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Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Between States

A/RES/43/163View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 129 Peaceful settlement of disputes between States, published in 1989.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1981–1990
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/31
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1990
A/RES/44/31

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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1989
A/RES/43/163

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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1988
A/RES/42/150

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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1987
A/RES/41/74

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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1986
A/RES/40/68

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects
DeclarationsDispute SettlementInternational Law Codification

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs
1
Again urges all States to observe and promote in good faith the provisions of the Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes in the settle­ ment of their international disputes;
2
Stresses the need to continue efforts to strengthen the process of the peaceful settlement of disputes through progressive development and codification of international law and through enhancing the effectiveness of the United Nations in this field;
Calls upon Member States to make full use, in accor­ 3. dance with the Charter of the United Nations, of the framework provided by the United Nations for the peace­ ful settlement of disputes and international problems;
4
Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session a further re­ port containing the replies of Member States, relevant United Nations bodies and specialized agencies, regional intergovernmental organizations and interested interna­ tional legal bodies on the implementation of the Manila Declaration and on ways and means of increasing the ef­ fectiveness of this instrument;
5
Decides that the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States shall be considered at its forty­ fourth session as a separate agenda item, in conjunction with the item of the provisional agenda entitled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Na­ tions and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organi­ zation".
14 A/39/504/Add.1, annex III.
1' A/41/536, A/42/481 and Add.I and 2 and A/43/529 and Add.I
18 Ibid., Forty-third Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/43/10).
19 A/43/525 and Add. I.
16 A/43/530 and Add. I and 2.
20 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-third Session.
17 Official Records ofrhe General Assembly, Ninth Session. Supplement Sixth Committee, 25th to 40th and 48th meetings, and corrigendum. No. 9 (A/2693), para. 54.
21 Ibid., Thirty-eighth Session, Supplement No. JO (A/38/10).

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