Universal Congress on the Panama Canal

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 162 Universal Congress on the Panama Canal, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1995–1996

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/51/5

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1996	A/RES/51/5	Universal Congress on the Panama Canal	664	25%Compare
1995	A/RES/50/12	Universal Congress on the Panama Canal	884	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Economic Growth International Trade Maritime Transport Panama Canal Zone Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Supports the initiative of the Government of Panama in convening the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal, with the participation of Governments, international bodies, public and private academic institutions, maritime users and international shipping companies, to examine jointly the role which the Panama Canal should play in the twenty-first century;

Requests Member States to assist generously in this undertaking;

Urges the competent organs, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, in particular, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Maritime Organization, to study the possibility of providing assistance from within existing resources for the organization of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal;

Emphasizes the importance of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal and expresses the hope that its results will contribute to the growth of world trade and to sustained economic growth and sustainable development throughout the world;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first session the item entitled "Universal Congress on the Panama Canal".

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