STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR MOHAMMED YUHUS, LEADER OF THE PAKISTAN DELEGATION, IN THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON LAND-LOCKED AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED STATES ON 30 APRIL 1975.

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• Publication Date: April 30, 1975
• Content Type: STATEMENT

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As I speak here for the first time in my
capacity as the Leader of the Pakistan Delegation, I should
like to begin by expressing my felicitations to you and to
say that it is-both a pleasure as well as a privilege to
participate in these meeti.n; s under your able guidance, It
lc all the ,:Luxe incumbent upon me to give expression to t:-h7 s
happy no ue because our two countries, Pakistan and Tux k.ey,
are bound together by fraternal tics. My country,,
is proud Of V_Ais association.
Six,
2+ This is the fourth and the last meeting of this
Infoxmal Co ;ulta.ti.ve cup. During our meetings, all
doles ta.oras have made Carnes t effox t wa to evolve generally
accepta::ie formulations of provisions on the questions. of
access and transit. The role played by you, Mr. Chaixman,
in this regaxd evokes s=;,ecial admiration of my delegation?
The discussion has, however, revealed that there is no
meeting of minds bet een land--locked and transit states,
3. We have been giving serious thought to the
reasons which make the solution of thoso questions so
difficult and have cone to the conclusion that the difficulty
arises from the fact that some of the fundamental aspects
of these questions have not yc t been clarified. We,
therefore, r,,onsidex it "r ?: xouxiate in our statement today
to drew at tc nt.Lon to trio s? as cts
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-ftttontion thext ;s b?iri devoted to an examination of the
problems axisi g' fro:: this incidence of ueogra^l y.
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and, on the other, we. have to ensure that, before s,,eeific
provisions are formulated, all the relevant factor, s are
placed before the Conference, properly exa.--.iined Z.---.Id tall-en
into account. At this stage, therefore, precipitc to hurry
and the attempt to beat deadlines can well xesu.lt in a
failure of comprehension and even of judgei'_lent -- a failure
that would latsr lead inevitably to the creation of r--,any
intxactaMle issues of interpretation and possibly to a more
serious conflict of views between the countries involv?d.
The need fox- a thorough and meticulous examination of all
relevant factor. s, thexefoze, can be hardly over em;phasiZ ed.
The Conf x snco is still
suh nex ;ed i ~~
negotiations the end of w:_ich is not yea clearly in si..;h
This is not surpx isin because, on the one hand, we have
Come-'up against a lax, ;e nui.?IJox of- ;1ighly Conplex issues
6. i r. Cilairc:;a :., attention seems to have been
focussed so fax mainly on the problems of the land--locked
countxies. It seems to us,?however, that an exhaustive
analysis of the ovex--ali legislative context of these highly
intricate xoble is has not yet taken place. It is as a result
of this gap in our discussions that whereas we are co1centxati a
on the definition of other tex.:1S nc1.1C'r ~~l?`?.
sei:7e o:i ~~ori: .iexo1
ii:_ ortance, the tex:.r "access" or "xi.g '1t of access " is totally
absent fxci.i our list. And t"-is is so despite the fact t';at,
clear dcf:~ _i ti.o of this tern, we can hardly evolve
such C_le :x-?cut YJ.:.i.Ch would avoid serious
com l_icatic-:1s in tx`Ie fu`u,re.
10 . C.ia.:.r.:a.:., the 1 'jox icy r:1'.1:_ shows
major:Lty o.7f Iand.-.LOC.;hEed [ OCC:I.?l: S :i n x can t1 ? CC 1,
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whole, . could be called develo Ding or undc-x-developed areas.
No one would dons t'n.'at lent:- Loc'..ed coon;:xies should be eliven
adequate accoss to the sea? let i-- Coin:; so, az,..C pax'Lic- the o,ex ationa.'1. aseect of the Clue stion
of access, is P selaara to issue} .
3 v)Aaa:r Will ti:- inalienable right of national
sovereignty ox transit states be reflected
a)
b)
in the . matter of selection of xou to or
routes, rioxc routes than c:ene V.-ir v: r;h
r.,ioxe txian one transit state are
in th r.iattex of selection of routes and
of means of re sir ox t in a antic 1_ox
transit coun.-'-,xy ?
v) If within the texxi.toxy of a coastal state,
th.exe axe areas :ai. dch, due to ? na tur al
barriers, axe a_naccessislo axon its owls
coast, can these areas be regarded as
de facto land lccksd areas and enjoy access
to one or i:iox?e seas
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vi) What:,- are the ( i.:__-li_cati.o_:is of the deve?.a_:iont
and C :)'i?c^t.)i i 71.1nef ,Oi additional tram it
router in the a utuxe in a given area ?'
Vii) :'1h t are the, scarf ec ua.rds a ai.n_ st the us of
access and transit facilities for
iL~,~c r tiny
goods intended for xe-ex.'-Oxt to trans t
co tx i s in contravention of the i.anor t
regimes of the latter ?
viii) ",hat is the effect on the regime of accc:e.7r
and transit to. the sea of the exercise of
the, sovereign rights of the transit to
to take .x tc' iC# i voIV __"a the Vital
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