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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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First Committee. In a general statement, Cuba said that it had co-sponsored
the draft resolution, which it believed rightly emphasized the prevention of the use
of information and telecommunications for criminal or terrorist purposes. Information
and telecommunications could, however, become weapons and could undermine the
principles enshrined by the United Nations. Cuba hoped that the draft resolution would
receive the broad support of Member States.
Also in a general statement, Sweden spoke on behalf of Belgium, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Switzerland and itself. They intended to join the consensus, but owing to recent
developments in this field, they stressed some aspects regarding Internet governance
and related issues. The Internet should remain open and free, and the same universal
rights that individuals enjoyed offline must also be upheld and protected online.
Human rights should permeate all issues relating to Internet governance, however,
the current draft text included no direct references to a human-rights-based approach.
Internet governance should be based on a multi-stakeholder approach, including
private-sector and civil-society actors. That was particularly important in guaranteeing
human rights aspects in discussions on standards and rules of behaviour for
the Internet.
66/27. Prevention of an arms race in outer space
In this annual resolution, the General
Assembly invited the Conference on Disarmament
(CD) to establish a working group under its agenda
item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer
space” as early as possible during its 2012 session.
First Committee. In a general statement,
Cuba said that it sponsored the draft resolution
because an arms race in outer space would pose a grave threat to international peace
and security. It believed that it was necessary to continue developing international
measures that promoted transparency and confidence in outer space matters. The CD
should play the central role in negotiating a multilateral agreement on the prevention
of an arms race in outer space.
66/30. Relationship between disarmament and development
By this annual resolution, the General
Assembly once again reiterated its invitation to
Member States to provide the Secretary-General
with information regarding measures and efforts
to devote part of the resources made available
by the implementation of disarmament and
arms limitation agreements to economic and
social development, with a view to reducing
the ever-widening gap between developed and
developing countries.
Introduced by: Sri Lanka (17 Oct.)
GA vote: 176-0-2 (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: 171-0-2 (26 Oct.)
For text, sponsors and voting pattern,
see Yearbook, Part I, pp. 27-31.
Introduced by: Indonesia, on behalf of
the States Members of the United Nations
that are members of the Movement of
Non-Aligned Countries (27 Oct.)
GA vote: w/o vote (2 Dec.)
1st Cttee vote: w/o vote (27 Oct.)
For text and sponsors, see Yearbook,
Part I, pp. 42-44.
First Committee. In a general statement, Cuba mentioned that it aligned itself
with the Non-Aligned Movement, which introduced the draft resolution. It believed
that disarmament and development were two of the main challenges that humankind