A/RES/62/64. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2007

• Year: 2007
• Resolution Number: A/RES/62/64
• Session: 62nd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/62/64

General Assembly Distr.: General

8 January 2008

Sixty-second session

Agenda item 81

07-46761

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2007

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/62/449)]

62/64. Report of the United Nations Commission on International

Trade Law on the work of its fortieth session

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it

established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with a

mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of

international trade and in that respect to bear in mind the interests of all peoples, in

particular those of developing countries, in the extensive development of

international trade,

Reaffirmin

g

its belief

that the progressive modernization and harmonization of

international trade law, in reducing or removing legal obstacles to the flow of

international trade, especially those affecting the developing countries, would

contribute significantly to universal economic cooperation among all States on a

basis of equality, equity, common interest and respect for the rule of law, to the

elimination of discrimination in international trade and, thereby, to peace, stability

and the well-being of all peoples,

Having considered

the report of the Commission on the work of the first part

of its fortieth session,

1

Reiterating its concern

that activities undertaken by other bodies in the field of

international trade law without adequate coordination with the Commission might

lead to undesirable duplication of efforts and would not be in keeping with the aim

of promoting efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and

harmonization of international trade law,

Reaffirming

the mandate of the Commission, as the core legal body within the

United Nations system in the field of international trade law, to coordinate legal

activities in this field, in particular to avoid duplication of efforts, including among

organizations formulating rules of international trade, and to promote efficiency,

consistency and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international

trade law, and to continue, through its secretariat, to maintain close cooperation with

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1 A/62/17 (Part I). For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session,

Supplement No. 17.