Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 10 Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, published in 1983.

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4 subjects

Dispute Settlement International Relations International Security Terms of Reference

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19 operative paragraphs

Recognizing the urgent need for the Preparatory Commission to be assured of adequate resources to enable it to discharge its functions efficiently and expeditiously,

Recalling also that in General Assembly resolution 35/ 116 the Secretary-General was requested to prepare and submit to the Conference, for such consideration as it deemed appropriate, a study identifying his future functions under the proposed Convention and that such a study was submitted on 18 August 1981 , 47

Noting that, in a letter dated 7 September 1982 to the President of the General Assembly,48 the President of the Conference drew attention to the responsibilities which the Secretary-General was called upon to carry out under the Convention and the related resolutions and to the need for the Assembly to take the appropriate action to approve the assumption of these responsibilities by the Secretary- General,

Recognizing that, in accordance with the third preambular paragraph of the Convention, the problems of ocean space are closely interrelated and need to be considered as a whole,

Recognizing the need for the Secretary-General to be authorized to assume his functions under the Convention and the related resolutions, including in particular the provision of the secretariat services required by the Preparatory Commission for its effective and expeditious functioning,

Welcomes the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the related resolutions;

Calls upon all States to consider signing and ratifying the Convention at the earliest possible date to allow the effective entry into force of the new legal regime for the uses of the sea and its resources;

Appeals to the Governments of all States to refrain from taking any action directed at undermining the Convention or defeating its object and purpose;

Accepts with appreciation the invitation extended by the Government of Jamaica for the purpose of adopting and signing the Final Act and opening the Convention for signature at Montego Bay from 6 to l O December 1982;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to enter into the necessary agreement in this regard with the Government of Jamaica;

Reiterates its gratitude to the Government of Venezuela for the hospitality extended to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea at its first substantive session, held at Caracas in 1974;

Approves the assumption by the Secretary-General of the responsibilities entrusted to him under the Convention and the related resolutions and also approves the stationing of an adequate number of secretariat staff in Jamaica for the purpose of servicing the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, as required by its functions and programme of work;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to convene the Preparatory Commission as provided in Conference resolution I, of 30 April 1982,45 by which the Commission was established, and to provide the Commission with the services required to enable it to perform its functions efficiently and expeditiously;

Approves the financing of the expenses of the Preparatory Commission from the regular budget of the United Nations;

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Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization; 51 2.

Solemnly reaffirms that genuine and stable peace and security in the world can be achieved by strict adherence to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to international law and that all States should fulfil in good faith their obligations assumed in accordance therewith;

Emphasizes the imperative need to strengthen the role and effectiveness of the United Nations as indispensable for the maintenance of international peace and security, for the settlement of international disputes and crises by peaceful means, for the strengthening of international co-operation on the basis of sovereign equality and for the promotion of economic and social development and of human rights;

Calls upon all organs of the United Nations to discharge fully and effectively their responsibilities in accordance with the Charter and upon all Member States to contribute actively to that end;

Requests the Security Council to carry out the primary responsibility for the maintenance of intemat.ional peace

and security and to give due consideration to the report of the Secretary-General;

Invites the Secretary-General, in discharging his responsibilities under the Charter, to continue his efforts towards strengthening the capacity of the United Nations to fulfil the effective and decisive role envisaged for it in the Charter;

Urges that efforts to this end continue, taking into account the views expressed by Member States during the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly as well as those which Member States may wish to offer, while views of institutions and eminent persons may also be taken into consideration as appropriate;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed on the implementation of the present resolution.

9 I st plenary meeting

3 December 1982 37 /68. Further appeal for clemency in favour of South African freedom fighters

Calls upon the South African authorities not to proceed with the execution of the six above-mentioned freedom fighters and to commute the death sentences as soon as possible:

Recommends that the Security Council should direct an appeal for clemency to the South African authorities not to proceed with the execution of the six above-mentioned members of the African National Congress of South Africa;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the South African authorities immediately and to report on the matter to the General Assembly not later than 15 December 1982.

7 December 1982 37 /69.

Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa52 A

4" Resolution 2625 ( XXV)

"' Resolution 37/10, annex. • 1 Ibid., vol. XVII. document A/CONF.62/L.76.

" Official Records of the General As.,emhlr. Thirn'-.<el'enth St•.uio11. 48 A/37/441.

Supplement No. I (A/37/1).

SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA " Official Records o( the General A.uemblv, Thirty-seventh Session,

Suppk!ment No. 22 (A/37/22) and Supplement No. 22A (A/37122/Add.l and 2).

" Resolution 217 A (Ill) " See al~o sect. I. footnote 8, and sect. X 8.3, decision 371406.

' 6 United Nation,. Treat\ !oieries, vol. 75, Nns. 970-973.

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