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

A/RES/2698(XXV)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1971.

What other versions does this mandate have?

40 versions · 1968–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/163
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iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics
Budget ContributionsExpertsFellowshipsInformation DisseminationInternational LawInternational Trade LawLegal LiteratureReporting ProceduresTraining ProgrammesTravel Costs

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
1
Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out in 1971 the activities specified in his report, including the provision of:
a
Fifteen fellowships at the request of Governments of developing countries;
b
Current United Nations legal publications to institutions in developing countries which have previously received United Nations legal publications under the present Programme and to other institutions in developing countries for which requests for such publications are made by the Member States concerned;
2
Further authorizes the Secretary-General to provide assistance in the form of a travel grant for one participant from each developing country invited to the regional symposium to be held in Africa and to the regional training course to be organized in Latin America;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote training and assistance in international trade law within the framework of the Programme, in order to meet the need, particularly on the part of developing countries, for strengthening legal expertise in this field;
4
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for its participation in the Programme, especially as regards its efforts to develop the teaching of international law;
5
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research for its participation in the Programme, particularly in the organization of regional symposia and training courses and in the con-
• General Aanmbly-Twenty-fifth Sea1ion duct of the fellowship programme in international law sponsored jointly by the United Nations and the Institute;
6
Notes with thanks the offer of the Government of Ghana to provide facilities for the regional symposium to be held in Africa in 1971 ;
7
Reiterates its request to Member States and interested bodies and individuals to make voluntary contributions towards the financing of the Programme and expresses its appreciation to those Member States which have made voluntary contributions for this purpose;
8
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-sixth session on the implementation of the Programme during 1971 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 execution of the Programme in 1972 and subsequent years;
9
Decides to include in the provisional a$enda of its twenty-sixth session an item entitled "Umted Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law".
11 December 1970.

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