Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

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.

What other versions does this mandate have?

18 versions · 1969–1987

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/41/77

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1987	A/RES/41/77	Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law	889	74%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/71	Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law	842	65%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/82	Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law	798	—
1984	A/RES/38/134	Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/106	Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law	1,205	40%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

International Sale of Goods International Trade Law Landlocked Developing Countries Members Recommendations Transnational Corporations Treaties Work Organization Work Programme

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its ninth session;

Commends the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the progress made in its work and for its efforts to enhance the efficiency of its working methods;

Notes with satisfaction the completion of the draft Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea18 and the adoption by the Commission of the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;17 4.

Further notes with satisfaction that a draft convention on the international sale of goods has been prepared by a working group of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and that this draft convention has been transmitted to Governments and interested international organizations for their comments;

Welcomes the decision of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to hold a second international symposium on international trade law in connexion with its tenth session in 1977 and, in view of the fact that the symposium is financed by voluntary contributions, appeals to Governments to contribute to the costs of the symposium;

Recommends that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law should:

Continue its work on the topics included in its (a) programme of work;

Continue its work on training and assistance in the field of international trade law, taking into account the special interests of the developing countries;

Maintain close collaboration with the United ( c) Nations Conference on Trade and Development and continue to collaborate with international organizations active in the field of international trade law;

Maintain liaison with the Commission on (d) Transnational Corporations with regard to the consideration of legal problems that would be susceptible of action by it;

Continue to give special consideration to the ( e) interests of developing countries and to bear in mind the special problems of land-locked countries;

Keep its programme of work and working methods under review with the aim of further increasing the effectiveness of its work;

Calls upon the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to continue to take account of the relevant provisions of the resolutions of the sixth and seventh special sessions of the General Assembly that laid down the foundations of the new international economic order, bearing in mind the need for United Nations organs to participate in the implementation of those resolutions;

Invites the Commission on Transnational Corporations, if it identifies specific legal issues in its programme of work that would be susceptible of action by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, to refer such issues to that Commission for its consideration;

Welcomes the decision of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to review, in the near future, its long-term programme and, in this connexion, requests the Secretary-General to invite Governments to submit their views and suggestions on such a programme;

Decides that:

The term of office of those members of the (a) United Nations Commission on International Trade Law whose term would expire on 31 December 1976 is extended until the last day prior to the beginning of the regular annual session of the Commission in 1977 and the term of office of those members of the Commission whose term would expire on 31 December 1979 is extended until the last day prior to the beginning of the regular annual session of the Commission in 1980;

( b) Commencing with the elections to membe~ship of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law at the thirty-first session of the General Assembly, all States elected to membership shall take office at the beginning of the first day of the regular annual session of the Commission immediately following their election and their terms of office shall expire on the last day prior to the opening. o! the seve1;1th regular annual session of the Comm1ss10n followmg their election;

( c) Governments of Member States that are not members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law are entitled, when they so request, to attend the sessions of the Commission and its Working Groups as observers;

Requests the Secretary~General to forward to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law the records of the discussions at the thirty-first session of the General Assembly on the Commission's report on the work of its ninth session.

13 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/31/17), chap. V, sect. C. 12 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.

14 Ibid., Supplement No. 17 (A/31/17).

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16 Ibid., Supplement No. 17 (A/31/17), chap. IV, sect. C. 111 fbid., Supplement No. 15 (A/31/15), vol. Il, para. 268.

11 Ibid., chap. V, sect. C.

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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