Australia welcomes paragraph 35 of the omnibus draft resolution.

The motto, patet omnibus veritas , (Truth lies open to all), was adopted.

Some of those recommendations found their way into the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

The issue of marine debris in particular is an urgent matter, as noted in the omnibus draft resolution.

In the UN General Assembly of 2003 the Netherlands took the initiative on an omnibus resolution on violence against women.

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New Zealand is pleased to once again co sponsor both the omnibus oceans draft resolution and the sustainable fisheries draft resolution.

The question of the merger of draft resolutions or changing free standing draft resolutions into omnibus texts should be left to the sponsors.

However, civil society organizations recently presented a draft omnibus bill to Parliament on the repeal of some legislation, as recommended by the Commission.

I am particularly appreciative of the references in the omnibus draft resolution (A 60 L.22) to matters relating to the International Seabed Authority.

Because the omnibus draft resolution encourages all States parties to the Convention to attend the sessions of the International Seabed Authority, wider participation should be ensured.

For that reason, Australia welcomes paragraph 50 of the omnibus draft resolution, and looks forward to working with other States to continue to address threats to maritime security.

The General Assembly recommends in its draft omnibus resolution that the Consultative Process should, at its next meeting, focus its discussions on the topic Ecosystem approaches and oceans .

In our view, a major role of the meeting is to provide the General Assembly with an overview of the various issues falling under its broad scope, described in omnibus resolution 59 24.

The Special Committee could assist by requesting the competent units of the Secretariat to communicate with UNESCO regarding that matter and inserting an appropriate reference in the omnibus resolution of the Fourth Committee.

We welcome the continuation of the Process for the next three years on the same informal basis but note the need to strengthen and improve its efficiency, as recognized in the draft omnibus resolution.

Let me furthermore acknowledge the professional manner in which the coordinators, Commander Marcos de Almeida of Brazil and Ms. Holly Koehler of the United States, conducted the informal consultations on the omnibus and fisheries draft resolutions.

With regard to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, the omnibus draft resolution recognizes how important it is for States to exchange views in order to facilitate the preparation of submissions to the Commission.

The speaker was pleased that, in the omnibus resolution already adopted at the current session, the Special Committee had retained language requesting UNDP to provide for the participation of the United States Virgin Islands in its regional programmes.

But, in reality, an omnibus approach would be far more expensive and far less efficient. Improving general health care for the entire developing world would cost more than 400 billion annually, and bring only 4 in benefits for every dollar spent.

The SBI agreed to recommend an omnibus draft decision on administrative and financial matters (FCCC SBI 2004 L.15 Add.1) for adoption by the COP at its tenth session. Continuing review of the functions and operations of the secretariat

The speaker, however, was puzzled by the deletion, from the omnibus resolution, of the request for participation of the United States Virgin Islands in the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) programme on archival and document management.

Furthermore, the implementing legislation for inter alia the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings will be contained in an Omnibus Act which will provide for the enabling legislation relating to Counter Terrorism Conventions to which Mauritius is party or intends to be party.

Ms. Blitt (Canada), speaking also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand, said that the countries she represented had been among the most active co sponsors and supporters of the annual omnibus resolution on the rights of the child of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Australia welcomes the reference in the omnibus draft resolution (A 60 L.23) to the Ministerial Declaration of the May 2005 Conference on the Governance of High Seas Fisheries and the United Nations Fish Agreement, entitled Moving from Words to Action and held in St. John's, Canada.

In our view, operative paragraph 46 of the omnibus draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea (A 60 L.22), which deals with the transport of radioactive materials, unfortunately does not reflect the spirit or the substance of the series of thorough discussions on this issue conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency and relevant organizations.