UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000871 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/UNP EDMONDSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNGA UNGA SUBJECT: UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ¶1. ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The first meeting of the Sixth Committee to consider the draft resolutions on observer status will convene on October 19. USUN expects that the Sixth Committee will take action on the requests for observer status shortly thereafter. END ACTION REQUEST. ¶2. Observer Status for the Regional Center on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa in the General Assembly (A/62/141): BEGIN TEXT: A/C.6/62/L.2 General Assembly Distr: Limited 9 October 2007 Sixty-second session Sixth Committee Agenda Item 158 Observer status for the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa in the General Assembly Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania: draft resolution Observer status for the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa, ¶1. Decides to invite the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; ¶2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. END TEXT. ¶3. Observer Status for the Energy Charter Conference in the General Assembly (A/62/191): BEGIN TEXT: A/C.6/62/L.3 General Assembly Distr: Limited 9 October 2007 Sixty-second session Sixth Committee Agenda Item 160 Observer status for the Energy Charter Conference in the General Assembly 
Belarus, Georgia, Japan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: draft resolution Observer status for the Energy Charter Conference in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Energy Charter Conference, ¶1. Decides to invite the Energy Charter Conference to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; ¶2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. END TEXT. ¶4. Observer Status for the Eurasian Development Bank in the General Assembly (A/62/194): BEGIN TEXT: A/C.6/62/L.4 General Assembly Distr: Limited 9 October 2007 Sixty-second session Sixth Committee Agenda Item 162 Observer status for the Eurasian Development Bank in the General Assembly Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan: draft resolution Observer status for the Eurasian Development Bank in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Eurasian Development Bank, ¶1. Decides to invite the Eurasian Development Bank to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; ¶2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. END TEXT. ¶5. Observer Status for the Italian-Latin American Institute in the General Assembly (A/62/143): BEGIN TEXT: A/C.6/62/L.5 General Assembly Distr: Limited 10 October 2007 Sixty-second session Sixth Committee Agenda Item 159 Observer status for the Italian-Latin American Institute in the General Assembly Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay: draft resolution Observer status for the Italian-Latin American Institute in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Italian-Latin American Institute, ¶1. Decides to invite the Italian-Latin American Institute to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; ¶2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. END TEXT. ¶6. Observer Status for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (A/62/232): BEGIN TEXT: Draft Resolution Observer status for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia in the General Assembly The General Assembly, Noting the aspiration of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia to enhance its cooperation with the United Nations, ¶1. Decides to invite the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer; ¶2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution. END TEXT. KHALILZAD