Sixth Committee (Legal) — 76th session
Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session (Agenda item 82)
Draft resolutions A/C.6/76/L.13, A/C.6/76/L.15 and A/C.6/76/L.16 were adopted without a vote at the 29th meeting on 18 November 2021. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 82.
Documentation
- 2021 ILC Report
- A/C.6/76/L.16 — Draft resolution "Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session"
- A/C.6/76/L.15 — Draft resolution "Protection of the atmosphere"
- A/C.6/76/L.13 — Draft resolution "Provisional application of treaties"
Summary of work
Background (source: A/76/100)
At its second session, the General Assembly, under the agenda item entitled “Establishment of an International Law Commission”, resolved to establish the International Law Commission, with a view to giving effect to Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations and with the objective of promoting the progressive development of international law and its codification (resolution 174 (II)). The statute of the Commission, annexed to resolution 174 (II) (subsequently amended in resolutions 485 (V), 984 (X), 985 (X) and 36/39), provides that the Commission should submit reports to the Assembly.
At its fourth session, the Assembly adopted the resolution entitled “Approval of part I of the report of the International Law Commission covering its first session” (resolution 373 (IV)). The Assembly had the item entitled “Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its … session” on its agenda at its sixth, seventh and twelfth to eighteenth sessions and has had the item on its agenda annually since its twentieth session (resolutions 601 (VI), 683 (VII), 1185 (XII), 1290 (XIII), 1399 (XIV), 1504 (XV), 1686 (XVI), 1765 (XVII), 1902 (XVIII), 2045 (XX), 2167 (XXI), 2272 (XXII), 2400 (XXIII), 2501 (XXIV), 2634 (XXV), 2780 (XXVI), 2926 (XXVII), 3071 (XXVIII), 3315 (XXIX), 3495 (XXX), 31/97, 32/151, 33/139, 34/141, 35/163, 36/113, 36/114, 37/111, 37/112, 38/138, 39/85, 40/75, 41/81, 42/156, 43/169, 44/35, 44/36, 45/41, 46/54, 46/55, 47/33, 48/31, 49/51 to 49/53, 50/45, 51/160, 52/156, 53/102, 54/111, 54/112, 55/152, 56/82, 56/83, 57/21, 58/77, 59/41, 60/22, 61/34 to 61/36, 62/66, 63/123, 63/124, 64/114, 65/26, 66/98 to 66/100, 67/92, 68/111, 68/112, 69/118, 69/119, 70/236, 71/140, 71/141, 72/116, 73/202, 73/203, 73/265, 74/186 and 75/135 and decision 74/545).
At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item entitled “Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session” to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by 25 delegations (see A/C.6/75/SR.13 and 19). The Assembly decided that the postponed seventy-second session of the International Law Commission would be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 26 April to 4 June and from 5 July to 6 August 2021. The Assembly recommended that the debate on the report of the Commission at the seventy-sixth session of the Assembly commence on 25 October 2021 (resolution 75/135).
Consideration at the seventy-sixth session
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
16th meeting (25 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
17th meeting (26 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
18th meeting (27 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
19th meeting (28 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
20th meeting (29 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
21st meeting (29 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
22nd meeting (1 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
23rd meeting (2 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
24th meeting (3 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
25th meeting (3 November 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
29th meeting (18 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
