Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 119Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 15th session, published in 1983.

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18 versions · 1969–1987

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6 topics

Financing Inter-Agency Cooperation International Economic Relations International Trade Law Participants Training Programmes

What does this mandate say?

16 operative paragraphs

IX.

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifteenth session;

Commends the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the progress made in its work and for its efforts to enhance the efficiency of its working methods;

Calls upon the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, in particular its Working Group on the New International Economic Order, to continue to take account of the relevant provisions of the resolutions concerning the new international economic order, as adopted by the General Assembly at its sixth and seventh special sessions;

Takes note with appreciation of the completion by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, through its Working Group on the New International Economic Order, of the examination of studies related to clauses in contracts for the supply and construction of large industrial works, preparatory to the commencement of work on drafting a legal guide identifying the legal issues involved in such contracts and suggesting possible solutions to assist parties, in particular from developing countries, in their negotiations; 20 5.

Notes that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law has adopted a provision for a universal unit of account for expressing monetary amounts in international transport and liability conventions and two alternative provisions for adjustment of the limits of liability in such conventions;2 1 6.

Notes with appreciation that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law has approved recommended guidelines for arbitral institutions and other relevant bodies to assist them in adopting procedures for acting as appointing authority or for providing administrative services in cases to be conducted under the Commission's Arbitration Rules; 22 7.

Reaffirms the mandate of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law as the core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law to co-ordinate legal activities in this field in order to avoid duplication of efforts and to promote efficiency,

20 Ibid .. paras. 90-97.

21 Ibid .. para. 63; see also resolution 37/107.

22 Ibid .. paras. 74-85. consistency and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law, and, in this connection:

Recommends that the Commission should continue to maintain close co-operation with the other international organs and organizations active in the field of international trade law, in particular the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Law Commission, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Commission on Transnational Corporations;

Reaffirms the importance of the participation of ob- (b) servers from all States and interested international organizations at sessions of the Commission and its Working Groups;

Reaffirms the importance of bringing into effect the conventions emanating from the work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the global unification and harmonization of international trade law;

Reaffirms also the importance, in particular for the developing countries, of the work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law concerned with training and assistance in the field of international trade law and the desirability for the Commission to sponsor symposia and seminars, in particular those organized on a regional basis, to promote training and assistance in the field of international trade law, and, in this connection:

Welcomes the decision of the Commission to continue to explore various possibilities of collaborating with other organizations and institutions in the organization of regional seminars and also to use those occasions for the promotion of legal texts emanating from its work;

Expresses its appreciation to those States that have made financial contributions to be used towards the financing of symposia and seminars and of other aspects of the training and assistance programme of the Commission;

Expresses its appreciation to those Governments and institutions that are arranging seminars or symposia in the field of international trade law, and endorses the request of the Commission that its secretariat be supplied with copies of papers or proceedings in connection with these seminars or symposia in order to assist in the further planning of regional seminars;

Invites Governments, relevant United Nations organs, organizations, institutions and individuals to assist the secretariat of the Commission in financing and organizing symposia and seminars;

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Recommends that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law should continue its work on the topics included in its programme of work;

I I . Reaffirms the importance of the programme of work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;

Reaffirms also the importance of the increasing role of the International Trade Law Branch of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat as the substantive secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in assisting in the implementation of the work programme of the Commission;

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

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