Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes

A/RES/3283(XXIX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

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3 subjects

Dispute Settlement Institutional Machinery Report Preparation

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9 operative paragraphs

Draws the attention of Statcs to the machinery cstablishcd under the Charter of the Unitcd Nations for the pcaccful scttlement of intemational disputes;

Urges Membcr States not alrcady parties to instnunents establishing the various facilities and machinery available for the pcaccful settlement of disputes to consider becoming parties to such instruments and, in the case of the Intemational Court of Justice, recognizes the desirability that States study the possibility of acccpting, with as few reservations as possible, the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with Article 36 of the Statute of the Court;

Calls upon Member States to make full use and seek improvcd implementation of the means and methods provided for in the Charter of the United Nations and elsewhere for the exclusively peaceful scttlement of any dispute or any situation, the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of intemational peace and security, including negotiation, inquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judi9al settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, good offices inchiding those of the Secretary-General, or other peaceful meaos of their own choice;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare an up-to-date report concerning the machinery established under the Charter for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, inviting his attention in particular to the following resolutions of the General Assembly:

Resolution 268 D (III) of 28 April 1949, in which the Assembly established the Panel for Inquiry and Conciliation;

Resolution 377 A (V) of 3 November 1950, section B, in which the Assembly established the Peace Observation Commission;

Resolution 1262 (XIII) of 14 November 1958, in which the Assembly considered the question of establishing an arbitral procedure for settling disputes;

Resolution 2329 (XXII) of 18 December 1967, in which the Assembly established a United Nations register of experts for fact finding;

Resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, in which the Assembly approved the Declaration on Principies of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

S. Invites the attention of the Security Council, the Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations, the International Court of Justice and the Secretary- General to the present resolution.

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