in the field of transnational organized crime. He noted that the language of the paragraph does not allow member states to decide their own defense needs in accordance with their national laws. He claimed this language was not agreed upon in informal consultations. --L.13.Rev.1, International Cooperation against the World Drug Problem (ref G) -The Russian delegate delivered an EOP, expressing concern for the deletion of references to opium production and trafficking originating in Afghanistan. Due to this deletion, Russia had decided not to co-sponsor as it has traditionally done. Khalilzad