A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/100 20 January 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 149 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/53/630)] 53/100. United Nations Decade of International Law The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 44/23 of 17 November 1989, by which it declared the period 1990–1999 the United Nations Decade of International Law, Noting the conclusion of the United Nations Decade of International Law in 1999, Recalling that the main purposes of the Decade, according to resolution 44/23, should be, inter alia: (a) To promote acceptance of and respect for the principles of international law, (b) To promote means and methods for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States, including resort to and full respect for the International Court of Justice, (c) To encourage the progressive development of international law and its codification, (d) To encourage the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law, Recalling also its resolution 51/157 of 16 December 1996, to which was annexed the programme for the activities for the final term (1997–1999) of the Decade, its resolution 51/158 of 16 December 1996, entitled “Electronic treaty database”, and its resolution 52/153 of 15 December 1997, 99-76219 /...