Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

XXIX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE
3334. Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3067 (XXVIII) of 16 November 1973, Noting the letter dated 29 August 1974 from the President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea to the President of the General-Assembly[1] regarding the decisions reached at the second session of the Conference, held at Caracas from 20 June to 29 August 1974, Noting further the decision of the Conference to invite national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity or by the League of Arab States operating in their respective regions to-participate in its proceedings as observers without the right to vote, Having considered the decision of the Conference, as contained in the letter of its President to the President of the General Assembly, that its next session should be held at Geneva from 17 March to 3 or 10 May 1975, the closing date to depend upon arrangements to be made with the World Health Organization, Noting with satisfaction the decision of the World Health Organization, as communicated to the Secretary-General by its Director-General, to postpone the opening of the twenty-eighth World Health Assembly from 6 to 13 May 1975 [2]

1. Approves the convening of the next session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea for the period from 17 March to 10 May 1975 at Geneva;

2. Decides to authorize the Conference to include Arabic as an official and working language;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to invite:

(a) Papua New Guinea to attend any future session of the Conference, if independent, as a participating State and, while not independent, to attend as an observer;

(b) The Cook Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Niue, Surinam and the West Indies Associated States to attend any future session of the Conference as observers or ' if any of them becomes independent, as a participating State;

(c) The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to attend any future session of the Conference as an observer;

4. Notes the decision of the Conference to accept the invitation of the Government of Venezuela to meet at Caracas at an appropriate date for the purpose of signing the Final Act and related instruments adopted by the Conference and authorizes the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to that end.

2323rd plenary meeting
17 December 1974

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[1] Ibid., Twenty-ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 26, document A/9721. [2] Ibid., document A/9721 /Add.1.