A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/156 26 January 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 147 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/52/648)] 52/156. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session,1 Emphasizing the importance of furthering the progressive development of international law and its codification as a means of implementing the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,2 Emphasizing also the role of the International Law Commission in the fulfilment of the objectives of the United Nations Decade of International Law, Recognizing the desirability of referring legal and drafting questions to the Sixth Committee, including topics that might be submitted to the International Law Commission for closer examination, and of enabling the Sixth Committee and the Commission further to enhance their contribution to the progressive development of international law and its codification, Recalling the need to keep under review those topics of international law which, given their new or renewed interest for the international community, may be suitable for the progressive development and 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-second Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/52/10). 2 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex. 98-76231 /...