64TH UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000846 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNGA PHUM CN SUBJECT: 64TH UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF INSCRIPTION OF AGENDA ITEMS ¶1. (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 16 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 64th UNGA, which opened September 15, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. The meeting went smoothly. Taiwan was not an issue this year, and there were no other major issues. The UNGA plenary will meet September 18 to consider the General Committee Report. ¶2. (U) Item 19 regarding the Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte was inscribed with the agreement of France and the Union of the Comoros. At the request of Cameroon and with the concurrence of the UK, the General Committee deferred Item 41 regarding the Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas de India to the provisional agenda of the 65th UNGA. The General Committee inscribed all new items on the agenda including Item 163 regarding Observer status for the international Olympic Committee in the General Assembly, for which Italy took the floor in support. ¶3. (U) Human Rights Council: The General Committee decided to recommend that the Report of the Human Rights Council would be considered both in Plenary and in the Third Committee pursuant to the decision of the 63rd UNGA. Uruguay expressed its disappointment with the allocation to the Third Committee and emphasized that the text should reference that this allocation is not a precedent. The UK spoke in favor of Uruguay's position, indicating a strong preference that the Report be considered in Plenary. The UK stated that it supports the 63rd UNGA compromise but that the arrangement should not be established for future years. RICE