Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (35th sess. : 1980-1981)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    15 December 1980
UN General Assembly (35th sess. : 1980-1981), Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses., A/RES/35/161, UN General Assembly, 15 December 1980, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1980/en/9556 [accessed 22 January 2025]
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35. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED O THE REPORTS OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE
161. Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 33/139 of 19 December 1978 relating to the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirtieth session, in particular section 11 of the resolution, Having considered the item entitled "Consideration of the draft articles on most- favoured-nation clauses", including the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 33/139,[1] Bearing in mind the importance of facilitating international trade and development of economic cooperation among all States on the basis of equality, mutual advantage and non-discrimination in the establishment of the new international economic order, Aware of the fact that more replies from States and interested intergovernmental agencies are needed,

1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary -General;

2. Requests the Secretary- General to reiterate his invitation to Member States, organs of the United Nations which have competence in the subject-matter and interested intergovernmental organizations to submit or bring up to date, not later than 30 June 1991, their written comments and observations on chapter 11 of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirtieth session[2] and, in particular, on:

(a) The draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses adopted by the Commission;

(b) Those provisions relating to such clauses on which the Commission was unable to take decisions; and also requests States to comment on the recommendation of the Commission that those draft articles should be recommended to Member States with a view to the conclusion of a convention on the subject;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate, before the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, the comments and observations submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 above;

4. Further requests the Secretary-General to bring up to date, in view of the comments and observations mentioned in paragraph 2 above, the analytical compilation of comments and observations from Governments, organs of the United Nations which have competence in the subject-matter and interested intergovernmental organizations;

5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled "Consideration of the draft articles on most-favoured-nation clauses" and to consider it at an early stage.

95th plenary meeting
15 December 1980
[1] A/35/203 and Add. 1-3. [2]3 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/33/10).
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