A/RES/58/75
Taking note of the proposals made by the Secretary-General in the proposed
programme budget for the biennium 2004–2005 with a view to strengthening the
secretariat of the Commission within the bounds of the resources available in the
Organization so as to enable it to deal with the increased workload arising, inter
alia, from the coordination of work with other organizations and growing demands
for legislative technical assistance, 2
1.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law on its thirty-sixth session;1
2.
Takes note with satisfaction of the completion and adoption by the
Commission of the Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed
Infrastructure Projects; 3
3.
Commends the Commission for its approval in principle to the draft
legislative guide on insolvency law, 4 elaborated in close cooperation with other
international organizations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary
Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the International Bar Association and the
International Federation of Insolvency Professionals, and requests that the draft
legislative guide be made available for comment to Member States, relevant
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as private sector
and regional organizations and individual experts;
Also commends the Commission for the progress made in the work on the
4.
draft legislative guide on secured transactions, on model legislative provisions on
interim measures in international commercial arbitration and on issues of electronic
contracting and transport law;
Requests the Commission and its secretariat, relying on its role as the
5.
core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade
law, to take the lead in assuring cooperation and coordination with the World Bank,
the International Monetary Fund, regional economic commissions and other
international organizations in the work on international legal texts and propose
appropriate and widely accepted international standards with due respect to the
distinct objectives of the Commission and the international financial institutions;
Reaffirms the importance, in particular for developing countries, of the
6.
work of the Commission concerned with training and legislative technical assistance
in the field of international trade law, and in this connection:
(a) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for organizing seminars
and briefing missions in Bangladesh, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Kazakhstan,
Mongolia, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation,
Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand and Viet Nam;
(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
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2
A/58/6 (Sect. 8), paras. 8.13 and 8.48.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/58/17), annex I.
4
Ibid., Supplement No. 17 (A/58/17), para. 197; see also A/CN.9/534.
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