THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 17 JUNE - 5 JULY

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THIRTY-SECOND SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 17 JUNE - 5 JULY

GENEVA, 10 June (UN Information Service) -- The thirty-second session of the International Law Seminar, organized every year since 1965 by the United Nations Office at Geneva on the occasion of the annual session of the International Law Commission, will take place at the Palais des Nations from 17 June to 5 July.

The Seminar is intended for post-graduate students and young university lecturers specializing in international law, junior government officials and jurists concerned with questions of international law in order to familiarize them with the work of the International Law Commission as well as with the codification and development of international law. It also serves as a forum for an exchange of views among jurists representing different legal systems on the agenda topics under consideration by the Commission and on international law in general, as well as on the various activities of the United Nations and other international organizations based in Geneva.

Participants will meet with members of the Commission and will benefit from their experience as specialists in international law. As has become the practice, Commission members have demonstrated their support for the Seminar by giving most of the lectures. Some lecturers will be staff members of the United Nations, specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations.

Participation in the Seminar is limited to 24 persons. Several fellowships have been awarded thanks to the generosity of a number of governments. Since 1965, fellowships have been awarded to 389 participants out of the 714 persons from 140 countries who have participated in the Seminar. The Seminar is open to nationals of all Member States of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies.

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