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Consideration of the Draft Articles on Most-Favoured-Nation Clauses

A/RES/35/161No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 103Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses, published in 1981.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1981–1986
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/65
  • 1986A/RES/40/65Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clausesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1984A/RES/38/127Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clausesCompare with previous version
  • 1982A/RES/36/111Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clausesCompare with previous version
  • 1981A/RES/35/161Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
Most-Favoured-Nation ClauseTreaties

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General:
2
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:
a
The draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses adopted by the Commission:
b
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:
4
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:
5
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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