Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Between States

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 124 Peaceful settlement of disputes between States, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1981–1990

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

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/31	Peaceful settlement of disputes between States	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/163	Peaceful settlement of disputes between States	568	74%Compare
1988	A/RES/42/150	Peaceful settlement of disputes between States	463	—
1987	A/RES/41/74	Peaceful settlement of disputes between States	—	—
1986	A/RES/40/68	Peaceful settlement of disputes between States	566	86%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Declarations Dispute Settlement International Law Codification Manuals

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Stresses the need to continue efforts to strengthen the process of the peaceful settlement of disputes through the progressive development and codification of interna tional law and through enhancing the effectiveness of the United Nations in this field;

Requests the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, during its session in 1985, to continue its work on the question of the peaceful settlement of dis putes between States and, in this context:

To continue the consideration of the proposal con tained in the above-mentioned working papers;

To examine the report of the Secretary-General on the progress of work on the draft handbook on the peaceful settlement of disputes between States;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, on the basis of the outline elaborated by the Special Committee and in the light of the views expressed in the course of the discussions in the Sixth Committee and in the Special Committee, a draft handbook on the peaceful settlement of disputes between States, and to report to the Special Committee at its session in 1985 on the progress of work, before submitting to it the draft handbook in its final form, with a view to its approval at a later stage;

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

9 A/38/440, annex.

IO See A/36/376 and Add I, A/37/476 and A/38/336 and Add. I.

11 A/38/343, annex; A/C.6/39/L.2.

15 A/39/439 and Add.1-5. 12 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Sup 16 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Sixth plement No. 33 (A/39/33), chap. III, sect. B.

Committee, 47th-49th and 63rd meetings. 13 Ibid., Ninth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/2693), para. 54.

17 See also sect. X A. decision 39/326. 14 Ibid., Thirty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/39/10).

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