Adding that misrepresentation was deliberately included, he said his country cannot accept such language calling on delegations to vote against the text. However, his delegation called for a vote on the text, which incorrectly refers to the identity of participants in the high-level interactive dialogue on sand and dust storm held at the Headquarters. The representative of Israel underlined that the draft is important to his country, as it is situated in a dry region and subject to sand and dust storms. The Assembly would also decide to proclaim 16 May of each year as the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms to further raise public awareness. The Committee also took up the draft on “Combating sand and dust storms” (document A/C.2/77/L.42/Rev.1), approving it by a recorded vote of 174 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States), with 2 abstentions (Australia, Papua New Guinea).īy that text, the Assembly would encourage regional, subregional and interregional organizations and processes to continue to share best practices, experiences and technical expertise in combating sand and dust storms to address their root causes and impacts, including through improved implementation of sustainable land management practices. She noted the call to increase the concessional funding and allocation of special drawing rights should be limited to Member States to live up to their official development assistance (ODA) commitments. Citing previous resolutions from 1974 do not address the multiple challenges of today’s globalized world, with concepts from the 1970s possibly sending a message of the United Nations inability to solve contemporary problems. The Union participated in negotiations good faith but given two divergent positions, consensus was impossible to reach. The representative the Czech Republic, speaking on behalf of the European Union, noted the bloc voted against the resolution in its current form. Further, it contains a problematic reference to unilateral trade measures, along with calls for technology transfer that is not both on a voluntary basis and on mutually agreed terms. The United States had numerous concerns with the text, including language seeking to prescribe action for institutions independent from the United Nations, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The representative of the United States, speaking before the vote, said that his country will vote against this resolution, urging others to do the same. The Committee then approved the draft by a recorded vote of 124 in favour to 50 against, with 2 abstentions (Armenia, Türkiye). The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today approved 14 resolutions, voting on two of them, including a text calling upon States to strengthen cooperation, including through relevant organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant regional or international forums, to combat illicit financial flows in all their forms.īy the draft titled “Towards a New International Economic Order” (document A/C.2/77/L.46), the Assembly would further express concern over the increasing debt vulnerabilities of developing countries, the net negative capital flows from developing countries, the fluctuation of exchange rates and the tightening of global financial conditions, and in this regard stress the need to explore the means and instruments needed to achieve debt sustainability and the measures necessary to reduce the indebtedness of developing States.
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