A/RES/1307(XIII) GA

54 General A1111embly-Thirteenth Session 2. Invites Member States to submit their comments on the draft articles concerning diplomatic intercourse and immunities not later than 1 June 1959; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate such comments so as to facilitate the discussion of the sub- ject at the fourteenth session of the General Assembly; 4. Decides to include the item entitled "Diplomatic intercourse and immunities" in the provisional agenda of its fourteenth session with a view to the early con- clusion of a convention on diplomatic intercourse and immunities ; 5. Decides to consider at its fourteenth session the question to what body the formulation of the convention should be entrusted. 782nd plenary meeting, 5 December 1958. 1289 (XIII). Relations between States and inter- governmental organizations The General Assembly, Taking note of paragraph 51 of the report of the In- ternational Law Commission covering the work of its tenth session, 1 which refers to ad hoe diplomacy and, in particular, to diplomatic conferences, and of para- graph 52 of the same report, which refers to relations between States and international organizations, Considering the importance and development of in- ternational organizations, Considering the observations made by Governments at the twelfth and thirteenth sessions of the General Assembly, particularly on the question referred to in paragraph 52 of the report, Invites the International Law Commission to give further consideration to the question of relations be- tween States and inter-governmental international or- ganizations at the appropriate time, after study of diplo- matic intercourse and immunities, consular intercourse and immunities and ad hoe diplomacy has been com- pleted by the United Nations and in the light of the results of that study and of the discussion in the General Assembly. 7 82nd plenary meeting, 5 December 1958. 1290 (XIII). Report of the International Law Commission covering the work of its tenth session ( chapter V) The General Assembly, Having considered the questions dealt with in chapter V of the report of the International Law Commission covering the work of its tenth session,1 Takes note of chapter V of the said report. 782nd plenary meeting, 5 December 1958. 1291 (XIII). Question of the publication of a United Nations juridical yearbook The General Assembly, Considering that it is a function of the General As- sembly to take appropriate measures to encourage the development of international law, Considering that the publication of a United Nations juridical yearbook may constitute a useful measure for that purpose, Recalling its resolution 176 (II) of 21 November 1947, Having considered the discussion in the Sixth Com- mittee on the question of the publication of a juridical yearl)ook, I. Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a re- port on the question of the publication of a United Na- tions juridical yearbook, covering in addition the tech- nical and financial implications of such a publication, taking into account the suggestions made during the discussion in the Sixth Committee, and to circulate the report to Member States before the fourteenth session of the General Assembly ; 2. Decides to place this question on the provisional agenda of its fourteenth session. 782nd plenary meeting, 5 December 1958. 1306 (XIII). Question of initiating a study of the juridical regime of historic waters, includ- ing historic bays The General Assembly, Having received the resolution adopted on 27 April 1958 by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea3 requesting the General Assembly to arrange for the study of the juridical regime of historic waters, in- cluding historic bays, and for the communication of the results of such study to all States Members of the United Nations, Decides to place the question of initiating a study of the juridical regime of historic waters, including historic bays, on the provisional agenda of its fourteenth session. 783rd plenary meeting, 10 December 1958. 1307 (XIII). Convening of a second United Na- tions conference on the law of the sea The General Assembly, Having received the resolution adopted on 27 April 1958 by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea,4 requesting the General Assembly to study at its thirteenth session the advisability of convening a second international conference of plenipotentiaries for further consideration of questions left unsettled by the Conference, Recalling that the Conference made an historic con- tribution to the codification arid progressive develop- ment of international law by preparing and opening for signature conventions on nearly all of the subjects cov- ered by the draft articles on the law of the sea drawn up by the International Law Commission,5 Noting that no proposal concerning the breadth of the territorial sea or fishery limits received the two-thirds majority required for adoption by the Conference, Believing that the desire for agreement on these two vital issues continues, and that agreement thereon would contribute substantially to the lessening of international • United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, Official Records, Volume II: Plenary Meetings (United Nations pub- lication, Sales No.: 58.V.4, Vol. II), annexes, document A/CONF.13/L.56, resolution VII. • Ibid., resolution VIII. • Official Records of the General Assembly, Eleventh Sessfrm, Supplement No. 9 (A/3159), para. 33. Reeolutione adopted - the reporta of dae Sisda Committee 55 tensions and to the preservation of world order and peace, Convinced that to reach such agreement it is neces- sary to undertake considerable preparatory work so as to ensure reasonable probabilities of success, 1. Decides that a second international conference of plenipotentiaries on the law of the sea should be called for the purpose of considering further the questions of the breadth of the territorial sea and fishery limits ; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to convoke the conference at the earliest convenient date in March or April 1960 at the European Office of the United Na- tions in Geneva ; 3. Invites all States Members of the United Nations and States members of the specialized agencies to par- ticipate in the conference and to include among their representatives experts competent in the matters to be considered ; 4. Requests the Secretary-General to invite the specialized agencies and inter-governmental bodies con- cerned with the matters to be considered to send ob- servers to the conference ; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to arrange for the necessary staff and facilities which would be required for the conference, and to present to the conference rec- ommendations concerning its methods of work and pro- cedures, and other questions of an administrative nature; 6. Refers to the conference for its information the relevant records of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea held in 1958. 783rd plenary meeting, 10 December 1958.

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