Publication of the documents of the International Law Commission

UN General Assembly, Publication of the documents of the International Law Commission, A/RES/987, UN General Assembly, 3 December 1955, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1955/en/10287 [accessed 22 January 2025]
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X. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE
987. Publication of the documents of the International Law Commission

The General Assembly, Recalling the terms of its resolution 176 (11) of 21 November 1947, Considering paragraph 35 of the report[1]1f the International Law Commission on the work of its seventh session and the study[2] prepared by the Secretary-General in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 686 (VII) of 5 December 1952 concerning ways and means for making the evidence of customary international law more readily available,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to arrange as soon as possible for the printing of the following documents relating to the first seven sessions of the International Law Commission:

(a) The studies, special reports, principal draft resolutions and amendments presented to the Commission, in their original languages.

(b) The summary records of the Commission, initially in English;

2. Requests the Secretary-General also to arrange for the printing each year, in English, French and Spanish, of the documents mentioned in the preceding paragraph relating to future sessions of the Commission;

3. Invites the International Law Commission to express its views for the guidance of the Secretary-General with respect to the selection and editing of the documents to be printed and, if necessary in its opinion, to resubmit to the General Assembly the question of the printing of the documents of the Commission.

550th plenary meeting,
3 December 1955.
[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Tenth Session, Supplement No. 9 (A/2934). [2] Ibid., Tenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 50, document A/C.6/348.
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