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UNITED
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General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/51/160
30 January 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 146
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/51/626)]
51/160.
Report of the International Law Commission
on the work of its forty-eighth session
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the International Law Commission on the
work of its forty-eighth session,1
Emphasizing the importance of furthering the progressive development of
international law and its codification as a means of implementing the purposes
and principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations
and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United
Nations,2
Emphasizing also the role of the International Law Commission in the
fulfilment of the objectives of the United Nations Decade of International
Law,
Recognizing the desirability of referring legal and drafting questions
to the Sixth Committee, including topics that might be submitted to the
International Law Commission for closer examination, and of enabling the Sixth
Committee and the Commission further to enhance their contribution to the
progressive development of international law and its codification,
Recalling the need to keep under review those topics of international
law which, given their new or renewed interest for the international
community, may be suitable for the progressive development and codification of
international law and therefore may be included in the future programme of
work of the International Law Commission,
1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-first Session,
Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (A/51/10 and Corr.1).
2
Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.
97-76345
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