A draft resolution on the future work of the Special Committee on the United Nations Charter, approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal), would envisage a shorter than usual session for the Charter Committee.
As speaker after speaker in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning stressed that international terrorism was a universal scourge demanding concerted international cooperation on several fronts, a number of States cited their own experiences of terrorism.
The General Assembly would ask the Secretary-General to continue work on ways to help third States affected by Security Council sanctions, by a draft resolution approved by the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning.
Speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon expressed overwhelming support for a draft international convention on suppression of the financing of terrorism, and urged the committee to approve the text at this session.
Also Discusses Amending Administrative Tribunal Statute To Raise Standards for Judges and Ensure Their Independence
Proposals Include Informal Meetings with Experts, Split Sessions
The Sixth Committee this afternoon continued debate on issues related to the nature of unilateral acts of States and a prevention regime for transboundary damage and reservations to treaties, as it considered efforts by the International Law Commission to elaborate rules on those topics.
Debate Focuses on Approaches to Unilateral Acts, Transboundary Harm
The Sixth Committee continued its discussion of the International Law Commissions report, focusing primarily on the chapters covering unilateral acts of State and prevention of transboundary harm.
The Sixth Committee this afternoon took up the remaining chapters of the report of the International Law Commission - those dealing with unilateral acts and prevention of transboundary damage.
