Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Between States

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 51Peaceful settlement of disputes between States, published in 1981.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1981–1990

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/31

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What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics

Declarations Dispute Settlement

What does this mandate say?

25 operative paragraphs

Recommends that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law should:

Continue its work on the topics included in its (a) programme of work;

Continue its work on training and ~ssistance in the field of international trade law, taking into account the special interests of the developing countries;

Maintain close collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Law Commission and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and continue to collaborate with international organizations active in the field of international trade law:

Continue to maintain liaison with the Commission on Transnational Corporations with regard to th_e consideration of legal problems that would be susceptible of action by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law:

I 0.

Expresses its apprec{atio_n to all States which have offered to make contnbut1ons to the holding at Vienna in 1981 of the second symposium on international trade law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the occasion of the fourteenth session of the Commission;

Appeals to other States and to organizations_, institutions and individuals to make similar contributions so that the number of participants in the second symposium from developing countries might be increased:

Reaffirms the importance of the legal work that is being undertaken by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and of the increased role of the International Trade Law Branch of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat as the substantive secretariat of the Commission and, in this connexion:

Recognizes the relevance of summary records for the legislative history of United Nations treaties. conventions and other texts of a legal character and emphasizes the advisability of continuing the prac_tice of drawing up complete summary records for meetmgs of the Commission that are devoted to the preparation of draft conventions or other legal instruments:

Requests the Secretary-General to earmark, out of the funds allocated to the common library of the Vienna International Centre, such an amount as is necessary for the maintenance of the law library of the Commission and for the acquisition of materials that are required in the context of the programme of work of the Commission;

Appeals to Governments to contribute to the \aw library of the Commission at Vienna legal matenals which are relevant to the work of the Co1Pmission. including official journals, gazettes and legislative texts:

Further appeals to Governments to provide _the secretariat of the Commission with relevant matenals pertaining to arbitration procedure so that it can complete its work on a model law on arbitral procedure:

Requests the Secretary-General to forward to the United Nations Commission on lnternat1onal Trade Law the records of the discussion at the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly relating to the report of the Commission on the work of its thirteenth session.

8 I st plenary meeting

4 December 1980

Recommends the use of the Conciliation Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in cases where a dispute arises in the context of international commercial relations and the parties seek an amicable settlement of that dispute by recourse to conciliation:

Requests the Secretary-General to arrange for the widest possible distribution of the Conciliation Rules.

8 I st plenary meeting

4 December 1980

JS/ 160.

Peaceful settlement of disputes between States

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Calls again upon all States to adhere strictly in their international relations to the principle that States shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered:

Considers that the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes should represent one of the central concerns for States and that, to this end, the efforts for examining and further developing the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States and the means of consolidating its full observance by all States in their international relations should be continued:

Considers also that the elaboration, as soon as possible, of a declaration of the General Assembly on the peaceful settlement of international disputes is likely to contribute to the strengthening of the role and the efficiency of the United Nations in pn:venting conflicts and settling them peacefully:

Requests the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization to continue the elaboration of the draft Manila declaration on the peaceful settlement of international disputes with a view to submitting it for

further consideration to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session;

Refers to the Special Committee the report of its Working Group on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, 1x as well as the views expressed at the current session of the General Assembly on the contents of the declaration;

Expresses the hope that the States which have not yet transmitted to the Secretary-General their opinions on that matter will do so as soon as possible in order to contribute, in this way also, to the elaboration of the declaration;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Peaceful settlement of disputes between States".

35/161. Consideration of the draft articles on mostfavoured-nation clauses

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General:

Requests the Secretary-General to reiterate his invitation to Member States, organs of the United Nations which have competence in the subject-matter and interested intergovernmental organizations to submit or bring up to date. not later than 30 June 198 I, their written comments and observations on chapter II of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirtieth session 211 and, in particular, on:

The draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses adopted by the Commission:

Those provisions relating to such clauses on which the Commission was unable to take decisions:

and also requests States to comment on the recommendation of the Commission that those draft articles should be recommended to Member States with a view to the conclusion of a convention on the subject:

Requests the Secretary-General to circulate, be- 3. fore the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, the comments and observations submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 above:

Further requests the Secretary-General to bring up to date, in view of the comments and observations mentioned in paragraph 2 above, the analytical compilation of comments and observations from Governments, organs of the United Nations which have competence in the subject-matter and interested intergovernmental organizations:

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses" and to consider it at an early stage.

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Review of the multilateral treaty-making process

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