Israelis decision tobuildacanallinking theMediterranean SeatotheDeadSea (decision 13/8) 51.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheGroupof77(UNEP/GC.l3/L.l4). -11-," ,.... ~..,. ... ~;, .'.' . \ . ), 52.Therepresentative oftheUnitedstatesofAmerica askedthatavotebetaken onthedraftdecision. Attherequest oftherepresentative ofSaudiArabia, the votewastakenbyroll-call. Thedraftdecision wasadopted by47votesto1.* Thevoting wasasfollows: rI, I; /; I:Infavour: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,Colombia, Finland, France, Germ~ny, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Hungary, India,Indonesia, Italy, IvoryCoast,Jamaica, Japan,Jordan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lesotho, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,Panama, PapuaNew Guinea, Peru,Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, SaudiArabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Tunil;ia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SovietSocialist Republic, UnionofSovietSocialist Republics, United Kingdom of GreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, Yugoslavia. Against: UnitedStatesofAmerica. 54.Therepresentative ofJordansaidheregretted thatithadnotprovedpossible toadoptthedecision byconsensus andcalled upontheGovernment thathadvoted againstittofaceuptoitsdutiesasasuper-P~wer concerned withmaintaining the peace.Ithadbecomealmostthephilosophy ofIsraeltoignoreUnitedNations resolutions, international lawandtheGenevaConventions. Theinternational community wouldhavetoputanendtosuchcontumacy, including thecanalproject.ed :>se h, red in to of as53.Therepresentative oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica saidthat,aswellas opposing thedecision onwhichavotehadjustbeentaken,hisdelegation hadalsoIopposed theGener~l Assembly resolutions referred totherein, onthegrounds that rtheirconclusions werepremature andtheirformulation unbalanced. Whileitwas ~strictly neutral onthelegal,environmental andeconomic aspects oftheproposed I[project, itconsidered thatthedecision inquestion prejudged thematteron rpolitical grounds. Hadthedecision focused onenvironmental issuesalone, ~expressing reasonable concern overtheunknown environmental consequences ofthe ~project andurgingbilateral consultations between thecountries involved, hewould !}havebeenabletosupportit. I I; ~L l I, I,IState-of-the-environment reports (decisions 13/9AtoD) I 57.Atthe15thmeeting ofthesession, on24May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.32). *Therepresentatives ofBelgium andChilelaterinformed theUNEP secretariat that,hadtheybeenpresent duringthevoting, theywouldhavevotedin favourofthedraftdecision.FL58. ! I: rIfThedraftjecision wasadopted byconsensus. -12-betaken ia,the :>1.* 1Y, ily, 10, lpuaNew ;ri >eialist Idomof as ladalso Isthat twas oposed ,n fthe hewould possible voted oingthe ons al roject. itsome Ita 'otedinCross-organizational programme analysis forconsideration bytheCommittee for Program,'ne andCo-'ordination in1988(decision 13/1':') 59.Atthe15thmeeting ofthesession. on24May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/L.33). 60.Thedraftdecision, asorallyrevised bythePresident, wasadopted by consensus. Co-operation between theUnitedNations Environment Programme andtheUnited Nations centreforHumanSettlements (Habitat) (decision 13/12) 61.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheBureau (UNEP/GC.13/23). 62.Thedraftdecision wasadopted byconsensus. Co-operation withnon-governmental organizations (decision 13/13) 63.Atthe13thmeeting ofthesession, on23May,theCouncil hadbeforeita draftdecision onthissubject submitted bytheAsianGroup(UNEP/GC.13/19). 64.Therepresentative ofUruguay mentioned that,intheaftermath oftheBuenos