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its report, including in particular on the draft articles and commentaries on the law
of transboundary aquifers; 4
6.
Invites Governments to provide to the International Law Commission, as
requested in chapter III of its report, 5 information on legislation and practice
regarding the topic “The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut
judicare)”;
7.
Takes note of the decision of the International Law Commission to
include five topics 6 in its long-term programme of work;
8.
Invites the International Law Commission to continue taking measures to
enhance its efficiency and productivity and to consider making proposals to that
end;
Encourages the International Law Commission to continue taking cost9.
saving measures at its future sessions without prejudice to the efficiency of its work;
10. Takes note of paragraph 270 of the report of the International Law
Commission, and decides that the next session of the Commission shall be held at
the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 May to 8 June and from 9 July to
10 August 2007;
11. Welcomes the enhanced dialogue between the International Law
Commission and the Sixth Committee at the sixty-first session of the General
Assembly, stresses the desirability of further enhancing the dialogue between the
two bodies, and in this context encourages, inter alia, the continued practice of
informal consultations in the form of discussions between the members of the Sixth
Committee and the members of the Commission attending the sixty-second session
of the Assembly;
12. Encourages delegations, during the debate on the report of the
International Law Commission, to adhere as far as possible to the structured work
programme agreed to by the Sixth Committee and to consider presenting concise
and focused statements;
13. Encourages Member States to consider being represented at the level of
legal adviser during the first week in which the report of the International Law
Commission is discussed in the Sixth Committee (International Law Week) to
enable high-level discussions on issues of international law;
14. Requests the International Law Commission to continue to pay special
attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, any specific issues on
which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in
written form, would be of particular interest in providing effective guidance for the
Commission in its further work;
15. Takes note of paragraphs 271 to 274 of the report of the International
Law Commission with regard to cooperation with other bodies, and encourages the
Commission to continue the implementation of article 16, paragraph (e), and
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4
Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/61/10), paras. 75 and
76.
5
Ibid., paras. 26–33.
6
Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction; Jurisdictional immunity of international
organizations; Protection of persons in the event of disasters; Protection of personal data in the transborder
flow of information; and Extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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