Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (Provisional agenda item 81)
- Authority: resolution 79/120
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Documentation
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Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
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 2099 (XX)). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its twenty-first session, and decided that the programme established under resolution 2099 (XX) 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. The Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-second session an item entitled “United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law” (resolution 2204 (XXI)).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly authorized the Secretary-General to carry out the activities specified in his report on the item in 2025 and requested the Secretary-General to continue to include resources for the activities of the Programme of Assistance under the proposed programme budget for 2026 and to further expand such activities using voluntary contributions. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its eightieth session on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance and, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, to submit recommendations regarding the Programme in subsequent years (resolution 79/120).
