Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law

XVII. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORT OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE
1816. Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law

The General Assembly, Considering that lasting solutions to the grave problems that confront humanity can be achieved only by understanding, mutual co-operation, and strengthening of international law and its application in the relations among nations, Recalling its resolution 176 (II) of 21 November 1947 by which it requested the Governments of Member States to take appropriate measures to extend the teaching of international law in all its phases, including its development and codification, in universities and institutions of higher education, Desirous of ascertaining what additional means and resources could profitably be employed in the accomplishment of the objectives of resolution 176 (II), Desirous of ensuring that these measures are also designed to promote the dissemination and thorough knowledge of international law, over and above its teaching in universities and institutions of higher education, Confident that such measures would contribute to the progressive development of international law and to friendly relations and co-operation among States,

1. Urges Member States to undertake broad programmes of training, including seminars, grants and exchanges of teachers, students and fellows, as well as exchanges of publications in the field of international law;

2. Requests the Secretary-General, together with the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and in consultation with Member States, to study ways in which Members could be aided, through the United Nations system and other channels, in establishing and developing such programmes, including in this context the possibility of proclaiming a United Nations Decade of International Law dedicated to the dissemination of international law, and to report on the results of such study to the General Assembly at its eighteenth session;

3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighteenth session an item entitled "Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law: report of the Secretary-General with a view to the strengthening of the practical application of international law".

1196th plenary meeting,
18 December 1962.