A/RES/57/21. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2002

• Resolution Number: A/RES/57/21
• Year: 2002
• Session: 57th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/57/21

General Assembly Distr.: General

21 January 2003

Fifty-seventh session

Agenda item 156

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/57/563)]

57/21. Report of the International Law Commission on the work

of its fifty-fourth session

The General Assembly

,

Having considered

the report of the International Law Commission on the

work of its fifty-fourth session,

1

Emphasizing

the importance of furthering the codification and progressive

development of international law as a means of implementing the purposes and

principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on

Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation

among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,

2

Recognizing

the desirability of referring legal and drafting questions to the

Sixth Committee, including topics that might be submitted to the International Law

Commission for closer examination, and of enabling the Sixth Committee and the

Commission to enhance further their contribution to the progressive development of

international law and its codification,

Wish ing

to enhance further the interaction between the Sixth Committee as a

body of governmental representatives and the International Law Commission as a

body of independent legal experts, with a view to improving the dialogue between

the two organs,

Recalling

the need to keep under review those topics of international law which,

given their new or renewed interest for the international community, may be suitable for

the progressive development and codification of international law and therefore may be

included in the future programme of work of the International Law Commission,

Welcoming

the holding of the International Law Seminar, and noting with

appreciation the voluntary contributions made to the United Nations Trust Fund for

the International Law Seminar,

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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum

(A/57/10 and Corr.1).

2 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.