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AUSTRALIA:
Corinne Tomkinson said that the second session of
the CSD will be the first real test of its capacity to fulfill its
challenging mandate. Australia is concerned that the current
guidelines for the preparation of national reports may be so
difficult as to discourage Governments. The CSD should consider
ways to simplify the guidelines for national reports and facilitate
their voluntary preparation. Australia is committed to the success
of the Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States, encouraged other governments to consider the
benefit of high-level political attendance in Barbados, and to
support the AOSIS proposal for a one-week resumed session of the
PrepCom to address outstanding issues. Australia also supports the
draft resolution to extend the mandate of the INCD until January
1995, on the clear understanding that it will not prejudge the
content of the Convention itself. Australia also supports the
continued work of the Conference on Straddling Fish Stocks and
Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, remains opposed to large-scale
driftnet fishing on the high seas, and supports the review of
UNEP's regional and liaison offices.