Sixth Committee (Legal) — 79th session
United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (Agenda item 78)
Draft resolution? was adopted without a vote at the 38th meeting on 22 November 2024. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 78.
- Authority:
Documentation
- — Report of the Secretary General
- — Draft resolution
Summary of work
Background (source: )
At its twentieth session, under the item entitled “Technical assistance to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law”, the General Assembly established a programme of assistance and exchange in the field of international law as well as an Advisory Committee on Technical Assistance to Promote the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, the members of which are appointed by the Assembly, to assist the Secretary-General in the performance of the functions entrusted to him by the Assembly (resolution ). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its twenty-first session, and decided that the programme established under resolution would be known as the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, and accordingly the Advisory Committee set up under that resolution would be known as the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (resolution ).
The Assembly had the item entitled “United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law” on its agenda and authorized the continuation of the Programme annually at its twenty-second to twenty-sixth sessions, biennially until its sixty-fourth session and annually thereafter (resolutions , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and ).
At its seventy-eighth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by the Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, the Secretary of the Advisory Committee, a representative of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs and 43 delegations (see and ). The Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to carry out the activities specified in his report on the item in 2024 and requested the Secretary-General to continue to include resources for the activities of the Programme of Assistance under the proposed programme budget for 2025 and to further expand such activities using voluntary contributions. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-ninth session on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance in 2024 and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, to submit recommendations regarding the Programme in subsequent years (resolution ).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
(1 November 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
(1 November 2024, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
(22 November 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee:
- GA resolution: 79/120
