Report of the International Law Commission

A/RES/42/156View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 135 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 39th session, published in 1988.

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22 versions · 1964–1988

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

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12 subjects

Budget Contributions Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Diplomatic Bags Diplomatic Couriers Documents International Law International Law Codification Meeting Records State Immunities State Property Written Communications

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13 operative paragraphs

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

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

Recommends that, taking into account the comments of Governments, whether in writing or expressed orally in debates in the General Assembly, the International Law Commission should continue its work on the topics in its current programme, bearing in mind the desirability of reaching the goals indicated in paragraph 232 of its report;

Expresses its satisfaction with the establishment within the Intemational Law Commission, in order to increase its effectiveness, of a Working Group on Methods of Work, and with the conclusions and intentions of the Commission concerning its procedures and methods of work, as set forth in chapter VI, section D of its report;

Requests the lnternational Law Commission:

To keep under review the planning of its activities for the term of office of its members, bearing in mind the desirability of achieving as much progress as possible in the preparation of draft articles on specific topics;

To consider further its methods ofwork in all their aspects, bearing in mind that the staggering of the consideration of sorne topics might contribute to the attainment of the goals referred to in paragraph 3 above and also to a more effective consideration of its report in the Sixth Committee;

To indicate in its annual report, for each topic, those specific issues on which expressions ofviews by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in written form, would be of particular interest for the continuation of its work;

Recommends the continuation of efforts to improve the ways in which the report of the International Law Commission is considered in the Sixth Committee, with a view to providing effective guidance for the Commission in its work, and to this end decides that the Sixth Committee shall hold consultations at the commencement of the forty-third session ofthe General Assembly, including, inter alia, consultations on the question of establishing a working group, the character and mandate ofwhich are to be determined, to meet during the debate on the report of the Intemational Law Commission in order to allow for a concentrated discussion on one or more of the topics on the agenda of the Commission;

Takes note of the comments of the International Law Commission on the question ofthe duration ofits session, as presented in paragraph 243 of its report, and expresses the view that the requirements of the work for the codification and the magnitude and complexity of the subjects on the agenda of the Commission make it desirable that the usual duration of its sessions33 be maintained;

Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the increased role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Aft'airs of the Secretariat and those concerning the summary records and other documentation of the International Law Commission;

Urges Governments and, as appropriate, international organizations to respond in writing as fully and expeditiously 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;

Further urges Governments to give full attention to the request of the International Law Commission, transmitted through the Secretary-General, for comments and observations before l January 1988 on the draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property34 and on the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier,35

adopted on first reading by the Commission;

30 !bid .. Fortieth Session. Sixth Committee, 13th to 17th, 44th and 48th meetings.

31 /bid .. Forty-ftrst Session, Sixth Committee, 25th, 26th, 46th and 47th meetings, and corrigendum.

29 Ojficial Records of rhe General Assembly. Forty-second Session.

12 !bid .. Forty-second Session. Sixrh Committee, 12th to 15th and Supplemenr No. 43 (A/42/43).

55th meetings, and corrigendum.

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33 See resolution 3315 (XXIX), para. S.

34 See Official Records of the General Assembl_v. Forty-Jirst Session.

Suff1ement No. JO (A/41/10). chap. II, sect. D.

/bid., chap. III, sect. D.

36 Yearbook ofthe Internationa/ Law Commission, 1971, vol. II (Part Two) (United Nations puhlication, Sales No. E.72.V.6 (Part II)).

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