Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

 

Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations

  The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 31/9 of 8 November 1976, in which it invited Member States to examine further the draft World Treaty on the Non-Use of Force in International Relations as well as other proposals made during the consideration of the item, Recalling also its resolution 32/150 of 19 December 1977, by which it established the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations, Recalling, in particular, its resolutions 33/96 of 16 December 1978, 34/13 of 9 November 1979, 35/50 of 4 December 1980, 36/31 of 13 November 1981, 37/105 of 16 December 1982, 38/133 of 19 December 1983 and 39/81 of 13 December 1984, in which it decided that the Special Committee should continue its work, Taking note of the statements made by the Chairmen of the Special Committee at its sessions in 1983, 1984, and 1985, based on the informal working paper presented by the Chairman of the Special Committee at its session in 1982, Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the work of the session it held in 1985, Taking into account that the Special Committee has not completed the mandate entrusted to it, Reaffirming the need for effectiveness in the universal application of the principle of non-use of force in international relations and for assistance by the United Nations in this endeavour, Taking into account the suggestions of States made during the consideration of the report of the Special Committee on the preparation at the present stage of a declaration on the non-use of force in international relations,

1. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations;

2. Decides that the Special Committee shall continue its work with the goal of drafting a world treaty on the non-use of force in international relations and, at the earliest possible date, as an intermediate stage, a declaration on the non-use of force in international relations, as well as the peaceful settlement of disputes or such other recommendations as the Committee deems appropriate;

3. Invites the Special Committee, in drafting the declaration, to take into consideration the results of work done in the preparation of the working paper containing the main elements of the principle of non-use of force in international relations, as well as the suggestions submitted to it and the efforts undertaken at its previous sessions;

4. Invites Governments to communicate their comments or suggestions on the question considered by the Special Committee;

5. Requests the Special Committee to be mindful of the importance of reaching general agreement whenever it has significance for the outcome of its work;

6. Decides that the Special Committee shall accept the participation of observers of Member States, including participation in the meetings of its working group;

7. Requests the Special Committee to concentrate its work in the framework of its working group;

8. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the necessary facilities and services;

9. Invites the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its forty-first session, containing, inter alia, the concrete results achieved through the discussion of the elements referred to in paragraph 3 above;

10. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations"..