I have the honour to take the floor, as coordinator, to introduce agenda item 39, on “Oceans and the law of the sea”. The Secretary-General’s report (A/52/487) notes that there are now 120 parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and that the establishment of the institutions c…
Agenda item 24 is a consolidation of issues relating to oceans and the law of the sea, including fisheries. I have the honour to introduce the three reports and three draft resolutions we have before us.
Under agenda item 24 (a), document A/51/645 contains a very welcome and comprehensive report on…
New Zealand fully endorses the statement made earlier, on behalf of the 16 members of the South Pacific Forum, by Papua New Guinea, the present Chair of the Forum.
The new Agreement elaborates the conservation and management rules of the Convention aimed at ensuring the long-term sustainability of …
