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United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law

A/RES/52/152No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 145United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

40 versions · 1968–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/163
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What subjects does this mandate have?

21 topics
BudgetBudget ContributionsFellowshipsFinancial AssistanceGuidelinesInformation DisseminationInternational DecadesInternational LawInternetLaw LibrariesLaw of the SeaLegal ResearchParticipantsProgramme ImplementationProgrammes of ActionPublicationsRecommendationsScholarshipsSubsistence AllowanceTraining Programmes

What does this mandate say?

21 operative paragraphs
1
Approves the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III of the report of the Secretary-General1 and adopted by the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, in particular those designed to achieve the best possible results in the administration of the Programme within a policy of maximum financial restraint;
2
Also approves the establishment of the United Nations Audiovisual Library in International Law as proposed by the Secretary-General in paragraph 89 and the annex to his report;
3
Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out in 1998 and 1999 the activities specified in his report, including the provision of:
a
A number of international law fellowships in both 1998 and 1999, to be determined in the light of the overall resources for the Programme and to be awarded at the request of Governments of developing countries;
b
A minimum of one scholarship in both 1998 and 1999 under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, subject to the availability of new voluntary contributions made specifically to the fellowship fund;
c
Subject to the overall resources for the Programme, assistance in the form of a travel grant for one participant from each developing country, who would be invited to possible regional courses to be organized in 1998 and 1999;
and to finance the above activities from provisions in the regular budget, when appropriate, as well as from voluntary financial contributions earmarked for each of the activities concerned, which would be received as a result of the requests set out in paragraphs 14 to 16 below;
4
Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his constructive efforts to promote training and assistance in international law within the framework of the Programme in 1996 and 1997, in particular for the organization of the thirty-second and thirty-third sessions of the International Law Seminar, held at Geneva in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and for the activities of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat related to the fellowship programme in international law and to the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, carried out, respectively, through its Codification Division and its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea;
5
Requests the Secretary-General to consider the possibility of admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such participation;
6
Also requests the Secretary-General to consider the relative advantages of using available resources and voluntary contributions for regional, subregional or national courses, as against courses organized within the United Nations system;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary resources to the programme budget for the Programme for the next and the future bienniums with a view to maintaining the effectiveness of the Programme;
8
Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations Juridical Yearbook, as well as efforts made to place on the Internet the Treaty Series and other legal information;
9
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research for its participation in the Programme through the activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
10
Also expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for its participation in the Programme through the activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
11
Further expresses its appreciation to the Hague Academy of International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the Programme which has enabled candidates under the fellowship programme in international law to attend and participate in the Programme in conjunction with the Academy courses;
12
Notes with appreciation the contributions of the Hague Academy of International Law to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law, and calls upon Member States and interested organizations to give favourable consideration to the appeal of the Academy for a continuation of support and a possible increase in their financial contributions, to enable the Academy to carry out its activities, particularly those relating to the summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations;
13
Urges all States and relevant international organizations, whether regional or universal, to make all possible efforts to implement the goals and carry out the activities contemplated in section IV of the programme of activities for the final term (1997-1999) of the United Nations Decade of International Law, dealing with the encouragement of the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law and contained in the annex to resolution 51/157;
14
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to publicize the Programme and periodically to invite Member States, universities, philanthropic foundations and other interested national and international institutions and organizations, as well as individuals, to make voluntary contributions towards the financing of the Programme or otherwise to assist in its implementation and possible expansion;
15
Reiterates its request to Member States and to interested organizations and individuals to make voluntary contributions, inter alia, for the International Law Seminar, the fellowship programme in international law, the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea and the United Nations Audiovisual Library in International Law, and expresses its appreciation to those Member States, institutions and individuals which have made voluntary contributions for this purpose;
16
Urges in particular all Governments to make voluntary contributions for the organization of regional refresher courses in international law by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, especially with a view to covering the amount needed for the financing of the daily subsistence allowance for up to twenty-five participants in each regional course, thus alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible for the Institute to continue to organize the regional courses;
17
Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the Programme during 1998 and 1999 and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the Programme, to submit recommendations regarding the execution of the Programme in subsequent years;
18
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session the item entitled "United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law".

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