A/RES/65/26. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2010

• Year: 2010
• Resolution Number: A/RES/65/26
• Session: 65th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/65/26

General Assembly Distr.: General

10 January 2011

Sixty-fifth session

Agenda item 79

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2010

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/65/467)]

65/26. Report of the International Law Commission on the work

of its sixty-second session

The General Assembly

,

Having considered

the report of the International Law Commission on the

work of its sixty-second session,

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Emphasizing

the importance of furthering the progressive development and

codification 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,

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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

and codification of international law,

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,

Reaffirming

the importance for the successful work of the International Law

Commission of the information provided by Member States concerning their views

and practice,

Recognizing

the importance of the work of the special rapporteurs of the

International Law Commission,

Recalling

the role of Member States in submitting proposals for the

consideration of the International Law Commission,

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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/65/10).

2 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.