THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 11 - 29 MAY
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THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, 11 - 29 MAY
19980507(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 6 May (UN Information Service) -- The thirty-fourth session of the International Law Seminar, which has been 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 11 to 29 May. The Seminar is intended to familiarize post-graduate students and young university lecturers specializing in international law, and junior government officials and jurists concerned with questions of international law, with the work of the Commission. 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. Finally, the Seminar provides the participants with the opportunity of meeting with the members of the Commission and of benefiting from their experience as specialists in international law. In what has become a yearly practice, members of the Commission will demonstrate their support for the Seminar by giving most of the lectures. Other lecturers will be staff members of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and other intergovernmental organizations. Each lecture will be followed by a discussion. The topics are chosen from among those which have been examined or are currently under study by the Commission and other organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies in charge of legal questions. During the three-week session, the participants will also attend the meetings of the Commission and study some subjects in small groups. They will have access to the facilities of the United Nations Library in Geneva. Participation in the Seminar is limited to 24. Several fellowships have been awarded through the generosity of certain Governments. Since 1965, fellowships have been awarded to 426 out of 760 Seminar participants from 144 countries. The Seminar is open to nationals of all Member States of the United Nations and States who are members of the specialized agencies. It is held at no extra cost to the United Nations. * *** *