Sixth Committee (Legal) — 76th session
Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework (Agenda item 88)
Draft resolution A/C.6/76/L.19 was adopted without a vote at the 29th meeting on 18 November 2021. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 88.
- Authority: resolution 75/144
Documentation
- A/75/136 — Report of the Secretary-General "Review of the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations"
- A/C.6/76/L.19 — Draft resolution
Summary of work
Background (source: A/76/100)
At its seventieth session, under the agenda item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”, the General Assembly invited the Secretary-General to review the regulations giving effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations and to submit the result of that review to the Sixth Committee for consideration (resolution 70/118). Accordingly, the Secretary-General presented the review in his report on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities (A/71/169).
At its seventy-first session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to further elaborate on a review of the regulations giving effect to Article 102 of the Charter, taking into account recent developments, and to prepare a report on the registration and publication of treaties and international agreements pursuant to Article 102 of the Charter, to be submitted well in advance of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly (resolution 71/148).
At its seventy-second session, the Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Review of the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations” (A/72/86) and stressed that the regulations should be useful and relevant to Member States (resolution 72/119).
In a letter dated 7 June 2018 addressed to the Secretary-General (A/73/141), the Permanent Representatives of Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Italy and Singapore to the United Nations requested the inclusion of a new item entitled “Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework” in the provisional agenda of the seventy-third session.
At its seventy-third session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide, at its seventy-fifth session, a report, following broad consultations with Member States, with information on practice and possible options to review the regulations, taking into account outstanding issues identified by Member States, and decided to include the item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session (resolution 73/210).
At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by 29 delegations (see A/C.6/75/SR.6, 7 and 19). The Assembly decided to defer consideration of proposals to further amend the regulations to give effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations to the seventy-sixth session of the Assembly (resolution 75/144).
Consideration at the seventy-sixth session
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
9th meeting (15 October 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
10th meeting (15 October 2021, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
29th meeting (18 November 2021, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
