United Nations Conference on the Carriage of Goods by Sea

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 108 Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 9th session, published in 1977.

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6 subjects

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Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the valuable work done in having prepared draft articles for a convention on the carriage of goods by sea;

Decides that an international conference of plenipotentiaries shall be convened in 1978 in New York, or at any other suitable place for which the Secretary- General may receive an invitation, to consider the question of the carriage of goods by sea and to embody the results of its work in an international convention and such other instruments as it may deem appropriate;

Refers to the conference the draft articles for a convention on the carriage of goods by sea approved by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, together with draft provisions concerning implementation, reservations and other final clauses to be prepared by the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General:

(a)

To circulate the draft Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea,20 together with draft provisions concerning implementation, reservations and other final clauses to be prepared by the Secretary- General, to Governments and interested international organizations for comments and proposals;

To convene the United Nations Conference on the Carriage of Goods by Sea for an appropriate period in 1978 at any of the places referred to in paragraph 2 above;

( c) To arrange for the preparation of summary records of the proceedings of the plenary meetings of the Conference and of meetings of committees of the whole which the Conference may wish to establish;

To invite all States to participate in the United Nations Conference on the Carriage of Goods by Sea;

To invite representatives of organizations that ( e) have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate in the sessions and the work of all international conferences convened under its auspices, in the capacity of observers, in accordance with Assembly resolution 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974;

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To invite representatives of the national liberation movements recognized in its region by the Organization of African Unity, in the capacity of observers, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 32,80

(XXIX) of 10 December 1974;

To invite the speciaJized agencies and the In- (g) ternational Atomic Energy Agency, as well as interested organs of the United Nations and interested regional intergovernmental organizations, to be represented at the Conference by observers;

To draw the attention of the States and other participants referred to in subparagraphs (d) to (g) above to the desirability of appointing as their representatives persons especially competent in the field to be considered;

To place before the Conference:

All comments and proposals received from Governments;

Working and background papers which may (ii)

be received from the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and other interested international organizations, taking into consideration the legal, economic and shipping trade aspects of the draft Convention;

Draft provisions concerning implementation,

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reservations and other final clauses and all relevant documentation and recommendations relating to methods of work and procedure;

To ensure that all relevant documentation for (j) the Conference will be distributed to all participants in the Conference at the earliest possible date;

( k) To arrange for adequate. st~ and. facilities required for the Conference, beanng m mmd the fact that the legal, economic and shipping trade aspects of the carriage of goods by sea should receive due consideration at the Conference.

18 Jbid., Supplement No. 17 (A/31/17).

2o Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/31/17), chap. IV, sect. C. 19 TD/B/C.4/153, annex I.

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