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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001202 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/EDA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN ECIN AORC UNGA ETRD SENV KPAL LE IS
SUBJECT: GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE 
RESOLUTIONS 
 
REF: A. STATE 168987 
     ¶B. USUN 1188 AND PREVIOUS 
 
¶1.  Summary.  On December 19, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) 
took final action on all remaining resolutions adopted by the 
Second Committee.  The UNGA voted on six resolutions that 
were also voted on in the Committee and adopted all others by 
consensus.  End summary. 
 
UNGA Votes 
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¶2. The UNGA took a vote on A/62/415, "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," submitted under Agenda item 41.  The resolution 
was adopted 166-7(U.S.)-6. 
 
¶3.  Under Agenda item 52(a), Macroeconomic policy questions: 
international trade and development, the UNGA voted on 
A/62/417/Add.1, "Unilateral economic measures as a means of 
political and economic coercion against developing 
countries."  The resolution was adopted 128-2(U.S.)-51.  The 
U.S. delivered an Explanation of Vote (EOV) per reftel that 
can be found under the December 19 Press Releases on 
http://www.un.int/usa.  Also under this Agenda item and in 
the same "A" document, the UNGA adopted the resolution 
"International trade and development" with a vote of 
126-48(U.S.)-7. 
 
¶4.  Under Agenda item 54, the UNGA voted on A/62/419(Part 
II), "Oil slick on Lebanon shores."  The resolution was 
adopted with a vote of 169-8(U.S.)-3.  Under Agenda item 
54(a), the UNGA voted on A/62/419/Add.1, "Agricultural 
Technology for Development."  The resolution passed with a 
vote of 147(U.S.)-0-30.  Israel, the resolution's original 
sponsor, provided an EOV that thanked delegations for their 
support but also criticized Arab delegations for 
politicization of the issue and their refusal to support the 
resolution. (Note:  Most of the abstentions were cast by Arab 
governments.) 
 
¶5.  Under Agenda item 54(e), the UNGA voted on operative 
paragraph 17 (a paragraph with budgetary implications) of the 
resolution contained in A/62/419/Add.5, "Implementation of 
the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 
Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or 
Desertification, Particularly in Africa."  With a vote of 
172-2(U.S. and Japan)-1, the paragraph was included in the 
resolution and then the resolution as a whole was adopted by 
consensus. 
 
Consensus Adoptions by Agenda Item 
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¶6.  Item 51:  A/62/416, "Information and communication 
technologies for development." 
 
¶7.  Item 52(b):  A/62/417/Add.2, "International Financial 
System and Development." Item 52(c):  A/62/417/Add.3, 
"External debt and development:  towards a durable solution 
to the debt problems of developing countries." 
 
¶8.  Item 53:  A/62/418, "Follow-up International Conference 
on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of 
the Monterrey Consensus." 
 
¶9.  Item 54(a):  A/62/419/Add.1, "Implementation of Agenda 
21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 
and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable 
Development."  Item 54(b): A/62/419/Add.2, "Follow-up to and 
implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further 
Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable 
Development of Small Island Developing States." 
Item 54(c):  A/62/419/Add.3, "International Strategy for 
Disaster Reduction." Item 54(f): A/62/419/Add.5, "Convention 
on Biological Diversity."  Item 54(g): A62/419/Add.7, "Report 
of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment 
Programme (UNEP) on its twenty-fourth special session." Item 
54(h): A/62/419/Add.8, "Sustainable mountain development." 
Item 54(i): A/62/419/Add.9, "Promotion of new and renewable 
sources of energy." 
 
¶10.  Item 55: A/62/420, "Implementation of the outcome of the 
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) 
 
 
and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements 
Programme (UN-Habitat)." 
 
¶11.  Item 56(a): A/62/421/Add.1, "Globalization and 
interdependence."  Item 56(b): A/62/421/Add.2, "International 
Year of Astronomy, 2009," and "Science and technology for 
development."  Item 56(c):  A/62/421/Add.3, "Preventing and 
combating corrupt practices and transfer of assets of illicit 
origin and returning such assets, in particular to the 
countries of origin, consistent with the United Nations 
Convention against Corruption." 
 
¶12.  Item 57(a):  A/62/422/Add.1, "Third United Nations 
Conference on the Least Developed Countries."  Item 57(b): 
A/62/422/Add.2, "Specific actions related to the particular 
needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: 
outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of 
Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor 
Countries and International Financial and Development 
Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation." 
 
¶13.  Item 58: A/62/423/Add.1, "Second United Nations Decade 
for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017)."  Item 58(b): 
A/62/423/Add.2, "Women in development."  Item 58(c): 
A/62/423/Add.3, "Human resources development." 
 
¶14.  Item 59(a): A/62/424/Add.1, "Note by the 
Secretary-General transmitting the report on the activities 
 
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of the United Nations Fund for Women." Item 59(b): 
A/62/424/Add.2, "Triennial comprehensive policy review of 
operational activities for development of the United Nations 
system."  Item 59(c):  A/62/424/Add.3, "South-South 
cooperation for development." 
 
¶15.  Item 60:  A/62/425, "Training and research: United 
Nations Institute for Training and Research." 
 
¶16.  Item 61:  A/62/426, "Towards global partnerships." 
 
¶17.  Item 121:  A/62/427, "Programme of work of the Second 
Committee for the sixty-third session of the General 
Assembly." 
 
¶18.  Item 129:  A/62/428, "Programme planning." 
Khalilzad