United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law

A/RES/68/110View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 80 United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

40 versions · 1968–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/163

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/163	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law	1,942	93%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/120	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law	1,981	93%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/107	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law	2,053	85%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/102	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law	1,965	98%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/110	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law	1,941	90%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

20 reports · 2005–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/437	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/120
2024	A/79/496	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/107
2023	A/78/514	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/102
2022	A/77/515	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/110
2021	A/76/404	United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/134

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Budget Contributions Developing Countries Educational Assistance Fellowships Information Dissemination International Law Legal Literature Public Information Training Programmes

What’s in this document?

27 operative paragraphs

Approves the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III of the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session,Error: Reference source not found in particular those designed to strengthen and revitalize the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law in response to the increasing demand for international law training and dissemination activities;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out the activities specified in his report in 2014 and 2015;

Also authorizes the Secretary-General to award a minimum of one scholarship in 2014 and a minimum of one scholarship in 2015 under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea;

Further authorizes the Secretary-General to continue and further develop the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law as a major contribution to the teaching and dissemination of international law around the world and to continue to finance this activity from provisions in the regular budget as well as, when necessary, from voluntary financial contributions, which would be received as a result of the requests set out in paragraphs 21 and 22 below;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the activities conducted under the Programme of Assistance and, in particular, for the efforts to strengthen, expand and enhance the international law training and dissemination activities within the framework of the Programme of Assistance in 2013;

Requests the Secretary-General to consider admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme of Assistance, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such participation;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General in accordance with General Assembly resolution 67/91, in particular paragraph 7 thereof, to provide to the programme budget for the biennium 2014–2015 the resources necessary for the Programme of Assistance to ensure the continued effectiveness and further development of the Programme, in particular the organization of United Nations Regional Courses in International Law on a regular basis and the viability of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;

Recognizes the importance of the United Nations legal publications prepared by the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, and requests the Secretary-General to issue the publications referred to in his report⁴ in various formats, including hard copy publications, which are essential for developing countries;

⁴Ibid., paras. 42 and 43.

Notes with appreciation the issuance of the Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice 2008–2012, volume XXX of the Reports of International Arbitral Awards and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2012;

Reiterates its request that the Secretary-General issue the next volume of the United Nations Legislative Series containing materials on the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts;

Once again welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations legal publications, commends, in particular, the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs for its desktop publishing initiative, which has greatly enhanced the timely issuance of its legal publications and has made possible the preparation of legal training materials, and requests that the necessary materials be made available to ensure the continuation of this successful initiative;

Encourages the Office of Legal Affairs to continue to maintain and expand its websites listed in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General as an invaluable tool for the dissemination of international law materials as well as for advanced legal research;

Encourages the use of interns and research assistants for the preparation of materials for the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;

Commends the Codification Division for the cost-saving measures undertaken with regard to the International Law Fellowship Programme to maintain the number of fellowships available for this comprehensive international law training programme;

Expresses its appreciation to the Hague Academy of International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the Programme of Assistance, which has enabled candidates under the International Law Fellowship Programme to attend and participate in the Fellowship Programme in conjunction with courses at the Academy;

Notes with appreciation the contributions of the Hague Academy to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law, and calls upon Member States and interested organizations to give favourable consideration to the appeal of the Academy for a continuation of support and a possible increase in their financial contributions, to enable the Academy to carry out its activities, particularly those relating to the summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations;

Welcomes the efforts of the Codification Division to revitalize and conduct United Nations Regional Courses in International Law as an important training activity;

Expresses its appreciation to Ethiopia for hosting and to Thailand for agreeing to host the United Nations Regional Courses in International Law in 2013 and to Ethiopia, Thailand and Uruguay for agreeing to host the United Nations Regional Courses in International Law for Africa, for Asia-Pacific and, for the first time in almost a decade, for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2014 and 2015, and also expresses its appreciation to Costa Rica for its willingness to host this regional course in 2015;

Expresses its appreciation to the African Union for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Africa, which has enabled participants to attend and participate in the Regional Course and the lectures at the African Union;

Once again encourages the Codification Division to cooperate with the African Institute of International Law, dedicated to offering higher learning and research in international law needed for the development of Africa, in the implementation of the relevant activities under the Programme of Assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to publicize the Programme of Assistance and periodically to invite Member States, universities, philanthropic foundations and other interested national and international institutions and organizations, as well as individuals, to make voluntary contributions towards the financing of the Programme or otherwise to assist in its implementation and possible expansion;

Reiterates its request to Member States and interested organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions, inter alia, for the International Law Fellowship Programme and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;

Urges, in particular, all Member States and interested organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions for the United Nations Regional Courses in International Law organized by the Codification Division as an important complement to the International Law Fellowship Programme, thus alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible to conduct the Regional Courses on a regular basis;

Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made voluntary contributions to support the Programme of Assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance in 2014 and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, to submit recommendations regarding the Programme in subsequent years;

Concludes that voluntary contributions have not proven to be an adequate method for funding activities of the Programme of Assistance specified in the report of the Secretary-General and in General Assembly resolution 67/91, in particular the United Nations Regional Courses in International Law and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law,⁵ and that, consequently, there is a need to provide more reliable funding for those activities, taking into account the conclusion of the Advisory Committee at its forty-eighth session;⁶

⁵See also paragraph 34 of resolution 67/78.

⁶A/68/521, para. 78.

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session the item entitled “United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law”.

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