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Any place but the Canal Zone.

After lengthy negotiations, the Panama Canal Treaty and the Treaty concerning the permanent neutrality and operation of the Panama Canal were signed on 7 September 1977.

I'm liable to blow up the Panama Canal any minute now.

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Page Bearing in mind that on 7 September 1977 the Panama Canal Treaty and the Treaty concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, known as the Torrijos Carter Treaties, were signed in Washington, D.C., which stipulate that, at noon on 31 December 1999, the Canal, including all improvements, is to come under the control of the Republic of Panama,

The effect of armed conflict on agreements establishing inter oceanic canals such as the Suez, Panama and Kiel Canals, has varied.

Deforestation in the Panama Canal basin is a matter of particular concern.

General Torrijos Herrera launched a campaign for the recovery of Panama apos s sovereignty in the Canal Zone, wining the support of the international community.

341. While it is noted that the Canal Zone has a special legal status, it is viewed with concern that workers from Panama are not accorded the same rights as foreign workers employed in that special zone.

The examples of such treaties include the Convention Instituting the Statute of Navigation of the Elbe (1922), the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles relating to the Kiel Canal (1919), the Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits (Montreux) (1936), the Panama Canal Treaty (1977) and the Treaty concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal (1977).

The Panama Canal divides the national territory from north west to south east and is 80 kilometres long.

Reaffirming the utility of the Panama Canal for international maritime transport and the growth of the world economy, and the need to tackle the problems of interoceanic communication in the twenty first century,

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We also share the joy of the Panamanian people and Government at the progress made in the process of reversion of the Panama Canal from the United States Government to the Republic of Panama.

2. Reiterates its firm support for the initiative of the Government of Panama, and urges it to continue to intensify its efforts to organize the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal at Panama City from 7 to 10 September 1997

4. Universal Congress on the Panama Canal report of the Secretary General (A 52 435 and Corr.1) 28 .

Panama continued the process of broadening national consensus around the goal of a successful management of the transfer of the Canal to exclusive Panamanian control after 31 December 1999.

354. With regard to the special status of the Canal Zone, the Committee recommends that the Government of Panama take appropriate measures to ensure that the rights enumerated in the Convention, especially article 5, are enjoyed equally by all residents and workers in that specific area.

Pursuant to these treaties, the Republic of Panama will assume full jurisdiction over the Canal as of noon on 31 December 1999.

Recalling its resolution 50 12 of 7 November 1995 supporting the convening of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal, which is to be held at Panama City from 7 to 10 September 1997,

Turning to the specific case of Panama, Panama has participated in 12 Olympic Games.

The decree provides, inter alia, that the objectives of the Authority are the implementation of the National Maritime Strategy of Panama the coordination of its activities with national maritime institutions and authorities, such as the Panama Canal Authority and functioning as the supreme maritime authority of the Republic of Panama in the exercise of the rights and discharge of the responsibilities of Panama under UNCLOS.

These sectors, which include modern, highly productive activities such as the free trade zone, the Panama Canal and the banking centre, are mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area and have few links to the country apos s interior.

6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty second session the item entitled quot Universal Congress on the Panama Canal quot . 40th plenary meeting

Panama can never remain indifferent to the destiny of the Organization.

For its part, Panama reiterates today that the canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will remain open and secure, demonstrating the high degree of efficiency to which the international community is accustomed.

Report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session under article 9, paragraph 2, of the Convention.

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On the other hand, Britain restricted the passage of enemy ships through the Suez Canal throughout the First and Second World Wars, and the United States of America partially or fully restricted the use of the Panama Canal during the two World Wars.

Having considered the letter dated 27 September 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary General, A 51 477. outlining the work being done by the Government of Panama in connection with the holding of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal and indicating the progress made by the Organizing Commission for that Congress, under the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

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