The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling paragraph 17 of its resolution 48/29 of 9 December 1993,
paragraph 1 of section IV of the annex to its resolution 47/32 of 25 November
1992 and paragraph 1 of section IV of the annex to its resolution 49/50 of 9
December 1994,
 
     Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on
the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the
Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law and
the guidelines and recommendations on future implementation of the Programme
within the framework of the United Nations Decade of International Law, which
were adopted by the Advisory Committee on the Programme and are contained in
section III of that report,
 
     Bearing in mind that the encouragement of the teaching, study,
dissemination and wider appreciation of international law is one of the main
objectives of the United Nations Decade of International Law, as declared in
its resolution 44/23 of 17 November 1989 and further reaffirmed and expanded
in section IV of the programme for the activities for the first term
(1990-1992), the second term (1993-1994) and the third term (1995-1996)
annexed to resolutions 45/40 of 28 November 1990, 47/32, and 49/50,
 
     Considering that international law should occupy an appropriate place in
the teaching of legal disciplines at all universities,
 
     Noting with appreciation the efforts made by States at the bilateral
level to provide assistance in the teaching and study of international law,
 
     Convinced, nevertheless, that States and international organizations and
institutions should be encouraged to give further support to the Programme and
increase their activities to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and
wider appreciation of international law, in particular those activities which
are of special benefit to persons from developing countries,
 
     Reaffirming its resolutions 2464 (XXIII) of 20 December 1968, 2550 (XXIV)
of 12 December 1969, 2838 (XXVI) of 18 December 1971, 3106 (XXVIII) of 12
December 1973, 3502 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, 32/146 of 16 December 1977,
36/108 of 10 December 1981 and 38/129 of 19 December 1983, in which it stated
or recalled that in the conduct of the Programme it was desirable to use as
far as possible the resources and facilities made available by Member States,
international organizations and others, as well as its resolutions 34/144 of
17 December 1979, 40/66 of 11 December 1985, 42/148 of 7 December 1987, 44/28
of 4 December 1989, 46/50 of 9 December 1991 and 48/29, in which, in addition,
it expressed or reaffirmed the hope that, in appointing lecturers for the
seminars to be held within the framework of the fellowship programme in
international law, account would be taken of the need to secure representation
of major legal systems and balance among various geographical regions,
 
     1. Approves the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III
of the report of the Secretary-General and adopted by the Advisory Committee
on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study,
Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, in particular those
designed to achieve the best possible results in the administration of the
Programme within a policy of maximum financial restraint;
 
     2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out in 1996 and 1997 the
activities specified in his report, including the provision of:
 
     (a)  A number of international law fellowships in both 1996 and 1997, to
be determined in the light of the overall resources for the Programme and to
be awarded at the request of Governments of developing countries;
 
     (b)  A minimum of one scholarship in both 1996 and 1997 under the
Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea,
subject to the availability of new voluntary contributions made specifically
to the fellowship fund;
 
     (c)  Subject to the overall resources for the Programme, assistance in
the form of a travel grant for one participant from each developing country,
who would be invited to possible regional courses to be organized in 1996 and
1997; and to finance the above activities from provisions in the regular
budget, when appropriate, as well as from voluntary financial contributions
earmarked for each of the activities concerned, which would be received as a
result of the requests set out in paragraphs 13, 14 and 15 below;
 
     3. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his
constructive efforts to promote training and assistance in international law
within the framework of the Programme in 1994 and 1995, in particular for the
organization of the thirtieth and thirty-first sessions of the International
Law Seminar, held at Geneva from 24 May to 10 June 1994 and from 22 May to 9
June 1995, respectively, and for the activities of the Office of Legal Affairs
of the Secretariat related to the fellowship programme in international law
and to the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the
Sea, carried out, respectively, through its Codification Division and its
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea;
 
     4. Requests the Secretary-General to consider the possibility of
admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme of
Assistance, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such
participation;
 
     5. Also requests the Secretary-General to consider the relative
advantages of using available resources and voluntary contributions for
regional, subregional or national courses, as against courses organized within
the United Nations system;
 
     6. Invites interested States to consider the option of financing the
translation and publication of the Judgments of the International Court of
Justice; 
 
     7. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to
bring up to date the United Nations Treaty Series and the United Nations
Juridical Yearbook;
 
     8. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Institute for
Training and Research for its participation in the Programme through the
activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
 
     9. Also expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization for its participation in the Programme
through the activities described in the report of the Secretary-General;
 
     10.  Further expresses its appreciation to the Hague Academy of
International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the
Programme which has enabled candidates under the international law fellowship
programme to attend and participate in the Programme in conjunction with the
Academy courses;
 
     11.  Notes with appreciation the contributions of the Hague Academy of
International Law to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation
of international law, and calls on Member States and interested organizations
to give favourable consideration to the appeal of the Academy for a
continuation of support and a possible increase in their financial
contributions, to enable the Academy to carry out its activities, particularly
those relating to the summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the
Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International
Relations;
 
     12.  Urges all States and relevant international organizations, whether
regional or universal, to make all possible efforts to implement the goals and
carry out the activities contemplated in section IV of the programme of
activities for the third term (1995-1996) of the United Nations Decade of
International Law, dealing with the encouragement of the teaching, study,
dissemination and wider appreciation of international law and contained in the
annex to its resolution 49/50;
 
     13.  Requests the Secretary-General to continue to publicize the
Programme and periodically to invite Member States, universities,
philanthropic foundations and other interested national and international
institutions and organizations, as well as individuals, to make voluntary
contributions towards the financing of the Programme or otherwise to assist in
its implementation and possible expansion;
 
     14.  Reiterates its request to Member States and to interested
organizations and individuals to make voluntary contributions, inter alia, for
the International Law Seminar, for the fellowship programme in international
law and for the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of
the Sea, and expresses its appreciation to those Member States, institutions
and individuals which have made voluntary contributions for this purpose;
 
     15.  Urges in particular all Governments to make voluntary contributions
for the organization of regional refresher courses in international law by the
United Nations Institute for Training and Research, especially with a view to
covering the amount needed for the financing of the daily subsistence
allowance for up to twenty-five participants in each regional course, thus
alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible
for the Institute to continue to organize the regional courses;
 
     16.  Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at
its fifty-second session on the implementation of the Programme during 1996
and 1997 and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the
United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination
and Wider Appreciation of International Law, to submit recommendations
regarding the execution of the Programme in subsequent years;
 
     17.  Decides to appoint twenty-five Member States, six from Africa, five
from Asia, three from Eastern Europe, five from Latin America and the
Caribbean and six from Western Europe and other States, as members of the
Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the
Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law,
for a period of four years beginning on 1 January 1996;
 
     18.  Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "United Nations Programme of Assistance in the
Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law".