A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/54/27 19 January 2000 Fifty-fourth session Agenda item 154 (b) RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/54/609)] 54/27. Outcome of the action dedicated to the 1999 c e ntennial of the first International Peace Conference The General Assembly, Reaffirming the commitment of the United Nations and its Member States to the adherence to and the development of international law as a basis for conducting international relations, Recognizing the historical importance of the first International Peace Conference, held at the Hague in 1899, for the rule of international law, the peaceful settlement of disputes, the development and codification of international law and the practice of multilateral diplomacy, Recalling that, in accordance with its previous resolutions,1 the centennial of the first International Peace Conference coincides with the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law and could be considered as a third international peace conference, 1 Notably resolutions 44/23, 51/157, 52/153 and 53/100. 00 24717 /...