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11. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in conformity with the
General Assembly resolutions on documentation-related matters, 9 which, in
particular, emphasize that any reduction in the length of documents should not
adversely affect either the quality of the presentation or the substance of the
documents, to bear in mind the particular characteristics of the mandate and work of
the Commission in implementing page limits with respect to the documentation of
the Commission;
12. Requests the Secretary-General to continue providing summary records
of the meetings of the Commission relating to the formulation of normative texts;
13. Recalls its resolution approving the establishment of the Yearbook of the
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, with the aim of making the
work of the Commission more widely known and readily available, 10 expresses its
concern regarding the timeliness of the publication of the Yearbook, and requests the
Secretary-General to explore options to facilitate the timely publication of the Yearbook;
14. Stresses the importance of bringing into effect the conventions emanating
from the work of the Commission for the global unification and harmonization of
international trade law, and to this end urges States that have not yet done so to
consider signing, ratifying or acceding to those conventions;
15. Welcomes the preparation of digests of case law relating to the texts of
the Commission, such as a digest of case law relating to the United Nations
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 11 and a digest of case
law relating to the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of the
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law,3 with the aim of assisting
in dissemination of information on those texts and promoting their use, enactment
and uniform interpretation;
16. Welcomes also the decision of the Commission to hold, in the context of
its fortieth session in 2007, a congress on international trade law in Vienna, with a
view to reviewing the results of the past work of the Commission as well as related
work of other organizations active in the field of international trade law, assessing
current work programmes and considering topics and areas for future work, and
acknowledges the importance of holding such a congress for the coordination and
promotion of activities aimed at the modernization and harmonization of
international trade law;
17. Recalls its resolutions affirming the importance of high-quality, userfriendly and cost-effective United Nations websites and the need for their multilingual
development, maintenance and enrichment, 12 commends the restructured website of
the Commission in the six official languages of the United Nations, and welcomes
the continuous efforts of the Commission to maintain and improve its website in
accordance with the applicable guidelines.
64th plenary meeting
4 December 2006
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9
Resolutions 52/214, sect. B, 57/283 B, sect. III, and 58/250, sect. III.
Resolution 2502 (XXIV), para. 7.
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United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1489, No. 25567.
12
Resolutions 52/214, sect. C, para. 3; 55/222, sect. III, para. 12; 56/64 B, sect. X; 57/130 B, sect. X;
58/101 B, sect. V, paras. 61–76; 59/126 B, sect. V, paras. 76–95; and 60/109 B, sect. IV, paras. 66–80.
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