Report of the International Law Commission

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

22 versions · 1964–1988

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/42/156

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1988	A/RES/42/156	Report of the International Law Commission	856	17%Compare
1987	A/RES/41/81	Report of the International Law Commission	1,956	23%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/75	Report of the International Law Commission	547	84%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/85	Report of the International Law Commission	500	88%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/138	Report of the International Law Commission	523	73%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conferences Documents International Law Codification Written Communications

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-sixth session;

Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for the work accomplished at that session;

Recommends that, taking into account the com ments of Governments, whether in writing or expressed orally in debates in the General Assembly, the Interna tional Law Commission should continue its work on all the topics in its current programme;

Expresses its satisfaction with the conclusions and intentions of the International Law Commission con cerning its procedures and methods of work, as reflected in paragraphs 385 to 397 of its report;29

Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the increased role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and those concerning the documentation of the International Law Commission;

Appeals to Governments and, as appropriate, to international organizations to respond as fully and expedi tiously as possible to the requests of the International Law Commission for comments, observations and replies to questionnaires and for materials on topics in its programme of work:

Reaffirms its wish that the International Law Com mission continue to enhance its co-operation with inter governmental legal bodies whose work is of interest for the progressive development of international law and its codification;

Expresses the wish that seminars will continue to be held in conjunction with sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants from developing countries will be given the opportunity to attend those seminars;

Requests the Secretary-General to forward to the International Law Commission, for its attention, the records of the debate on the report of the Commission at the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly31 and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate.

28 fbid., Thirty-ninth Session, Sixth Commillee. 49th-57th and 64th JI See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session. Sixth meetings.

Commillee, 33rd-47th and 55th meetings. 29 Ibid., Thiny-ninth Session, Supplement No. JO (A/39/10).

32 Jhid .. Thirty-seventh Session. Supplement No. JO (A/37/10), chap. II, 30 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.

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