Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 89 (c)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 47/192 of 22 December 1992 and 48/194
of 21 December 1993, concerning the United Nations Conference
on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks,
Welcoming the report of the Secretary-General on the progress
made by the Conference at its third and fourth sessions in 1994,
1/
Taking note of the recommendation of the Conference to
the General Assembly that it provide for the convening of two
further sessions in 1995 to enable the Conference to complete
its work, 2/
Convinced that the widest possible participation in the
Conference is important to ensure its success,
1. Notes the progress made by the United Nations Conference on
Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks at its
previous sessions;
2. Approves the convening in New York of two further sessions
of the Conference, from 27 March to 12 April 1995 and from 24
July to 4 August 1995, in accordance with the recommendation of
the Conference;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to provide services for those
two sessions of the Conference, including facilities for holding
two simultaneous meetings during the sessions;
4. Urges the Conference to complete its work before the fiftieth
session of the General Assembly;
5. Renews its request to Governments and regional economic integration
organizations to contribute to the voluntary fund established
in accordance with paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution
47/192 for the purpose of assisting developing countries, especially
those most concerned by the subject-matter of the Conference,
in particular the least developed among them, to participate fully
and effectively in the Conference, and expresses its appreciation
for the contributions to the fund made so far;
6. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General
Assembly at its fiftieth session the final report on the work
of the Conference;
7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth
session, under the item entitled "Environment and sustainable
development", a sub-item entitled "Sustainable use and
conservation of the marine living resources of the high seas:
report of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks
and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks".
92nd plenary meeting
19 December 1994
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1/ A/49/522.
2/ See A/CONF.164/25, para. 30, and A/49/522, paras. 24-26.