A/RES/52/153 Page 2 under the aegis of the United Nations which have codified the law of treaties, and recalling also the impact of the Convention on the practice of treaties concluded between States and international organizations or between international organizations, Recalling also that at the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly the Sixth Committee established the Working Group on the United Nations Decade of International Law with a view to preparing generally acceptable recommendations on the programme of activities for the Decade, Noting that at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly the Sixth Committee reconvened the Working Group to continue its work in accordance with resolution 51/157 and all previous resolutions on the question, Having considered the oral report of the Chairman of the Working Group to the Sixth Committee,3 1. Expresses its appreciation for the work done on the United Nations Decade of International Law at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly, and requests the Working Group of the Sixth Committee to continue its work at the fifty-third session in accordance with its mandate and methods of work; 2. Also expresses its appreciation to States and international organizations and institutions that have undertaken activities, including sponsoring conferences on various subjects of international law, in implementation of the programme for the activities for the final term (1997-1999) of the Decade; 3. Invites all States and international organizations and institutions referred to in the programme to provide, update or supplement information on activities they have undertaken in implementation of the programme, as appropriate, to the Secretary-General for inclusion in the report requested in paragraph 8 of resolution 51/157; 4. Encourages States to disseminate at the national level, as appropriate, information contained in the note submitted by the Secretary-General;1 5. Also encourages States to consider ratifying or acceding to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations,2 international organizations that have signed the Convention to deposit an act of formal confirmation of the Convention and other international organizations entitled to do so to accede to it at an early date; 6. Encourages States parties and international organizations or agencies, including depositaries, in order to facilitate further implementation of the obligation laid down in Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations to provide, where available, a copy of the text of any treaty in disk or other electronic format and to consider providing where available translations in English or French or both as may be needed, for the purpose of assisting with the timely publication of the United Nations Treaty Series; 7. Invites the Secretary-General to apply the provisions of article 12, paragraph 2, of the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations4 to multilateral treaties falling within the terms of article 12, paragraph 2 (a) to (c) of the regulations; 8. Encourages the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat to continue in its efforts to facilitate access to information concerning United Nations activities in the field of international law and to bring up to date the publication of the United Nations Juridical Yearbook; 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Sixth Committee, 30th meeting (A/C.6/52/SR.30), and corrigendum. 4 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 859. /...