United Nations Decade of International Law

A/RES/52/153View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 146a United Nations Decade of International Law, published in 1997.

What other versions does this mandate have?

11 versions · 1990–2000

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/54/28

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/28	United Nations Decade of International Law	1,494	21%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/100	United Nations Decade of International Law	1,302	64%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/153	United Nations Decade of International Law	960	16%Compare
1997	A/RES/51/157	United Nations Decade of International Law	2,893	17%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/44	United Nations Decade of International Law	811	18%Compare

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 6	Custody, registration and publication of treaties	11

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 6	Custody, registration and publication of treaties	11	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Budget Contributions Documents Distribution Information Dissemination International Decades International Law Internet Programme Implementation Serial Publications Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Translation Treaties Treaties Between States and International Organizations Treaties Between Two or More International Organizations

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation for the work done on the United Nations Decade of International Law at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly, and requests the Working Group of the Sixth Committee to continue its work at the fifty-third session in accordance with its mandate and methods of work;

Also expresses its appreciation to States and international organizations and institutions that have undertaken activities, including sponsoring conferences on various subjects of international law, in implementation of the programme for the activities for the final term (1997-1999) of the Decade;

Invites all States and international organizations and institutions referred to in the programme to provide, update or supplement information on activities they have undertaken in implementation of the programme, as appropriate, to the Secretary-General for inclusion in the report requested in paragraph 8 of resolution 51/157;

Encourages States to disseminate at the national level, as appropriate, information contained in the note submitted by the Secretary-General;1

Also encourages States to consider ratifying or acceding to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations,2 international organizations that have signed the Convention to deposit an act of formal confirmation of the Convention and other international organizations entitled to do so to accede to it at an early date;

Encourages States parties and international organizations or agencies, including depositaries, in order to facilitate further implementation of the obligation laid down in Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations to provide, where available, a copy of the text of any treaty in disk or other electronic format and to consider providing where available translations in English or French or both as may be needed, for the purpose of assisting with the timely publication of the United Nations Treaty Series;

Invites the Secretary-General to apply the provisions of article 12, paragraph 2, of the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations⁵ to multilateral treaties falling within the terms of article 12, paragraph 2 (a) to (c) of the regulations;

⁵United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 859.

Encourages the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat to continue in its efforts to facilitate access to information concerning United Nations activities in the field of international law and to bring up to date the publication of the United Nations Juridical Yearbook;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue developing a policy of providing Internet access to the United Nations Treaty Series and the Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, keeping in mind especially the needs of developing countries in recovering the costs thereof;

Requests the Secretary-General to proceed to translate and publish in the form of a report issued in the official languages of the United Nations a list of the titles of the treaties appearing in the publication Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General;

Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that hard copies of the publications mentioned in paragraph 9 above continue to be distributed to permanent missions free of charge in accordance with their needs;

Appeals to States, international organizations and non-governmental organizations working in the field of international law and to the private sector to make financial contributions or contributions in kind for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of the programme;

Once again requests the Secretary-General to bring the programme to the attention of States and international organizations and institutions working in the field of international law;

Notes with appreciation the activities undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the field of international humanitarian law, including with regard to the protection of the environment in times of armed conflict;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "United Nations Decade of International Law".

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