A/RES/76/111. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2021

• Year: 2021
• Resolution Number: A/RES/76/111
• Session: 76th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /76/ 111

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

17 D ecember 2021

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Seventy -sixth sess ion

Agen da item 82

Report of the Inter national La w Commission on the work

of its seventy-sec ond session

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 9 December 2021

[on th e report of the Sixt h Commit tee (A/76 /473, pa ra. 12)]

76/111. Report of t he International Law Commissi on on the work of its

seventy -second ses sion

The General Assembly ,

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

of it s sevent y-seco nd sessi on,

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Emph asiz ing the im portanc e of furthe ring the p rogress ive develo pment an d

codi fication of inte rnationa l law a s a mean s of im plementi ng the purp oses and

prin ciples set forth in the Charter of the United Nati ons and i n the Dec laration on

Princ iples of Inte rnationa l Law con cerning Frien dly Re lations and Coope ration

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

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Reco gniz ing the des irabilit y of referr ing legal an d draftin g question s to the Sixt h

Comm ittee, inc luding top ics th at mi ght be subm itted to the In ternatio nal La w

Comm ission for close r ex aminati on, and of en abling the Sixt h Co mmittee and the

Comm ission to enhance f urther th eir contr ibution to the pro gressive develop ment and

codi fication of inter nationa l law,

Reca llin g the n eed to kee p under rev iew thos e topics of internat ional law which,

give n their n ew or r enewed interest for the interna tional c ommunit y, may be suitabl e

for the p rogress ive d evelopm ent an d codi fication of interna tional law a nd the refore

may b e in cluded in the futu re p rogramm e of work of th e In ternatio nal Law

Comm issi on,

Reca lling als o the rol e of Memb er States in submit ting prop osals fo r new topi cs

for t he cons ideratio n of th e Inter national Law Co mmissio n, and n oting i n this r egard

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1

Offic ial Re cords o f the General Assem bly, Sev enty- sixth S ession , Suppl ement No. 10 (A/76 /10).

2

Reso lution 2625 ( XXV), annex .