![]() ![]() Speaking in explanation of position, the representative of Venezuela expressed reservations regarding that text. On the environment, the Assembly adopted without a vote the resolution titled “Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development”.īy the text, the Assembly called upon Member States and other actors at the local, national, regional and international levels to address the problem of marine litter, including plastic litter and microplastics, which impacts coastal management. The Assembly adopted the following texts by recorded vote: “Oil slick on Lebanese shores” “Agricultural technology for sustainable development” “Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls for sustainable development” and “Combating sand and dust storms”. It further called upon the international community to condemn and reject the imposition of the use of such measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries that impedes the full achievement of economic and social development.Īddressing the Middle East, the Assembly took up the report “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” (document A/78/467), adopting the eponymous resolution by a recorded vote of 158 in favour to 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Nauru, Palau, United States), with 13 abstentions.īy its terms, the Assembly demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, cease the exploitation, damage, cause of loss or depletion and endangerment of the natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.įurther to the draft, it recognized the right of the Palestinian people to claim restitution as a result of any exploitation, damage, loss or depletion or endangerment of their natural resources resulting from illegal measures taken by Israel, the occupying Power.Īlso by the text, it called upon Israel to halt all actions, including those perpetrated by Israeli settlers, harming the environment, including the dumping of all kinds of waste materials, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and cease its destruction of vital infrastructure. In a related vein, the Assembly also took up the resolution on “Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries”, adopting it by a recorded vote of 128 in favour to 8 against (Australia, Canada, Israel, Lithuania, New Zealand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States), with 43 abstentions.īy the text, the Assembly urged the international community to adopt urgent and effective measures to eliminate the use of unilateral economic, financial or trade measures that are not authorized by relevant organs of the United Nations, inconsistent with the principles of international law or the Charter of the UN, or that contravene the basic principles of the multilateral trading system and that affect, in particular, but not exclusively, developing countries. To that end, the Assembly adopted the resolution titled “Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (document A/78/464/Add.2) by a recorded vote of 125 in favour to 50 against, with 1 abstention (Türkiye).īy its terms, the Assembly called on all countries to promote agricultural and rural development in their national policies and to renew their efforts to promote innovative approaches - including agroecology - to enhance capacity for food production, distribution and storage cooperate in the relevant areas of science, research, technology and innovation, as appropriate and consistent with national policies and frameworks strengthen sustainable agrifood systems that enhance food security and nutrition and strengthen policies that support small-scale producers engaging in agrifood system value chains. In the morning, taking up Second Committee draft resolutions amid a global context fraught with developmental uncertainty at all levels, including poverty, conflict and the mounting threat of climate change, the Assembly adopted 39 of 43 texts - 7 by a recorded vote - and 2 decisions, in a bid to steer the dangerously off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back towards progress. Eradicating Rural Poverty, Combating Glorification of Nazism among Texts PassedĪcting on the recommendations of its Second Committee (Economic and Financial) and Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), the General Assembly today adopted a total of 99 resolutions and 3 decisions on items ranging from permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people and eradicating poverty to combating glorification of Nazism and plight of refugees.
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