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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/53/101
20 January 1999
Fifty-third session
Agenda item 149
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/53/630)]
53/101. Principles and guidelines for international negotiations
The General Assembly,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the provisions of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly
Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations1 and of the Manila
Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes,2
Taking into account the objectives of the United Nations Decade of International Law,
Considering that international negotiations constitute a flexible and effective means for, among other things,
the peaceful settlement of disputes among States and for the creation of new international norms of conduct,
Bearing in mind that in their negotiations States should be guided by the relevant principles and rules of
international law,
Conscious of the existence of different means of peaceful settlement of disputes, as enshrined in the Charter
and recognized by international law, and reaffirming, in this context, the right of free choice of those means,
1
Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
2
Resolution 37/10, annex.
99-76225
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