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3.
Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his
constructive efforts to promote training and assistance in international law
within the framework of the Programme in 1994 and 1995, in particular for the
organization of the thirtieth 2/ and thirty-first 3/ sessions of the
International Law Seminar, held at Geneva from 24 May to 10 June 1994 and from
22 May to 9 June 1995, respectively, and for the activities of the Office of
Legal Affairs of the Secretariat related to the fellowship programme in
international law and to the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship
on the Law of the Sea, carried out, respectively, through its Codification
Division and its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea;
4.
Requests the Secretary-General to consider the possibility of
admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme of
Assistance, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such
participation;
5.
Also requests the Secretary-General to consider the relative
advantages of using available resources and voluntary contributions for
regional, subregional or national courses, as against courses organized within
the United Nations system;
6.
Invites interested States to consider the option of financing the
translation and publication of the Judgments of the International Court of
Justice;
7.
Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to
bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations
Juridical Yearbook;
8.
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Institute for
Training and Research for its participation in the Programme through the
activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
9.
Also expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization for its participation in the Programme
through the activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
10.
Further expresses its appreciation to the Hague Academy of
International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the
Programme which has enabled candidates under the international law fellowship
programme to attend and participate in the Programme in conjunction with the
Academy courses;
11.
Notes with appreciation the contributions of the Hague Academy of
International Law to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation
of international law, and calls on Member States and interested organizations
to give favourable consideration to the appeal of the Academy for a
continuation of support and a possible increase in their financial
contributions, to enable the Academy to carry out its activities, particularly
those relating to the summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the
2/
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session,
Supplement No. 10 (A/49/10), chap. VI, sect. G.
3/
sect. E.
Ibid., Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/50/10), chap. VII,
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