53/33 GA
Large-scale pelagic drift- net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high seas, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments
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| Draft symbol | A/53/L.45 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 53/33 |
| UN Document | 53/33 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/53/PV.69
Speeches following this vote (9)
The Acting President
I shall now call on those representatives who wish to speak in exercise of the right of reply.
May I remind members that, in accordance with General Assembly decision 34/401, statements in exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second intervention and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Larraín
Once again the representative of Bolivia has referred to his country's maritime aspirations in this Assembly, an organ, which like any other multilateral forum, has no competence whatsoever for dealing with matters relating to the sovereignty of Member States. As on other occasions, the representative of Bolivia arrogantly insists on discussing, on false premises, a matter that was definitively r…
Mr. Gao Feng
Because of the reference made by the Viet Namese delegation this afternoon to the Chinese territory of the Xisha and Nansha Islands, I must speak again in exercise of the right of reply to express my views on this issue and to set the record straight.
First, the Xisha and Nansha Islands have been a part of Chinese territory since ancient times. This is based on historical facts, including years …
Mr. Sorreta
The Philippines wishes to exercise its right of reply on a matter that has been raised during today's deliberations, a matter of serious concern relating to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of my country.
For the record, certain areas of the South China Sea which are being claimed by some States form part of the national territory of the Philippines. Like many other countries, the Phili…
Mr. Shamsudin
My delegation has taken note of the statements made by the representatives of China, the Philippines and Viet Nam on the South China
Malaysia also supports efforts to resolve the dispute in accordance with international law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Malaysia is encouraged by the fact that all claimant States have accepted peaceful negotiations and friendly dia…
Mr. Jordán Pando
This morning, in the statement I made on behalf of my delegation, I was somewhat reticent and euphemistic and did not mention Chile, but alluded only to “a country”. I am grateful that the representative of Chile has acknowledged that it was Chile to which I referred, thus placing on record that Chile is the country involved in the landlocked status of Bolivia. It is not true, as Chile arrogantly…
Mr. Larraín
The obstinate zeal with which the representative of Bolivia seeks to distort history is really incomprehensible. The reality is very different from his description of it. The treaty of 1904, to which I referred in my reply, was signed 20 years after the cessation of hostilities between Chile and Bolivia. Furthermore, as I also said in my reply, it was broadly approved by the Bolivian Congress. Th…
Mr. Jordán Pando
The border differences with Chile were caused precisely by the treaty of peace and friendship of 1904, which Chile, through military occupation of our territory and its customs houses, forced us to sign after we had rejected it for 20 years. That is not consent. The treaty of 1904 sealed our landlocked status. Bolivia had never been landlocked, but became landlocked after the signing of that trea…
The Acting President
May I take it that the General Assembly wishes to conclude its consideration of agenda item 38?
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