United Nations
A/RES/63/120
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2009
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 74
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2008
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/63/438)]
63/120. Reports of the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law on the work of its resumed
fortieth and its forty-first sessions
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it
established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with a
mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of
international trade and in that respect to bear in mind the interests of all peoples, in
particular those of developing countries, in the extensive development of
international trade,
Reaffirming its belief that the progressive modernization and harmonization of
international trade law, in reducing or removing legal obstacles to the flow of
international trade, especially those affecting the developing countries, would
contribute significantly to universal economic cooperation among all States on a
basis of equality, equity, common interest and respect for the rule of law, to the
elimination of discrimination in international trade and, thereby, to peace, stability
and the well-being of all peoples,
Having considered the reports of the Commission on the work of its resumed
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Reiterating its concern that activities undertaken by other bodies in the field of
international trade law without adequate coordination with the Commission might
lead to undesirable duplication of efforts and would not be in keeping with the aim
of promoting efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and
harmonization of international trade law,
Reaffirming the mandate of the Commission, as the core legal body within the
United Nations system in the field of international trade law, to coordinate legal
activities in this field, in particular to avoid duplication of efforts, including among
organizations formulating rules of international trade, and to promote efficiency,
consistency and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international
trade law, and to continue, through its secretariat, to maintain close cooperation with
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/62/17), part two.
Ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 17 and corrigendum (A/63/17 and Corr.1).