Agenda item 83
Sixty-fourth session
The rule of law at the national and international levels (agenda item 83)
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Authority: resolution 63/128
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Summary of work
Background (source: A/64/100)
This item was included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, in 2006, at the request of Liechtenstein and Mexico (A/61/142).
The Assembly considered the item at its sixty-first and sixty-second sessions (resolutions 61/39 and 62/70).
At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in particular the work of the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, with special regard to the improvement of the coordination, coherence and effectiveness of rule of law activities; invited the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Law Commission to continue to comment, in their respective reports to the General Assembly, on their current roles in promoting the rule of law; invited the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit to interact with Member States, in particular in informal briefings; and invited Member States to focus their comments in the Sixth Committee debate at the sixty-fourth session on the sub-topic “Promoting the rule of law at the international level” (resolution 63/128).
Consideration at the sixty-fourth session
Forthcoming
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
Forthcoming