Report of the International Law Commission

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 125Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 34th session, published in 1983.

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22 versions · 1964–1988

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Cooperation Between Organizations Documents Limitation International Law International Law Codification International Organizations Meeting Records

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Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-fourth session;

Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for the work accomplished at that session and, in particular, for having completed the final reading of the draft articles on the law of treaties between States and international organizations or between international organizations;

Recommends that, taking into account the comments of Governments, whether in writing or expressed orally in debates in the General Assembly, the International Law Commission should continue its work aimed at the prepa ration of drafts on all the topics in its current programme;

Expresses its satisfaction with the conclusions and intention of the International Law Commission concerning its procedures and methods of work, as reflected in para graphs 266 and 270 of its report;

Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the in creased role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and approves the conclusions reached by the International Law Commission4<> concerning summary records of its meetings and the application to its documentation of the thirty-two-page limit, as well as the request made by the Commission in paragraph 272 of its report;

Appeals to Governments and, as appropriate, to in ternational organizations to respond as fully and expedi tiously as possible to the requests of the International Law Commission for comments and observations on its draft articles and questionnaires and for materials on topics on its programme of work;

Reaffirms its wish that the International Law Com mission will continue to enhance its co-operation with in tergovernmental legal bodies whose work is of interest for the progressive development of international law and its codification;

Expresses the wish that seminars will continue to be held in conjunction with sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants from developing countries will be given the opportunity to attend those seminars;

Requests the Secretary-General to forward to the In ternational Law Commission, for its attention, the records of the debate on the report of the Commission at the thirty seventh session of the General Assembly and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate.

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