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11. Encourages Member States to consider being represented at the level of
legal adviser during the first week in which the report of the International Law
Commission is discussed in the Sixth Committee to enable high-level discussions on
issues of international law, and decides that the week shall henceforth be known as
“International Law Week”;
12. Requests the International Law Commission to continue to pay special
attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, any specific issues on
which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in
written form, would be of particular interest in providing effective guidance for the
Commission in its further work;
13. Takes note of paragraphs 449 to 455 of the report of the International
Law Commission with regard to cooperation with other bodies, and encourages the
Commission to continue the implementation of article 16, paragraph (e), and
article 26, paragraphs 1 and 2, of its statute in order to further strengthen
cooperation between the Commission and other bodies concerned with international
law, having in mind the usefulness of such cooperation;
14. Notes that consulting with national organizations and individual experts
concerned with international law may assist Governments in considering whether to
make comments and observations on drafts submitted by the International Law
Commission and in formulating their comments and observations;
15. Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the indispensable role of the
Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat in providing
assistance to the International Law Commission;
16. Approves the conclusions reached by the International Law Commission
in paragraphs 440 to 443 of its report regarding documentation of the Commission,
and reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the summary records of the
International Law Commission; 3
17. Expresses the hope that the International Law Seminar will continue to
be held in connection with the sessions of the International Law Commission and
that an increasing number of participants, in particular from developing countries,
will be given the opportunity to attend the Seminar, and appeals to States to
continue to make urgently needed voluntary contributions to the United Nations
Trust Fund for the International Law Seminar;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the International Law Seminar
with adequate services, including interpretation, as required, and encourages him to
continue considering ways to improve the structure and content of the Seminar;
19. Also requests the Secretary-General to forward to the International Law
Commission, for its attention, the records of the debate on the report of the
Commission at the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, together with such
written statements as delegations may circulate in conjunction with their oral
statements, and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate, following
established practice;
20. Requests the Secretariat to circulate to States, as soon as possible after
the conclusion of the session of the International Law Commission, chapter II of its
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See resolutions 32/151, para. 10, and 37/111, para. 5, and all subsequent resolutions on the annual reports
of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly.
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