A/RES/69/119. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Year: 2014
• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/119
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/119

General Assembly Distr.: General

18 December 2014

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 78

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2014

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/69/498)]

69/119. Expulsion of aliens

The General Assembly

,

Having considered

chapter IV of the report of the International Law

Commission on the work of its sixty-sixth session,

1

which contains the draft articles

on the expulsion of aliens,

Noting

that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the

General Assembly (

a

) to take note of the draft articles on the expulsion of aliens in a

resolution, to annex the articles to the resolution, and to encourage their widest

possible dissemination; and (

b

) to consider, at a later stage, the elaboration of a

convention on the basis of the draft articles,

2

Emphasizing

the continuing importance of the codification and progressive

development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (

a

), of the

Charter of the United Nations,

Noting

that the subject of the expulsion of aliens is of major importance in the

relations of States,

Taking note

of the comments of Governments and the discussion in the Sixth

Committee at the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly on the subject,

3

1.

Wel co me s

the conclusion of the work of the International Law

Commission on the expulsion of aliens and its adoption of the draft articles and a

detailed commentary on the subject;

4

2.

Expresses its appreciation

to the International Law Commission for its

continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of

international law;

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1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/69/10).

2 Ibid., para. 42.

3 See A/C.6/69/SR.19–22, 24 and 27.

4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/69/10), chap. IV,

sect. E.