Amendments to Rules 31, 38, 39 and 101 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly

A/RES/1104(XI)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1957.

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53. 1104 (XI). Amendments to rules 31, 38, 39 and 101 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly ( 18 December 1956) ( item 5)

53. 1105 (XI). International conference of plenipotentiaries to examine the law of the sea (21 February 1957) (item 53)

54. 1106 (XI). Special allowance to be paid to members of the International Law Commission (21 February 1957) (item 53)

54. 1107 (XI). Elimination or reduction of future statelessness (21 February 1957)

SS (item 54)

ll03 (XI). Amendments to articles 2 and 9 of "Rule 31 the Statute of the International Law Com- "The General Assembly shall elect a President miaaion and eight Vice-Presidents, who shall hold office until the close of the session at which they are elected The GeneraJ Assembly,

The Vice-Presidents shall be elected, after the elec- H aving regard to the present composition of the tion of the Chairmen of the seven Main Committees United Nations and to the duties and responsibilities referred to in rulc 101, on the basis of ensuring the of the International Law Commission,

representative character of the General Committee."

Considering that, for the purpose of securing in the Commission an adequate presentation of the main "Rule 38 forms of civilization and of the principle legal systems "The General Committee shall comprise the Presiof the world, it is appropriate to increase the number dent of the General Assembly, who shall preside, of the members of the Commission,

the eight Vice-Presidents and the Chairmen of the

Decides to amend as follows article 2, paragraph seven Main Committces. No two members of the General Committee shall be members of the same 1, of the Statute of the International Law Commission:

delegation, and it shall be so constituted as to ensure "The Commission shall consist of twenty-one memits representative character. Chairmen of other combers who shall be persons of recognized competence mittees upon which all Members have the right to in international law" ;

be represented and which are established by the

Decides, as a consequence, to amend as follows General Assembly to meet during the session, shall article 9, paragraph 1, of the said Statute:

be entitled to attend meetings of the General Com- "The twenty-one candidates who obtain the greatmittee and may partiripate without voté in the disest number of votes and not Jess than a majority of eussions."

the votes of the Members present and voting shall Rule 39 be elected".

"If a Vice-President of the General Assembly

finds it necessary to be absent during a meeting of

18 December 1956.

the General Committee he may designate a member of his delegation as his substitute. The Chairman ll04 (XI). Amendments to rules 31, 38, 39 of a Main Committee shall, in case of absence, desigand 101 of the rules of procedure of the nate the Vice-Chairman of the Committee as his General Assemhly1 substitute. A Vice-Chairman shall not have the right to vote if he is of the same delegation as another

18 December 1956.

1105 (XI). International conference of plenipo• tentiaries to examine the law of the sea

Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its valuable work on this complex subject;

Decides, in accordance with the recommendation contained in paragraph 28 of the report of the International Law Commission covering the work of its eighth session, that an international conference of plenipotentiaries should be convoked to examine the law of the sea, taking account not only of the legal but also of the technical, biological, economic and political aspects of the problem, and to embody the results of its work in one or more international conventions or such other instruments as it may deem appropriate;

Recommends that the conference should study the question of free access to the sea of land-locked countries, as established by international practice of treaties;

Requests the Secretary-General to convoke the conference early in March 1958;

Invites all States Members of the United Nations and States members of the specialized agencies to par-

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ticipate in the conference and to include among their representatives experts competent in the fields to be considered ;

Invites the interested specialized agencies and inter-governmental bodies to send observers to the conference ;

Requests the Secretary-General to invite appropriate experts to advise and assist the Secretariat in preparing the conference, with tbe following terms of reference:

To obtain, in the manner which they think most appropriate, from the Governments invited to the conference any further provisional comments the Governments may wish to make on the Commission's report and related matters, and to present to the conference in systematic form any comments made by the Govemments, as well as the relevant statements made in the Sixth Committee at the eleventh and previous sessions of the General Assembly;

( b) To present to the conference recommendations concerning its method of work and procedures, and other questions of an administrative nature;

( c) To prepare, or arrange for the preparation of, working documents of a legal, technical, scientific or economic nature in order to facilitate the work of the conference ;

Requests the Secretary-General to arrange also for the necessary staff and facilities which would be required for the conference, it being understood that the technical services of such experts as are needed will be utilized ;

Refers to the conference the report of the International Law Commission as the basis for its consideration of the various problems involved in the development and codification of the law of the sea, and also the verbatim records of the relevant debates in the General Assembly, for consideration by the conference in conjunction with the Commission's report;

Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the conference ail such records of world-wide or regional international meetings as may serve as official background mate rial for its work;

Calls upon the Governments invited to the conference and groups thereof to utilize the time remaining before the opening of the conference for exchanges of views on the controversial questions relative to the law of the sea;

E:rpresses the hopc that the conkrence will be

fully attended.

658th plenary meetin_q,

21 February 1957.

1106 (XI). Special allowance to be paid to memhers of the International Law Commission

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