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United Nations A/C.6/66/SR.8 General Assembly Distr.: General Sixty-sixth session 5 January 2012 Official Records Original: English Sixth Committee Summary record of the 8th meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, on Thursday, 6 October 2011, at 3 p.m. Chair: Mr. Salinas-Burgos ............................................... (Chile) Contents Agenda item 82: Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (continued) Agenda item 172: Observer status for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the General Assembly Agenda item 173: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic- speaking Countries in the General Assembly Agenda item 174: Observer status for the International Conference of Asian Political Parties in the General Assembly This record is subject to correction. Corrections should be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned within one week of the date of publication to the Chief of the Official Records Editing Section, room DC2-750, 2 United Nations Plaza, and incorporated in a copy of the record. Corrections will be issued after the end of the session, in a separate corrigendum for each Committee. 11-53480 (E) *1153480* A/C.6/66/SR.8 The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m. accordance with all due legal procedures, officially recognized the United Nations Command as the entity Agenda item 82: Report of the Special Committee responsible for maintaining peace in the Korean on the Charter of the United Nations and on the peninsula. Strengthening of the Role of the Organization 5. On 18 November 1975, the General Assembly had (A/66/33, A/66/201 and A/66/213) (continued) adopted resolutions 3390 (XXX) A and 3390 (XXX) B 1. Mr. You Ki-Jun (Republic of Korea) said that he on the question of Korea. The former urged all parties agreed with the comments made during the Committee’s directly concerned in the matter to enter into 7th meeting by the representatives of the United negotiations on new arrangements designed to replace Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the the 1953 Korean military armistice agreement and to United States of America; the working methods of the reduce tension and ensure lasting peace on the Korean Special Committee on the Charter of the United peninsula. It was, however, countered and offset by the Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the latter, to which the representative of the Democratic Organization should be rationalized. However, his People’s Republic of Korea had apparently referred. delegation considered that the suggestion made by the Mentioning one resolution without the other gave the representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of misleading impression that there was a single Korea at that meeting was not relevant to the authoritative General Assembly resolution on the issue. Committee’s work. 6. Regarding the position of the Secretary-General 2. Mr. Kim Yong Song (Democratic People’s on the matter, a letter dated 24 March 2006, released to Republic of Korea), speaking in exercise of the right of the Korean press, had stated that the United Nations reply, said that the Committee was the forum that dealt Secretariat did not take a formal position with regard to with legal matters relating to the implementation of the the United Nations Command on the Korean peninsula. Charter of the United Nations. He reminded the As to the point raised by the representative of the representative of South Korea that the United Nations Democratic People’s Republic of Korea concerning Command had no legal basis; it had been established Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter, the effect of pursuant to Security Council resolution 84 (1950), subsequent practice on the interpretation and application which had been adopted in the absence of the of that provision had to be borne in mind. The absence representative of the former Soviet Union in clear of one of the Security Council’s permanent members violation of Article 27, paragraph 3, of the Charter. did not change the applicability of resolution 84 (1950). 3. Paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 7. Mr. Kim Yong Song (Democratic People’s 3390 (XXX) stated that the Assembly considered it Republic of Korea), speaking in exercise of the right of necessary to dissolve the United Nations Command reply, said that he had addressed the issue of the illegal and withdraw all the foreign troops stationed in South status of the United Nations Command at the Korea under the flag of the United Nations. Former 7th meeting of the Committee. Since the Command United Nations Secretaries-General had acknowledged consisted of members of the armed forces of the United that the Command had no administrative or financial States of America stationed in South Korea, his ties to the United Nations; moreover, the Government delegation considered it inappropriate for the of the United States of America, in a letter dated representative of South Korea to comment on the matter. 27 June 1975 addressed to the President of the Security 8. Mr. You Ki-Jun (Republic of Korea), speaking in Council, had stated that it was prepared to terminate exercise of the right of reply, reiterated that resolutions the United Nations Command on 1 January 1976. Thus, 84 (1950) and 88 (1950), which had been adopted in it should long since have been dissolved. accordance with all legal procedures of the Security 4. Mr. You Ki-Jun (Republic of Korea), speaking in Council, officially recognized the United Nations exercise of the right of reply, said that the use of the Command as the entity responsible for maintaining United Nations flag by the Unified Command in the peace on the Korean peninsula. His delegation held the Korean peninsula had been authorized by the Security view that a lasting peace agreement should be Council in resolution 84 (1950), which, together with negotiated by the relevant parties in an appropriate Security Council resolution 88 (1950), adopted in forum outside the United Nations, as provided in the 2 11-53480 A/C.6/66/SR.8 joint statement adopted on 19 September 2005 committed to working with the United Nations to following the six-party talks. The Special Committee promote sustainable peace, security and development was not the appropriate forum for discussing the in Africa and believed that its work would complement United Nations Command and the Korean peace treaty. and assist the Organization’s endeavours in those areas. IGAD met the criteria for observer status established Agenda item 172: Observer status for the by the General Assembly in its decision 49/426. Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the 12. Mr. Wambura (Kenya) said that IGAD was an General Assembly (A/66/193 and A/C.6/66/L.7) intergovernmental organization with international legal Draft resolution A/C.6/66/L.7 personality, whose objectives — the promotion of economic and social development, regional integration, 9. Ms. Sinegiorgis (Ethiopia), introducing the draft good governance, democracy and human rights — resolution on behalf of the sponsors — the States were in conformity with the purposes and principles of members of the Intergovernmental Authority on the Charter. It had provided a framework for Development (IGAD) — drew attention to the cooperation between its member States in promoting explanatory memorandum contained in annex I to peace, security and stability in the subregion and had document A/66/193. IGAD, originally known as the played a leading role in resolving the conflicts in the Intergovernmental Authority for Drought and Sudan and Somalia. The organization had been Development, had been established in 1986 by established following a series of Economic and Social Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Council decisions that had been subsequently endorsed Uganda in order to coordinate its members’ efforts to by the General Assembly and, on several occasions, it combat drought and desertification. It had evolved into had been mandated by the Security Council to assist in a forum for addressing a range of political, social, preserving and promoting peace and security in the economic, peace and security issues in Eastern Africa. region. Most recently, Security Council resolution 1725 Its guiding principles were similar to those enshrined (2006) had given IGAD major responsibility for in the Charter of the United Nations and the maintaining peace in war-torn Somalia. The Constitutive Act of the African Union: the sovereign organization also played a leading role in the African equality of all member States; peaceful settlement of Economic Community and the African Union. IGAD conflicts through dialogue; maintenance of regional thus clearly met the criteria for observer status. peace, stability and security; and recognition, promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights. 13. Mr. Muhumuza (Uganda) said that IGAD had played an outstanding role in promoting subregional 10. Since its establishment, IGAD had been actively peace and stability and that its work would be engaged the maintenance of peace and security in the enhanced by closer interaction with other international subregion. It had played a critical role in the organizations. He therefore encouraged all delegations negotiation and implementation of the landmark 2005 to consider sponsoring the draft resolution. Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Sudan and South Sudan and had steered the peace process that 14. Mr. Moussa Djama Ali (Djibouti) said that since
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