A/RES/55/4
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 November 2000
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 22
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.12 and Add.1)]
55/4.
Cooperation between the United Nations and the AsianAfrican Legal Consultative Committee
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/38 of 18 November 1981, 37/8 of 29 October
1982, 38/37 of 5 December 1983, 39/47 of 10 December 1984, 40/60 of 9 December
1985, 41/5 of 17 October 1986, 43/1 of 17 October 1988, 45/4 of 16 October 1990,
47/6 of 21 October 1992, 49/8 of 25 October 1994, 51/11 of 4 November 1996 and
53/14 of 29 October 1998,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on cooperation between
the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, 1
Having heard the statement made by the Secretary-General of the AsianAfrican Legal Consultative Committee on the steps taken by the Consultative
Committee to ensure continuing, close and effective cooperation between the two
organizations, 2
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;1
2.
Notes with satisfaction the continuing efforts of the Asian-African Legal
Consultative Committee towards strengthening the role of the United Nations and its
various organs, including the International Court of Justice, through programmes
and initiatives undertaken by the Consultative Committee;
3.
Also notes with satisfaction the commendable progress achieved towards
enhancing cooperation between the United Nations and the Consultative Committee
in wider areas;
4.
Notes with appreciation the decision of the Consultative Committee to
participate actively in the programmes of the United Nations Decade of International
Law and programmes on environment and sustainable development, as well as in the
United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of
the International Criminal Court;
1
A/55/221.
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Plenary Meetings, 39th meeting
(A/55/PV.39), and corrigendum.
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