A/RES/75/133. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2020

• Resolution Number: A/RES/75/133
• Session: 75th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A

/RES /75/ 133

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

22 D ecember 2020

20-171 90 (E) 2 912 20

*2017190*

Seventy -fifth sessi on

Agen da item 78

Report of the Unit ed Nations C ommission o n Internatio nal

Trade Law on the work of its fifty -third sess ion

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 15 December 2020

[on th e report of the Sixth Committ ee (A/75 /424, pa ra. 7)]

75/133. Report of th e United Nat ions Commission on Internatio nal Trade

Law on the work of its f ifty-third session

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g its res olution 2 205 ( XXI) of 17 Dec ember 196 6, by whi ch it

esta blished the U nited Nation s Comm ission on In ternatio nal Trade Law w ith a

mand ate to f urther th e progr essive h armoniz ation an d unific ation of the law of

inter nationa l trade and in that respe ct to bear i n mind the i nteres ts of all p eoples, in

part icular thos e of develo ping count ries, in the ex tensive de velopme nt of intern ational

trad e,

Reaf firming its be lief t hat the progre ssive moderni zation and har monizat ion of

inter nationa l trade law, in reduci ng or r emoving lega l obst acles t o the f low of

inter nationa l trade, especial ly thos e affecti ng devel oping co untries, would contribu te

signi ficantl y to uni versal econo mic coo peration among all Sta tes on a bas is of

equa lity, equit y, c ommon i nterest a nd respec t for the rule of la w, to the eliminat ion of

discr iminati on i n in ternatio nal trade and, ther eby, t o pe ace, stabili ty a nd t he well-

bein g of all peoples ,

Havi ng consi dered th e repor t of the Commis sion,

1

Reit erating its conc ern tha t activi ties und ertaken by othe r bodie s in the field of

inter nationa l tr ade law without ade quate coord ination wit h th e C ommissi on m ight

lead to undesi rable du plicatio n of effor ts and wo uld not b e in keep ing with t he aim of

prom oting effi ciency, con sistency a nd cohere nce in the u nificatio n and harm onizati on

of in ternatio nal trad e law,

Reaffirm ing the m andate of the Commi ssion, as the core legal body w ithin t he

Unit ed Nations sy stem in the fie ld of interna tional trad e law, to coordin ate legal

__________________

1

Officia l Reco rds of t he Gen eral As sembly, Sevent y-fif th Sess ion, Su ppleme nt No. 17 ( A/75 /17).