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Ways and Means for Making the Evidence of Customary International Law More Readily Available

A/RES/686(VII)View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1951–1953
  • 1953A/RES/686(VII)Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily availableLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1952A/RES/602(VI)Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily availableCompare with previous version
  • 1951A/RES/487(V)Ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Customary International LawEvidencePublicationsSerial PublicationsTreaties

What does this mandate say?

4 operative paragraphs
1
Authorizes the Secretary-General to undertake, as soon as feasible, the publication of:
a
A list of treaty collections, to be compiled taking into account the suggestions made during the debate in the Sixth Committee;
b
A répertoire of the practice of the Security Council;
2
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and circulate to the governments of Member States a comparative study of the extent to which developments in the field of customary international law and selected legal activities of the United Nations can usefully be covered by an expansion of existing United Nations publications, by the launching of new special publications of limited scope and by a United Nations juridical yearbook; such study shall cover form, contents and budgetary implications.

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