Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
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Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related
intergovernmental organizations
1982
Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental
organizations
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of
Great Britain
and
Northern Ireland
to
amend
the
Agreemen:
regarding
the
Headquarters
of the
Organization, signed
at
London
on 28
November
1968.
London,
20
January 1982
54
5.
International Atomic
Energy
Agency
(à)
Agreement
on the
Privileges
and
Immunities
of the
Interr
ational Atomic
Energy Agency. Approved
by the
Board
of
Governors
of
tl
e
Agency
on 1
July
1959
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(b)
Incorporation
of
provisions
of the
Agreement
on the
Privileges
and
Immunities
of the
International Atomic Energy Agency
I
y
reference
in
other agreements
56
(c)
Provisions
affecting
the
privileges
and
immunities
of
the
International
Atomic
Energy Agency
in
Austria
57
Part Two.
Legal
activities
of the
United Nations
ai
d
related
intergovernmental
organizations
CHAPTER
III.
GENERAL REVIEW
OF THE
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
OF THE
UNITEI
NATIONS
AND
RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
A.
GENERAL
REVIEW
OF THE
LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
OF THE
UNITED
NATIONS
1.
Disarmament
and
related matters
61
2.
Other political
and
security questions
75
3.
Economic,
social,
humanitarian
and
cultural questions
79
4.
Third United Nations Conference
on the Law of the Sea 95
5.
International Court
of
Justice
96
6.
International
Law
Commission
99
7.
United Nations Commission
on
International Trade
Law 101
8.
Legal questions dealt with
by the
Sixth Committee
of the
Gérerai
Assembly
and
by ad hoc
legal bodies
103
9.
Co-operation between
the
United Nations
and the
Asian-African
Legal Consul-
tative Committee
Ill
10.
United Nations Institute
for
Training
and
Research
112
B.
GENERAL
REVIEW
OF THE
ACTIVITIES
OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
RELATED
TO THE
UNITED
NATIONS
1.
International Labour Organisation
112
2.
Food
and
Agriculture Organization
of the
United Nations
113
3.
United Nations
Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural Organization
116
4.
International Civil Aviation Organization
119
5.
World Health Organization
120
6.
World Bank
121
7.
International Monetary Fund
121
8.
Universal Postal Union
123
9.
World Meteorological Organization
124
10.
Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
126
11.
International Fund
for
Agricultural Development
127
12.
International Atomic Energy Agency
128
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Chapter
III
GENERAL REVIEW
OF THE
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
OF
THE
UNITED
NATIONS
AND
RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
A.
General review
of the
legal
activities
of the
Unite
1
Nations
1.
DISARMAMENT
AND
RELATED MATTE
IS1
(a)
Second special session
of the
General
Assem
bly
devoted
to
disarmament2
(i)
Twelfth
special
session
The
twelfth
special session
of the
General
Assembly,
the
second
de
/oted
to
disarmament,
opened
on 7
June 1982
and
concluded
its
work
on 10
July
1982.
It was
convened pursuant
to
the
decision made
at the first
special session
of the
General Assembly
d<
voted
to
disarmament
in
1978,
as
reflected
in
paragraph
119
of its
Final
Document3
and
Assembly resolution 33/71
H
of
14
December 1978.
The
General Assembly
was
unable
at the
special session either
to ad
>pt
the
comprehensive
programme
of
disarmament which
had
been
one of the
main items
on it!
agenda
or to
reach
a
consensus
on any
course
of
action which would help
to
halt
and
reverse
the
arms race.
It
approved only
a
Concluding Document containing
a
record
of the
procet
dings
and
documenta-
tion
of the
special session,
and an
enumeration
of its
conclusions.4
The
special
session nevertheless
did
achieve certain positive results,
is
the
General Assem-
bly
unanimously
and
categorically
reaffirmed
the
validity
of the
Final
DC
cument adopted
at the
first
special session
as
well
as its
solemn commitment
to it.
Chapter
III
("Conclusions")
of the
Concluding Document
of the
se<
ond
special
session
is
reproduced
below.
III. CONCLUSIONS
57. The
tenth special session
of the
General Assembly,
the first
special
session
devoted
to
disarma-
ment, held
in
1978,
was an
event
of
historic
significance.
The
special session
was
convened
in
response
to
a
growing
concern
among
the
peoples
of the
world that
the
arms
race,
especial
y the
nuclear-arms
race,
represented ever-increasing threats
to
human
well-being
and
even
to the
survival
of
mankind.
At
that
ses-
sion
the
international community
of
nations
achieved,
for the first
time
in the
hist<
>ry
of
disarmament nego-
tiations,
a
consensus
on an
international disarmament strategy,
the
immediate
goa of
which
was the
elimi-
nation
of the
danger
of
nuclear
war and
implementation
of
measures
to
halt
and
r<
verse
the
arms
race.
The
final
objective
of the
strategy
was to
achieve general
and
complete
disarmamen.
under
effective
interna-
tional
control.
The
conviction that
all
peoples
had a
legitimate right
to
expect earl
/
and
significant progress
in
disarmament
and a
vital interest
in its
success
led to the
United Nations
being
given
a
central role
and
primary
responsibility
in the field of
disarmament.
58.
The
historic consensus embodied
in the
Final Document
of the
Tenth
Sj
ecial
Session
of the
Gen-
eral
Assembly (resolution
S-10/2)
was
rooted
in a
common awareness that
the
iccumulation
of
weapons,
particularly
nuclear weapons, constituted much more
a
threat
to
than
a
protectioi
of
mankind.
It was
also
based
on
recognition that
the
time
had
come
to put an end to
that situation,
to ab
indon
the use of
force
in
international
relations
and to
seek security
in
disarmament, that
is to
say,
throuj
h a
gradual
but
effective
process
beginning with
a
reduction
in the
current level
of
armaments.
The
Final Document recognized that
in
the
contemporary world
the
security
of
States could
be
greatly enhanced
by
effective
action aimed
at
preventing nuclear
war,
ending
the
arms race
and
achieving real disarmament.
Progress
in
disarmament
61
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