A/RES/56/79 keeping with the aim of promoting efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law, as stated in its resolution 37/106 of 16 December 1982, Stressing the importance of the further development of case law on United Nations Commission on International Trade Law texts in promoting the uniform application of the legal texts of the Commission and its value for government officials, practitioners and academics, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-fourth session;1 2. Takes note with satisfaction of the completion and adoption by the Commission of the draft Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade 2 and of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Electronic Signatures; 3 3. Takes note of the progress made in the work of the Commission on arbitration and insolvency law and of its decision to commence work on electronic contracting, privately financed infrastructure projects, security interests and transport law, and expresses its appreciation to the Commission for its decision to adjust its working methods in order to accommodate its increased workload without endangering the high quality of its work; 4. Expresses its appreciation to the secretariat of the Commission for the publication and distribution of the Legislative Guide on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects, 4 calls upon the secretariat to ensure, in a joint effort with intergovernmental organizations such as the regional commissions of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, organizations of the World Bank Group and regional development banks, wide dissemination of the Legislative Guide, and invites States to give favourable consideration to its provisions when revising or adopting legislation in that area; 5. Appeals to Governments that have not yet done so to reply to the questionnaire circulated by the Secretariat in relation to the legal regime governing the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and, in particular, to the legislative implementation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York on 10 June 1958; 5 6. Invites States to nominate persons to work with the private foundation established to encourage assistance to the Commission from the private sector; 7. Reaffirms the mandate of the Commission, as the core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, to coordinate legal activities in this field and, in this connection: (a) Calls upon all bodies of the United Nations system and invites other international organizations to bear in mind the mandate of the Commission and the need to avoid duplication of effort and to promote efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law; _______________ 2 Ibid., annex I. Ibid., annex II. 4 United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.V.4. 5 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 330, No. 4739. 3 2