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(b) Recommends that the Commission, through its secretariat, continue to
maintain close cooperation with the other international organs and organizations,
including regional organizations, active in the field of international trade law;
8.
Also reaffirms the importance, in particular for developing countries, of
the work of the Commission concerned with training and technical assistance in the
field of international trade law, such as assistance in the preparation of national
legislation based on legal texts of the Commission;
9.
Expresses the desirability of increased efforts by the Commission, in
sponsoring seminars and symposia, to provide such training and technical
assistance, and in this connection:
(a) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for organizing seminars
and briefing missions in Belarus, Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, the
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Lithuania, Peru, the Republic of Korea,
Tunisia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan;
(b) 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 financing and organizing seminars and symposia,
in particular in developing countries, and in the award of fellowships to candidates
from developing countries to enable them to participate in such seminars and
symposia;
10. Appeals to the United Nations Development Programme and other bodies
responsible for development assistance, such as the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, as well as to Governments in their bilateral aid programmes, to
support the training and technical assistance programme of the Commission and to
cooperate and coordinate their activities with those of the Commission;
11. Appeals to Governments, the relevant bodies of the United Nations
system, organizations, institutions and individuals, in order to ensure full
participation by all Member States in the sessions of the Commission and its
working groups, to make voluntary contributions to the trust fund established to
provide travel assistance to developing countries that are members of the
Commission, at their request and in consultation with the Secretary-General;
12. Decides, in order to ensure full participation by all Member States in the
sessions of the Commission and its working groups, to continue, in the competent
Main Committee during the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, its
consideration of granting travel assistance to the least developed countries that are
members of the Commission, at their request and in consultation with the SecretaryGeneral;
13. Reiterates, in view of the increased work programme of the Commission,
its request to the Secretary-General to strengthen the secretariat of the Commission
within the bounds of the resources available in the Organization so as to ensure and
enhance the effective implementation of the programme of the Commission;
14. Requests the Secretary-General to adjust the terms of reference of the
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Trust Fund for Symposia so
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