A/RES/51/157. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1996

• Resolution Number: A/RES/51/157
• Year: 1996
• Session: 51st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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A/RES/51/157

30 January 1997

Fifty-first session

Agenda item 145

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/51/625)]

51/157. United Nations Decade of International Law

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 44/23 of 17 November 1989, by which it declared

the period 1990-1999 the United Nations Decade of International Law,

Recalling also that the main purposes of the Decade, according to

resolution 44/23, should be, inter alia:

(a)To promote acceptance of and respect for the principles of

international law;

(b)To promote means and methods for the peaceful settlement of

disputes between States, including resort to and full respect for the

International Court of Justice;

(c)To encourage the progressive development of international law and

its codification;

(d)To encourage the teaching, study, dissemination and wider

appreciation of international law,

Recalling further its resolution 49/50 of 9 December 1994, to which was

annexed the programme for the activities for the third term (1995-1996) of the

Decade,

Expressing its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report

submitted pursuant to resolution 50/44 of 11 December 1995,1

Having considered the above-mentioned report,

1 A/51/278 and Add.1.

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