A/RES/31/76 GA

IX. Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Sixth Committee 181 ber 1970, 2968 (XXVII) of 14 December 1972 and 3349 (XXIX) of 17 December 1974, Recalling also its resolutions 2925 (XXVII) of 27 November 1972, 3073 (XXVIII) of 30 November 1973 and 3282 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974 on the strengthening of the role of the United Nations, Recalling especially resolution 3499 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, by which the General Assembly established the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, Having considered the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, 8 Considering that the Special Committee has not com- pleted the mandate given to it, Reaffirming its support for the purposes and prin- ciples set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, l. Takes note of the report of the Special Com- mittee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization; 2. Decides that the Special Committee should con- tinue its work in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of General Assembly resolution 3499 (XXX); 3. Invites Governments to submit, or to bring up to date, their observations and proposals in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3499 (XXX); 4. Requests the Secretary-General to render all as- sistance to the Special Committee, including the prepa- ration of summary records of its meetings; 5. Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its thirty- second session; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session the item entitled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization". 81 st plenary meeting 29 November 1976 31/76. Implementation hy States of the provi- sions of the Vienna Convention on Diplo- matic Relations of 1961 The General Assembly, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General9 on the implementation by States of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,10 Noting that since the adoption by the General As- sembly of resolution 3501 (XXX) of 15 December 1975 the number of States parties to the Vienna Con- vention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 has increased, Concerned at continuing instances of violations of the rules of diplomatic law relating, in particular, to the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier, 8 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Supplement No. 33 (A/31/33). o A/31/145 and Add.I. 10 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 500, No. 7310, p. 95. Recognizing the advisability of studying the question of the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplo- matic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier in the light of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Re- lations of 1961, Considering it desirable that the General Assembly should periodically consider at its sessions the question of implementation by States of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, 1. Urges States which have not yet done so to be- come parties to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 ; 2. Reaffirms the need for strict implementation by States of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 in the interest of main- taining normal relations between them, strengthening international peace and security and developing inter- national co-operation; 3. Invites Member States to submit or to supple- ment their comments and observations on ways and means to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and on the desirability of elaborating provisions concerning the status of the diplomatic courier in ac- cordance with paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolu- tion 3501 (XXX), with due regard also to the question of the status of the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier; 4. Requests the International Law Commission at the appropriate time to study, in the light of the infor- mation contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation by States of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and other information on this question to be re- ceived from Member States through the Secretary- General, the proposals on the elaboration of a protocol concerning the status of the diplomatic courier and the diplomatic bag not accompanied by diplomatic courier, which would constitute development and concretization of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session an analytical report on ways and means to ensure the implementation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 on the basis of comments and observations on this question received from Member States and also taking into account the results, if available and ready, of the study by the International Law Commission of the proposals on the elaboration of the above-mentioned protocol; 6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session the item entitled "Implementation by States of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961: report of the Secre- tary-General". 97th plenary meeting 13 December 1976 31/97. Report of the International Law Com- mission The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-eighth session,11 11 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- l'iorz, Supplement No, JO (A/31/10).

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