Action Dedicated to the 1999 Centennial of the 1st International Peace Conference and to the Closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 149 United Nations Decade of International Law and 149b Progress in the action dedicated to the 1999 centennial of the 1st International Peace Conference and to the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law, published in 1999.

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2 versions · 1998–1999

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1999	A/RES/53/99	Action dedicated to the 1999 centennial of the 1st International Peace Conference and to the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law	923	52%Compare
1998	A/RES/52/154	Action dedicated to the 1999 centennial of the 1st International Peace Conference and to the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law	785	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Anniversaries Conferences International Decades International Law Netherlands (Kingdom of The)Peace Postage Stamps Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Report Preparation Russian Federation

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13 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the progress made in the realization of the programme of action, presented by the Governments of the Netherlands and the Russian Federation,2 which aims at contributing to the further development of the themes of the first and the second International Peace Conference and could be regarded as a third international peace conference;

Encourages:

The Governments of the Russian Federation and the Netherlands to continue with the implementation of the programme of action;

All States to participate in the activities set out in the programme of action, as well as to initiate such activities and to coordinate their efforts in this respect at the global level, as well as at the regional and national levels;

All States to take appropriate measures to ensure universal participation in the activities pursuant to the programme of action, with special consideration for the participation of representatives of the least developed countries;

Encourages the competent organs, subsidiary organs, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations, including the International Court of Justice, the International Law Commission and the Secretariat, within their respective competencies, as well as other international organizations, non-governmental organizations, groups and individuals, as appropriate:

To continue to contribute to the discussions on the themes of the commemoration of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference on the basis of the preliminary reports;

To consider participating in the activities envisaged in the programme of action and contributing to work towards meaningful conclusions of the debates on the themes of the commemoration of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference;

Requests the Governments of the Netherlands and the Russian Federation to prepare reports on the outcome of the centennial celebrations at The Hague and at St. Petersburg for submission to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session, with a view to their consideration at the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure consistency between the activities of the Organization relating to the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law and those relating to the programme of action and to coordinate with the Governments of the Netherlands and the Russian Federation his efforts with regard to the closing of the Decade;

Invites the Secretary-General to consider any activities to promote the outcome of the United Nations Decade of International Law, including the possibility of the issuance by the United Nations of a set of jubilee postage stamps and postcards in commemoration of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference;

Decides to consider in the plenary meeting at its fifty-fourth session dedicated to the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law the outcome of the action dedicated to the 1999 centennial of the first International Peace Conference and to the closing of the Decade;

Decides also to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fourth session, under the item entitled “United Nations Decade of International Law”, a sub-item entitled “Outcome of the action dedicated to the 1999 centennial of the first International Peace Conference”.

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