Adhoc Committee vs OEWG --- Questions were raised as to the real intention of the Intergovernmental Adhoc Committee given that the work of the open-ended working group (OEWG) was not completed. In addition, the this resolution was presented in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee as opposed to the Committee that deals with International Security under which the OEWG fell. It was the view of some Member States that the report of the OEWG should have been completed in order to feed into the development of an international convention. Either way, in order for there to be some level of success, countries have to be willing to constructively engage in good faith in the sessions for the development of the convention while respecting sovereignty.

Source author: Devita Abraham abrahamd@foreign.gov.tt