UN Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law

Approves the guidelines and recommendations adopted by the Advisory Committee on the UN Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, in particular those designed to achieve the best possible results in the administration of the Programme within a policy of maximum financial restraint; also approves the establishment of the UN Audiovisual Library in International Law; requests the Secretary-General to consider the possibility of admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such participation; also requests the Secretary-General to consider the relative advantages of using available resources and voluntary contributions for regional, subregional or national courses, as against courses organized within the UN system; urges all States and relevant international organizations, whether regional or universal, to make all possible efforts to implement the goals and carry out the activities contemplated in section IV of the programme of activities for the final term (1997-1999) of the UN Decade of International Law, dealing with the encouragement of the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law; urges in particular all Governments to make voluntary contributions for the organization of regional refresher courses in international law by the UN Institute for Training and Research, especially with a view to covering the amount needed for the financing of the daily subsistence allowance for up to 25 participants in each regional course, thus alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible for the Institute to continue to organize the regional courses.

Adopted without vote, 72nd meeting

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Adopted at the 72nd plenary meeting, 15 Dec. 1997.