A/RES/48/32 Page 2 Mindful of the valuable contribution being rendered by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law within the framework of the United Nations Decade of International Law, Having considered also the report of the Secretary-General, 2/ Concerned about the continuing relatively low incidence of expert representation from developing countries at sessions of the Commission and particularly of its working groups during recent years, due in part to inadequate resources to finance the travel of such experts, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its twenty-sixth session; 1/ 2. Welcomes the ongoing work of the Commission and appreciates the many proposals on possible future work made during the Congress on International Trade Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, held in New York from 18 to 22 May 1992, and, in this connection: Welcomes the decision of the Commission to request its secretariat (a) to commence work in preparation of guidelines for pre-hearing conferences in arbitral proceedings; (b) Also welcomes the decision of the Commission to continue considering the other proposals made during the Congress as part of its future programme of work; 3. Reaffirms 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 order to avoid duplication of effort and to promote efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law and, in this connection, recommends that the Commission, through its secretariat, continue to maintain close cooperation with the other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, including regional organizations, active in the field of international trade law; 4. Also reaffirms the importance, in particular for developing countries, of the work of the Commission concerned with training and assistance in the field of international trade law and the desirability for it to sponsor seminars and symposia to provide such training and assistance, and, in this connection: (a) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for organizing seminars at Bangkok; Jakarta; Lahore, Pakistan; Colombo; Dhaka; Kiev; Warsaw; and Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, and for assisting the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council with its initiative to promote harmonization of international trade law in the Asia-Pacific region, and to the Governments whose contributions enabled the seminars to take place; __________ 2/ A/48/296. /...