A/RES/48/31 Page 3 7. Endorses the decision of the International Law Commission to include in its agenda the topics "The law and practice relating to reservations to treaties" and "State succession and its impact on the nationality of natural and legal persons", 4/ on the understanding that the final form to be given to the work on these topics shall be decided after a preliminary study is presented to the General Assembly; 8. Notes the intentions of the International Law Commission for the programme of work for the remainder of the current term of office of its members, 5/ and in this connection requests the Commission to resume at its forty-sixth session the consideration of the draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind and welcomes the Commission’s decision to endeavour to complete in 1994 the second reading of the draft articles on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses; 9. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts of the International Law Commission to improve its procedures and methods of work; 10. Requests the International Law Commission: (a) To consider thoroughly: (i) The planning of its activities and programme for the term of office of its members, bearing in mind the desirability of achieving as much progress as possible in the preparation of draft articles on specific topics; (ii) Its methods of work in all their aspects, bearing in mind that the staggering of the consideration of some topics might contribute, inter alia, to a more effective consideration of its report in the Sixth Committee; (b) To continue to pay special attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, those specific issues on which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in written form, would be of particular interest for the continuation of its work; 11. Takes note of the comments of the International Law Commission on the question of the duration of its session, as presented in its report, 6/ and expresses the view that the requirements of the work for the progressive development of international law and its codification and the magnitude and complexity of the subjects on the agenda of the Commission make it desirable that the usual duration of its sessions be maintained; 12. Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and ____________ 4/ Ibid., Supplement No. 10 (A/48/10), para. 440. 5/ Ibid., para. 424. 6/ Ibid., para. 452. /...