A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/51/5 7 November 1996 Fifty-first session Agenda item 28 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [without reference to a Main Committee (A/51/L.4)] 51/5. Universal Congress on the Panama Canal The General Assembly, 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, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 50/12, 1/ Taking into account resolution 1376 (XXVI-0/96) of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States entitled "The Panama Canal in the Twenty-first Century" and resolution 1379 (XXVI-0/96) on the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal, both adopted on 6 June 1996, in which, inter alia, the General Assembly of the Organization of American States noted with satisfaction the harmonious transition process in which the Governments of Panama and the United States of America are participating, through their diplomatic missions, the Panama Canal Commission, the Interoceanic Region Authority and the Transition Commission, Having considered the letter dated 27 September 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations addressed to the SecretaryGeneral, 2/ outlining the work being done by the Government of Panama in connection with the holding of the Universal Congress on the Panama Canal and 1/ A/51/281. 2/ A/51/477. 96-77449 /...