United Nations Decade of International Law

A/RES/53/100View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 149a United Nations Decade of International Law, published in 1999.

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Anniversaries Budget Contributions Conferences Databases Dispute Settlement Documents Distribution Information Dissemination International Decades International Humanitarian Law International Law Internet Law of Treaties Peace Programme Implementation Publications Rules of Procedure Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Translation

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

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

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, which should also contain a list of major international conventions adopted under the auspices of the United Nations during the Decade in the field of international law;

Welcomes the work done by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the field of the peaceful settlement of disputes, including the adoption of its optional rules of procedure for fact-finding commissions of inquiry, which entered into effect on 15 December 1997;

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

Authorizes the Secretary-General to deposit, on behalf of the United Nations, an act of formal confirmation of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations,2 as provided for in article 83 of the Convention;

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, 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;

Expresses its appreciation to the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat for 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, and encourages it to continue its efforts in this regard;

Also expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the progress achieved in establishing a new electronic database for the United Nations Treaty Collection, and encourages him to continue the development of this database with a view to expeditiously providing Member States with a greater range of easily accessible treaty-related information;

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, bearing in mind the needs of States, in particular developing countries, in recovering the costs thereof, and requests the Secretary-General to report on this issue at its fifty-fourth session;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance, including translation services, to implement the plan to eliminate the historical backlog in the publication of the United Nations Treaty Series within the next biennium;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his note containing a list of the titles of the treaties appearing in the publication Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General;⁵

⁵A/53/525.

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that hard copies of the publications mentioned in paragraph 11 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, as well as the note referred to in paragraph 13 above, 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;

Takes note with interest of the events that will take place during the year 1999 to commemorate the centennial of the first International Peace Conference and the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law;⁶

⁶See A/C.6/53/11, annex.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled “United Nations Decade of International Law” and to convene a one-day plenary meeting on 17 November 1999 to mark the end of the Decade.

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