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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/51/158
30 January 1997
Fifty-first session
Agenda item 145
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/51/625)]
51/158.
Electronic treaty database
The General Assembly,
Conscious of the obligations resulting from Article 102 of the Charter
of the United Nations and the importance of treaties in the development of
international law and the international legal order,
Noting that the recent expansion of the membership of the Organization,
combined with an increase in international treaty-making activity, has led to
the growth in the volume of work carried out by the Treaty Section of the
Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and contributed to the accumulation
of unpublished treaties,
Recognizing, consistent with the obligation contained in Article 102 of
the Charter, the importance of the expeditious processing, registration and
publication of treaties and treaty-related actions,
Welcoming the range of measures already taken by the Treaty Section to
expedite the publication of the United Nations Treaty Series and to provide
electronic access to the publication Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the
Secretary-General through the Internet,
Desirous that all efforts are made to ensure that the Treaty Section
develops a comprehensive electronic database containing all treaty depositary
and registration information,
Noting the steps taken by the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on
Informatics established by the Economic and Social Council to harmonize and
improve United Nations information systems for optimal utilization and
accessibility by all Member States,
Noting also that the existing and proposed Internet access to United
Nations treaty publications is and will be in addition to the hard-copy
printed versions of such publications,
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