A/RES/59/39 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on its thirty-seventh session;1 2. Commends the Commission for the completion and adoption of its Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law; 2 3. Also commends the Commission for the progress made in the work on a draft convention on electronic contracting, on a draft instrument on transport law, on a draft legislative guide on secured transactions and on model legislative provisions on interim measures in international commercial arbitration, and for the Commission’s decision to undertake a revision of its Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services 3 to reflect new practices, including those resulting from the increasing use of electronic communications in public procurement; 4 4. Endorses the efforts and initiatives of the Commission, as the core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, aimed at increasing coordination of and cooperation on legal activities of international and regional organizations active in the field of international trade law, and in this regard appeals to relevant international and regional organizations to coordinate their legal activities with those of the Commission, to avoid duplication of efforts and to promote efficiency, consistency and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international trade law; Reaffirms the importance, in particular for developing countries, of the 5. work of the Commission concerned with training and legislative technical assistance in the field of international trade law, and in this connection: (a) Welcomes the Commission’s initiatives towards expanding, through its secretariat, its training and legislative technical assistance programme; (b) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for organizing seminars and briefing missions in Azerbaijan, Colombia, Serbia and Montenegro, the Sudan, Thailand, Venezuela and Yemen; (c) Expresses its appreciation to the Governments whose contributions enabled the seminars and briefing missions to take place, and appeals to Governments, the relevant bodies of the United Nations system, organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Trust Fund for Symposia and, where appropriate, to the financing of special projects, and otherwise to assist the secretariat of the Commission in carrying out training and legislative technical assistance activities, in particular in developing countries; (d) Reiterates its appeal to the United Nations Development Programme and other bodies responsible for development assistance, such as the World Bank and regional development banks, as well as to Governments in their bilateral aid programmes, to support the training and legislative technical assistance programme of the Commission and to cooperate and coordinate their activities with those of the Commission; _______________ 2 Ibid., chap. III. Ibid., Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 and corrigendum (A/49/17 and Corr.1), annex I. 4 Ibid., Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/59/17), chap. VIII, paras. 81 and 82. 3 2