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Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (UN GA RES 56/83 2001)

56/83. Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts
The General Assembly,
Having considered chapter IV of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-third session,1 which contains the draft articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts,
Noting that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it should take note of the draft articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts in a resolution and annex the draft articles to that resolution, and that it should consider at a later stage, in the light of the importance of the topic, the possibility of convening an international conference of plenipotentiaries to examine the draft articles with a view to concluding a convention on the topic,2
Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,
Noting that the subject of responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts is of major importance in the relations of States,
  1. Welcomes the conclusion of the work of the International Law Commission on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts and its adoption of the draft articles and a detailed commentary on the subject;
  2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;
  3. Takes note of the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, presented by the International Law Commission, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution, and commends them to the attention of Governments without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;
  4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session an item entitled “Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts”.
85th plenary meeting
12 December 2001
1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 and corrigendum (A/56/10 and Corr.1).
2 Ibid., paras. 72 and 73.
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