Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 40th session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Commends the Commission for its work on the preparation of a legislative guide on secured transactions; takes note with regret that no contributions have been made to the trust fund; decides its consideration of granting travel assistance to the least developed countries that are members of the Commission; welcomes the decision by the Commission to hold a comprehensive review of its working methods; recalls its resolutions on partnerships between the UN and non-State actors; reiterates its request to the Secretary-General that any reduction in the length of documents should not adversely affect either the quality of the presentation or the substance of the documents; requests the Secretary-General to continue providing summary records of the meetings of the Commission; recalls its resolution approving the establishment of the Yearbook of the UN Commission on International Trade Law; stresses the importance of bringing into effect the conventions emanating from the work of the Commission for the global unification and harmonization of international trade law; welcomes the preparation of digests of case law relating to the texts of the Commission; notes with satisfaction that the Congress "Modern Law for Global Commerce", held in Vienna from 9-12 July 2007 reviewed the results of the past work of the Commission; recalls its resolutions affirming the importance of high-quality, user friendly and cost-effective UN websites and the need for their multilingual development, maintenance and enrichment.

Adopted without vote, 62nd plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 62nd sess., Suppl. no. 49.