Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
The rule of law at the national and international levels (Provisional agenda item 86)
- Authority: resolution 79/126
- List of speakers (will be made available upon the closing of the list of speakers)
Documentation
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Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
The item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels” was included in the agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Liechtenstein and Mexico (A/61/142).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit, in a timely manner, his next annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution 63/128, addressing, in a balanced manner, the national and international dimensions of the rule of law, and invited Member States to focus their comments during the upcoming Sixth Committee debate on the subtopic “The rule of law at the national and international levels at the eightieth anniversary of the United Nations” (resolution 79/126).