Technical Assistance to Promote the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law

A/RES/2099(XX)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1965.

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7 documents · 1963–1967

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1967A/RES/2204(XXI)Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international lawCompare with earlier document
1966A/RES/2099(XX)Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international lawCompare with earlier document
1964A/RES/1968(XVIII)[C]Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international lawCompare with earlier document
1964A/RES/1968(XVIII)[B]Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international lawCompare with earlier document
1964A/RES/1968(XVIII)[A]Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international lawCompare with earlier document

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14 topics

Advisory Services Appointment of Members Budget Contributions Establishment Experts Fellowships Information Dissemination International Law Law Libraries Legal Literature Members Technical Cooperation Training Programmes Translation

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Expresses its appreciation to the Special Committee on Technical Assistance to Promote the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law and to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for the work accomplished in the preparation of the programme of assistance and exchange in the field of international law;

Decides to establish a programme of assistance and exchange in the field of international law consisting of:

Steps to encourage and co-ordinate existing international law programmes carried out by States and by organizations and institutions, such as those proposed by the Special Committee in part I, section A, of its report to the General Assembly;

Forms of direct assistance and exchange, such as seminars, training and refresher courses, fellowships, advisory services of experts, the provision of legal publications and libraries, and translations of major legal works;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to initiate the preparatory work for this programme in 1966 within the total level of appropriations approved for that year;

Requests the Secretary-General to publicize the above-mentioned programme and invites Member States, interested national and international institutions and organizations, and individuals to make voluntary contributions towards the financing of this programme or otherwise towards assisting in its implementation and possible expansion, in accordance with the report of the Special Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General, taking into consideration the voluntary contributions which may have been received in terms of paragraph 4 above and in consultation with the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, to make in the budget estimates for 1967 and 1968 such provisions as may be necessary to carry out the activities specified in the annex to the present resolution;

Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to participate in the implementation of the programme established in paragraph 2 above and requests the Secretary-General to reach agreement with the Director-General of that organization, subject to any necessary approval by the competent authorities of the two organizations, as to which parts of the programme are to be financed and administered by each organization;

Requests the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research to consider the ways in which international law is to be given its proper place among the activities of the Institute in the light of the report of the Special Committee and of the views expressed on the subject in the Sixth Committee;

Decides to establish an Advisory Committee on Technical Assistance to Promote the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law—composed of ten Member States to be appointed every three years by the General Assembly—which shall meet at the request either of the Secretary-General or of a majority of its members, shall advise the Secretary-General on the substantive aspects of the programmes contained in the report of the Special Committee and on the implementation of the present resolution and shall report, as appropriate, to the General Assembly; a representative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and a representative of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research shall be invited, whenever necessary, to the meetings of the Advisory Committee;

Reiterates the appeal to Member States, made in its resolution 1968 C (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, inviting them to offer foreign students fellowships in the field of international law at their universities and institutions of higher education and to consider the inclusion, in their programmes of cultural exchange, of provision for the exchange of teachers, students and experts, as well as books and other publications in that field;

Calls the attention of Member States to the existing arrangements whereby, apart from the programme mentioned in paragraph 2 above, requests may be made:

Under part V of the regular budget for assistance with respect to any international legal aspects involved in development projects, and under the human rights advisory services programme for assistance relating to the field of international law;

Under the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance for assistance in specific fields of international law related to economic, social or administrative development, provided such requests are included in country programmes in accordance with the relevant rules and procedures;

Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-first session an item entitled “Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law”;

Requests the Secretary-General to explore the possibility of including the topic “The teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law” among the subjects of technical assistance programmes and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session.

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