A/RES/68/106. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/106
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/106

General Assembly

Distr.: General

18 December 2013

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 79

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2013

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/68/462)]

68/106. Report of the United Nations Commission on International

Trade Law on the work of its forty-sixth session

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lling

its resolu tion 2205 (XXI) of 17 Decemb er 1966, by whic h it

esta blished the U nited Nat ions C ommiss ion on Intern ationa l Trade Law with a

mand ate to furthe r the p rogres sive ha rmoniz ation a nd unif ication of the law o f

inte rnation al tra de an d in that r espect to b ear i n mind the intere sts o f all people s, in

part icular thos e of d evelop ing co untrie s, in t he ext ensive dev elopme nt of

inte rnation al trad e,

Reaf firming its belief

th at the prog ressive mode rnizati on an d har monizat ion o f

inte rnation al tra de law, in r educin g or r emovin g legal obsta cles to the flow of

inte rnation al t rade, e speciall y t hose aff ecting d evelopi ng coun tries, w ould

cont ribute s ignific antly to un iversa l econom ic coope ration a mong all St ates on a

basi s of equali ty, equity, co mmon int erest and r espect fo r the rule of l aw, to the

elim inatio n of disc rimina tion in i nternat ional trade and , th ereby, to peace, stab ility

and the we ll-bein g of al l peopl es,

Hav ing con sidered

the repor t of the Comm ission,

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Reit erating its c oncern

tha t activ ities u nderta ken by other bodies in the field o f

inte rnation al trade law wit hout adeq uate coord inatio n wi th the Commi ssion mig ht

lead to undesi rable duplic ation of e fforts and would not be in keep ing w ith t he ai m

of p romoti ng effic iency, c onsiste ncy and c oherenc e in th e unif ication an d

har monizat ion of interna tional trade l aw,

Reaffirming

th e man date of the Comm ission, as the co re le gal bo dy wi thin t he

Unit ed Natio ns system i n the field o f interna tional tr ade law, to coo rdinate legal

acti vities in t his fi eld, i n par ticular to avoid duplic ation of eff orts, includ ing a mong

orga nizatio ns formu lating r ules of i nternat ional tr ade, and to promo te effic iency,

cons istenc y and cohe rence in the moderni zation and harmo nizati on of inte rnatio nal

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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/68/17).