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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/50
17 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 136
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/49/737)]
49/50.
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,
Recalling also that the main purposes of the Decade, according to
resolution 44/23, should be, inter alia:
To promote acceptance of and respect for the principles of
(a)
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 further its resolution 47/32 of 25 November 1992, to which was
annexed the programme for the activities for the second term (1993-1994) of
the Decade,
Expressing its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report 1/
submitted pursuant to resolution 48/30 of 9 December 1993,
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1/
95-76759
A/49/323 and Add.1 and 2.
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