Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of Its 50th Session

A/RES/53/102View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 150 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 50th session, published in 1999.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1953–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/164

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/164	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 76th session	3,121	76%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/121	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 75th session	2,857	85%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/108	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 74th session	2,747	65%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/265	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 70th session	2,790	80%Compare
2017	A/RES/72/116	Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 69th session	2,421	74%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2007–2009

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2009	A/64/283	Assistance to special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/63/123
2007	A/62/87	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/34

What subjects does this mandate have?

15 subjects

Budget Contributions Conference and Meeting Services Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Diplomatic Protection International Law International Law Codification Internet Meeting Records Participants State Liability State Responsibility Unilateral Acts of States Work Organization

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fiftieth session,1 and expresses its appreciation to the Commission for the work accomplished at that session, in particular the completion of the first reading of the draft articles on the prevention part of the topic “International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law”;

Draws the attention of Governments to the importance for the International Law Commission of having their views on all the specific issues identified in chapter III of its report, and invites them to submit comments and observations in writing by 1 January 2000 on the draft articles on international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law (prevention of transboundary damage from hazardous activities);

Recommends that, taking into account the comments and observations 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;

Welcomes the valuable work done by the International Law Commission on the topic “International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law”, and requests the Commission, while continuing its work on prevention, to examine other issues arising out of the topic, taking into account comments made by Governments, either in writing or in the Sixth Committee, and to submit its recommendations on the future work to be done on these issues to the Sixth Committee;

Invites Governments to submit the most relevant national legislation, decisions of domestic courts and State practice relevant to diplomatic protection in order to assist the International Law Commission in its future work on the topic “Diplomatic protection”;

Takes note of the consideration by the International Law Commission of its long-term programme of work,⁴ and encourages the Commission to proceed with the selection of new topics for its next quinquennium;

⁴See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (A/53/10 and Corr.1), chap. X, sect. C.

Welcomes with appreciation the steps taken by the International Law Commission in relation to its internal matters, as contained in paragraphs 543 and 544 of its report, and encourages it to continue enhancing its efficiency and productivity, taking into consideration the discussion held by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;

Endorses the decision by the International Law Commission on the duration of its session in 1999, as presented in paragraph 562 of its report;

Takes note of paragraphs 562 and 563 of the report of the International Law Commission regarding the holding of split sessions as of 2000, requests the Commission to examine the advantages and disadvantages of such split sessions, and decides to return to this matter at its fifty-fourth session;

Stresses the desirability of enhancing dialogue between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee, and in this context requests the Commission to submit any recommendations to that effect;

Requests the International Law Commission to continue to pay special attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, any specific issues on which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in written form, would be of particular interest in providing effective guidance for the Commission in its further work;

Also requests the International Law Commission to continue the implementation of article 16, paragraph (e), and article 26, paragraphs 1 and 2, of its statute in order to further strengthen cooperation between the Commission and other bodies concerned with international law, having in mind the usefulness of such cooperation, and invites the Commission to provide the Sixth Committee with updated information in this regard at the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly;

Notes that consulting with national organizations and individual experts concerned with international law may assist Governments in considering whether to make comments and observations on drafts submitted by the International Law Commission and in formulating their comments and observations;

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

Takes note of the inclusion of information about the work of the International Law Commission in its Web site;⁵

⁵The Internet address is as follows: http://www.un.org/law/ilc/index.htm.

Once again expresses the wish that seminars will continue to be held in conjunction with the 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, appeals to States that can do so to make the voluntary contributions that are urgently needed for the holding of the seminars, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the seminars with adequate services, including interpretation, as required;

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 fifty-third session of the General Assembly, together with such written statements as delegations may circulate in conjunction with their oral statements, and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate, following established practice;

Notes with satisfaction the fiftieth anniversary of the International Law Commission, which was fittingly commemorated by a seminar held at Geneva on 21 and 22 April 1998 and by other events;

Recommends that the debate on the report of the International Law Commission at the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly commence on 25 October 1999.

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