Ways and Means for Making the Evidence of Customary International Law More Readily Available

A/RES/686(VII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1951–1953

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1953	A/RES/686(VII)	Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available	226	20%Compare
1952	A/RES/602(VI)	Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available	157	11%Compare
1951	A/RES/487(V)	Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available	179	–

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Security Council affairs	26

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Subprogramme 3	Security Council affairs	26	—

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?

5 subjects

Customary International Law Evidence Publications Serial Publications Treaties

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

as soon as feasible, the publication ot :

A list of treaty collections, to be compiled

taking into account the suggestions made during the debate in the Sixth Committee ;

( b) A repertoire of the practice of the Security Council;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and circulate to the governments of Member States a comparative study of the extent to which developments in the field of customary international law and selected legal activities of the United Nations can usefully be covered by an expansion of existing United Nations publications, by the launching of new special publications of limited scope and by a United Nations juridical yearbook; such study shall cover form, contents and budgetary implications.

5 December 1952.

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