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Methods and Procedures of the General Assembly for Dealing with Legal and Drafting Questions

A/RES/684(VII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1953.

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Advisory OpinionsInternational CourtsInternational LawLegal AspectsLegal DraftingRecommendationsRules of Procedure

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
61
( c)
That, whenever any Committee contemplates making a recommendation for the adoption by the General :Assembly of any amendment to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the matter shall, at some appropriate stage of its consideration by that Committee, be referred to the Sixth Committee for advice on the drafting of such amendment and of any consequential 3:mendment ;
( d) That, when a Committee considers the legal aspects of a question important, the Committee should refer it for legal advice to the Sixth Committee or propose that the question should oe considered by a joint Committee of itself and the Sixth Committee;
2
Directs:
a
That the terms of the foregoing recommendations shall be embodied as an annex to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly;
· ( b)
That the said annex shall also set out, verbatim, paragraphs 19, 20, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the report of the Special Committee.
6 November 1952.

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