A/38/PV.101 General Assembly

137.  Draft standard rules of procedure for United Nations conferences: report of the Secretary-General 1. Mr. ZEDEN (Saudi Arabia), Rapporteur of the Sixth Committee: I have the honour to introduce the reports of the Sixth Committee on agenda items 64 and 120 to 137. 23. With respect to the report of the Sixth Committee on agenda item 135 [A/381675], I would like to draw the attention of the Assembly to paragraph 7, which contains a draft resolution which the Committee adopted with- out a vote. Under the terms of the draft resolution, the Assembly, while bearing in mind the existence of different national legislation in the field of the protection and welfare of children, would express its conviction that adoption of the draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Chil- dren, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and InternationallY, would pro- mote the well-being of children with special needs. It would also invite Member States to comment on the most appropriate procedure for completing work on the draft Declaration. 24. I now turn to the report of the Sixth Committee on agenda item 136 [AI38/676). As indicated in paragraph 5, the work of the Committee on this item was conducted mainly within the framework of the Working Group on the Draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, presided over by Mr. Luigi Ferrari Bravo of Italy, which. reported to the Committee towards the end of the session. Since the Working Group was not able to conclude its work, the Sixth Committee recommends to the Assembly the adoption of the draft decision contained in para- graph 9 of its report whereby the Assembly would, inter alia, decide that an open-ended working group should be established at the thirty-ninth session. The Committee adopted that draft decision without a vote.