United Nations Decade of International Law : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

UN Decade of International Law

Invites all States and international organizations and institutions to provide, update or supplement information on activities they have undertaken in implementation of the programme; welcomes the work done by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the field of the peaceful settlement of disputes, including the adoption of its optional rules of procedure for fact-finding commissions of inquiry, which entered into effect on 15 Dec. 1997; authorizes the Secretary-General to deposit, on behalf of the UN, an act of formal confirmation of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations, as provided for in article 83 of the Convention; encourages States parties and international organizations or agencies, including depositaries, to provide where available, a copy of the text of any treaty in disk or other electronic format and to consider providing, where available, translations in English or French or both, as may be needed, for the purpose of assisting with the timely publication of the UN Treaty Series; encourages the Secretary-General to continue developing a policy of providing Internet access to the UN Treaty Series and the Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, bearing in mind the needs of States, in particular developing countries, in recovering the costs thereof; requests the Secretary-General to ensure that hard copies of the publications continue to be distributed to permanent missions free of charge in accordance with their needs; appeals to States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations working in the field of international law, and to the private sector, to make financial contributions or contributions in kind for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the programme.

Adopted without vote, 83rd meeting

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Adopted at the 83rd plenary meeting, 8 Dec. 1998.