Review of the Multilateral Treaty-Making Process

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 120Review of the multilateral treaty-making process, published in 1982.

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4 versions · 1978–1985

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9 operative paragraphs

IX.

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth43 and thirty-sixth45 sessions, including the replies and observations made by Governments and international organizations on the review of the multilateral treaty-making process;46 2.

Decides, in the light of statements made on this item at the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, to establish at the thirty-seventh session a working group of the Sixth Committee;

To consider the questions raised in annex I of the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assei:nbly at its thirty-sixth session45 and any other relevant matenal submitted by Governments and international organizations;

To assess the methods of multilateral treaty-making used in the United Nations and in conferences convened under its auspices to determine whether the current methods of multilateral treaty-making are as efficient, economical and effective as they could be to meet the needs of the Member States;

( c) To make recommendations on the basis of the abovementioned assessment;

Invites Governments and international organizations to submit by 30 June 1982 their observations on the reports submitted by the Secretary-General, taking into account the specific questions contained in annex I of the report submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session, as well as their comments on any other aspect of the subject, as they consider desirable;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session a report containing the observations and comments received pursuant to paragraph 3 above;

Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare documentation containing the material and information listed in annex II of the report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth session, in the form of a provisional version of a volume in the Legislative Series, as well as a topical analysis of the observations and replies received, in time for use by the working group referred to in paragraph 2 above;

Funher requests the Secretary-General to prepare and publish as soon as possible new editions of the Handbook of Final Clauses41 and the Summary of the Practice of the Secretary-General as Depositary of Multilateral Agreements, 48 taking into account relevant new developments and practices in that respect;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Review of the multilateral treaty-making process''.

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