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Question of Antarctica Resolutions

A/RES/40/156View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 70 Question of Antarctica, published in 1986.

What else is in this group?

32 documents · 1984–2006
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2006).
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
2006
A/RES/60/47

Question of Antarctica

657–
2002
A/RES/57/51

Question of Antarctica

668–
1999
A/RES/54/45

Question of Antarctica

662–
1997
A/RES/51/56

Question of Antarctica

628–
1995
A/RES/49/80

Question of Antarctica

825–

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects
AntarcticaApartheidCooperation Between OrganizationsEnvironmental ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionIntergovernmental OrganizationsMineral ResourcesNatural ResourcesParticipantsRegional SecurityReport PreparationResources ExplorationSouth AfricaSpecialized AgenciesTreaties

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

A

1
Requests the Secretary-General to update and expand the study on the question of Antarctica by address­ ing questions concerning the availability to the United Nations of information from the Antarctic Treaty Consul­ tative Parties on their respective activities in and their deliberations regarding Antarctica, the involvement of the relevant specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations in the Antarctic Treaty system and the sig­ nificance of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the southern ocean;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to seek the co-opera­ tion of all Member States and the relevant specialized agencies, organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as the relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental bodies, in the preparation of the updated study by inviting them to transmit, as appropri­ ate, their views and any information they may wish to pro­ vide;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to submit the study to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;
4
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Question of Antarc­ tica".
HI. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the First Committee 109 Ibid .. Supplement No 5 I (A:40/51)
114 Offic1al Records of the G,•nera/ Assem/,/_v. Fortieth Sesswn. First Cam­ I ID Ibid., sect. 111.E.
mi/lee, 48th to 55th meetings; and 1h1d .. First Com,m1llee. Sessional Fasc1c/e, 111 See also sect. X.B. I, decision 4014 73 corrigendum.
11 S A/38/ 132-S/ 15675 and Corr. I and 2. annex. sect. Ill. paras. 122 and 112 Subsequently referred 10 as the Panel of Eminent Personahties on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development.
I 13 United Nations. Treat,• Series. vol 40:. No. 5778. p 72 116 A/40/854-S/l 76 lO and Corr. I. anne>. I. paras. 58-60.
I I 1 A'40"666. annex II. resolution CM/Res.988 (XLII).
118 A/39/583 (Part I) and Corr. I-) and A/39/583 (Part II) and Corr I. vols. 1-111.

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