The need for the rapid completion of the negotiation of the draft convention was also emphasized.

This mandate was reiterated in the July package.

Efforts made by Africa to stand as a solid counterpart to its development partners were emphasized.

The meeting reaffirmed the Forum's commitment to promoting the development of NHRIs in conformity with the Paris Principles.

The need to improve the sharing of information on fisheries enforcement matters was also underlined.

Dispatching smaller missions, as some of the Council's subsidiary bodies had done successfully, was highlighted as an idea worth pursuing.

The linkage between poverty and underdevelopment on the one hand and road safety on the other has been underlined by the Secretary General in his earlier reports.

There was a need for the Council to do some serious strategic thinking, it was underlined, something it normally finds little time to do.

It was underlined that, although the inter committee meeting could recommend their adoption, each individual committee would have to adopt them before they became final.

This concept, too, should be reiterated in our report.

The importance of taking stock of the outcome of the work of the Commission at its thirteenth session was also emphasized with a view to guiding the Commission's work at future sessions.

It has been stressed that the United Kingdom will not bring the new constitution into force until it receives a clear signal from St. Helenians that they wish to adopt the draft constitution.

The conference had focused on the economic and social situation of those nations and had emphasized that the international community should honour their commitments to them as a matter of urgency.

It was stressed that a standard set of data items should be recommended for annual compilation (countries, of course, were to be encouraged to compile any additional data items for their national use).

The importance of strengthening the relationships between parliaments of affected developing countries and developed country Parties was stressed, and proposal for action is being prepared in this regard by the UNCCD Parliamentary Steering Committee.

In that context, it was underscored that those mandated with the fight against corruption had to meet the highest standards of integrity to be able to lead by example in the campaign against corruption.

The need to prevent and suppress transhipment of fish caught by fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing was also highlighted.

Ensuring the exercise of inalienable right of all parties to the Treaty to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination is specifically emphasized in Principle 14.

It was stressed that more informal meetings with NGOs, which now occurred frequently, were considered to be a simpler and more effective way of gaining their often valuable input.

That point is strongly emphasized in Japan's Initiative for Disaster Reduction through Official Development Assistance, which was announced by Prime Minister Koizumi on the occasion of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction now taking place.

What must be emphasized, and is emphasized in the Council's draft presidential statement, is the context into which we place all our words.

A review of ships' waste management has been undertaken.

A Documentation Centre has also been set up.

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 49 votes to 1, with 2 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 35 votes to 15, with 2 abstentions.

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 31 to 16, with 5 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 48 to 2, with 2 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 46 to none, with 4 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 39 votes to 2, with 12 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 29 votes to 10, with 14 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 30 to 9, with 14 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 21 to 17, with 15 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 23 to 16, with 14 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 37 votes to 14, with 2 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 37 votes to 13, with 2 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 38 votes to 15, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 52 votes to 1, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 39 votes to 1, with 13 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 50 votes to none, with 3 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 52 votes to none, with 1 abstention, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 52 votes to 1, as follows, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 39 votes to 13, with 1 abstention, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 35 votes to 13, with 4 abstentions, as follows

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 37 votes to 15, with 1 abstention.

Resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 32 votes to 15, with 6 abstentions, as follows