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2.
Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare an inventory of the
current activities of the various organs, bodies, offices, departments, funds and
programmes within the United Nations system devoted to the promotion of the rule
of law at the national and international levels for submission at its sixty-third
session, and to submit an interim report thereon to the General Assembly for its
consideration at its sixty-second session;
Further requests the Secretary-General, after having sought the views of
3.
Member States, to prepare and submit, at its sixty-third session, a report identifying
ways and means for strengthening and coordinating the activities listed in the
inventory to be prepared pursuant to paragraph 2 above, with special regard to the
effectiveness of assistance that may be requested by States in building capacity for
the promotion of the rule of law at the national and international levels;
Urges the Secretary-General, as a matter of priority, to submit the report
4.
on the establishment of a rule of law assistance unit within the Secretariat, in
conformity with paragraph 134 (e) of the 2005 World Summit Outcome; 1
5.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session
the item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”, and
recommends that, as from the sixty-second session and after consultations among
Member States, the Sixth Committee annually choose one or two sub-topics to
facilitate a focused discussion for the subsequent session, without prejudice to the
consideration of the item as a whole.
64th plenary meeting
4 December 2006
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See resolution 60/1.
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