A/RES/71/140. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2016

• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/140
• Year: 2016
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/140

General Assembly

Distr.: General

19 December 2016

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 78

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2016

[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/71/509)]

71/140 . Report of the Inte rnational La w Commission on the work

of its sixty-eighth sessio n

The General Assembly ,

Havi ng consi dered the report o f the Inte rnation al Law Co mmissio n on the

work of its sixty-eig hth sess ion,

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Emph asiz ing t he import ance of f urthering the prog ressive d evelopme nt and

codi fication of inte rnationa l law a s a mea ns of i mplement ing the purpos es and

princ iples set forth in the Charter of the United Nat ions and in t he De claratio n o n

Princ iples of Inte rnationa l Law c oncernin g Frie ndly R elations and Coo peration

amon g State s in acco rdance with the Charte r of the United Nations,

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Reco gniz ing th e desirab ility of ref erring le gal and dra fting ques tions to th e

Sixt h Comm ittee, includ ing to pics th at mig ht be submi tted t o th e Inte rnationa l Law

Comm ission for clos er e xaminati on, and of e nabling the Sixt h Co mmitte e an d th e

Comm ission to enh ance furth er their cont ribution to th e progress ive develo pment

and codifica tion of internat ional la w,

Reca lling the need to keep un der rev iew tho se topi cs of int ernation al law

whic h, give n thei r new or re newed interest for t he int ernation al com munity, may be

suita ble for the progress ive develop ment and codifi cation of interna tional law and

ther efore ma y be in cluded in the future p rogramm e of work o f the In ternatio nal Law

Comm issi on,

Reca lling als o the ro le of Me mber Sta tes in sub mitting proposa ls for ne w

topi cs for the con siderati on of t he Int ernation al Law Commis sion, a nd noti ng in t his

rega rd the recom mendati on of the C ommissi on tha t such pro posals be ac compani ed

by a stateme nt of re asons,

Reaf firmi ng the imp ortance for the suc cessful wor k of the Int ernatio nal Law

Comm ission of the in formati on pro vided by M ember States conce rning their views

and practice ,

Reco gniz ing the impo rtance of t he wor k of t he speci al rapp orteurs of the

Inter nationa l Law Co mmissio n,

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1

Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/71/10).

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Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.