A/RES/68/112. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/112
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/112

General Assembly

Distr.: General

18 December 2013

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 81

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2013

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/68/464)]

68/112. Report of the International Law Commission on the work

of its sixty-fifth session

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Hav ing con sidered

the rep ort of th e Inter nationa l Law C ommiss ion on t he

work of its sixty- fifth s ession,

1

Emphasizing

the i mporta nce of fu rtherin g the pro gressi ve devel opment and

codi ficatio n of i nternat ional l aw as a me ans of imple mentin g the p urpose s and

prin ciples set fort h in the Cha rter of the United Nat ions and in the Declar ation on

Prin ciples of Inter nation al La w con cerning Frie ndly Rela tions and Coop eration

amon g State s in ac cordan ce with the C harter of the United Nation s,

2

Reco gnizing

the de sirabil ity of ref erring l egal and d rafting questio ns to the

Sixt h Com mittee , incl uding topic s that migh t be submi tted to the Inte rnation al La w

Com mission fo r cl oser exami nation , an d o f en abling the Six th Commit tee and the

Com mission t o enhance f urther the ir contri bution to th e progre ssive deve lopme nt

and codific ation of inte rnation al law,

Reca lling

the need t o keep under revi ew tho se topi cs of i nternat ional l aw

whic h, gi ven th eir ne w or renew ed int erest for t he int ernatio nal co mmuni ty, may be

suit able for the prog ressive dev elopme nt and codifi cation of inter nation al l aw a nd

ther efore may be includ ed in the fut ure pr ogramm e of w ork of the In ternati onal L aw

Com mission ,

Reca lling a lso

the role of Mem ber Sta tes in s ubmitti ng prop osals f or new

topi cs for the c onsider ation of the Inter nationa l Law Commi ssion, and n oting in this

rega rd th e reco mmend ation of th e Co mmissio n tha t such prop osals be a ccompa nied

by a state ment of reason s,

Reaffirming

the impor tance for the su ccessfu l w ork of the Inter nationa l L aw

Com mission of the infor mation provi ded b y M ember State s con cerning thei r vi ews

and practic e,

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1

Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/68/10).

2

Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.