International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: 1996-97 Survey

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabtai Rosenne
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Tribunal ◽  
The Third ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
First Case ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law

AbstractThis article surveys the work of the Meeting of States Parties, of the United Nations General Assembly, and of ITLOS, from the third Meeting of States Parties held in November 1995 through 1996 and 1997. The Meeting of States Parties dealing with the Tribunal's financial and administrative matters is noted. The results of the election of members of ITLOS held in August 1996 and the geographical representation in the Tribunal are explained. An account of different actions taken by the United Nations General Assembly relating to ITLOS during the period under review follows. The Tribunal's activities relating to its own internal organisation, the Tribunal's jurisdiction, and the first case submitted to it, conclude this survey.

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : 1998 Survey

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-465
Author(s):  
Shabtai Rosenne
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Tribunal ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The Law ◽  
Previous Volume

AbstractThis article continues the annual survey of matters connected with the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea during the year 1998. It follows on the similar survey published in a previous volume of this journal. It is structured in the same way, dealing in order with the 1998 Meeting of States Parties and relevant matters from the 53rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, and is concluded with an account of the Tribunal's work in 1998.1

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea : Survey for 1999

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 443-474
Author(s):  
Shabtai Rosenne
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Tribunal ◽  
Annual Survey ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The Law ◽  
Previous Volume

AbstractThis Article continues the annual survey of matters connected with the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) during the year 1999. It follows on the similar survey published in the previous volume of this journal, at p. 487. It is structured in the same way, dealing in order with the 1999 Meeting of States Parties and relevant matters from the 54th session of the United Nations General Assembly, and is concluded with an account of the Tribunal's work in 1999.

scholarly journals The Preparations for the Law of the Sea Conference

1974 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Stevenson ◽  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law

The United Nations General Assembly has convened a new Conference on the Law of the Sea. Its object is to achieve comprehensive agreement on the international law of the sea. Most if not all members of the United Nations, as well as other states, can be expected to attend the substantive session in Caracas this summer.

Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Working Group ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Final Text

On 11 April 1997, the text of the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses was presented by the Working Group of the Whole (WG) of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This Convention is based on the 1994 Draft Articles on the same topic prepared by the International Law Commission (ILC). These Draft Articles were approved on second reading by the ILC during its 46th session in 1994 and subsequently submitted to the 49th session of the UNGA in 1994 for consideration by states. By its Resolution 49/52, the UNGA invited states to present written submissions to comment on the Draft Articles and at the same time it proposed that a working group on the whole of the UNGA Sixth Committee be established to convene during the 51st session of UNGA (September-December 1996) to elaborate the text for a convention. During its first session, the WG did not manage to accomplish this task. The final text submitted to the UNGA on 11 April 1997 was the result of the second session of the WG which had deliberated during the period from 24 March to 4 April 1997.

scholarly journals Delegating diplomacy: rhetoric across agents in the United Nations General Assembly

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232199756
Author(s):  
Julia Gray ◽  
Alex Baturo
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Single Voice ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Career Incentives

When political principals send agents to international organizations, those agents are often assumed to speak in a single voice. Yet, various types of country representatives appear on the international stage, including permanent representatives as well as more overtly “political” government officials. We argue that permanent delegates at the United Nations face career incentives that align them with the bureaucracy, setting them apart from political delegates. To that end, they tend to speak more homogeneously than do other types of speakers, while also using relatively more technical, diplomatic rhetoric. In addition, career incentives will make them more reluctant to criticize the United Nations. In other words, permanent representatives speak more like bureaucratic agents than like political principals. We apply text analytics to study differences across agents’ rhetoric at the United Nations General Assembly. We demonstrate marked distinctions between the speech of different types of agents, contradictory to conventional assumptions, with implications for our understandings of the interplay between public administration and agency at international organizations. Points for practitioners Delegations to international organizations do not “speak with one voice.” This article illustrates that permanent representatives to the United Nations display more characteristics of bureaucratic culture than do other delegates from the same country. For practitioners, it is important to realize that the manner in which certain classes of international actors “conduct business” can differ markedly. These differences in tone—even among delegates from the same principal—can impact the process of negotiation and debate.

Arab League

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-281
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Arab League ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Arab States

The Political Committee of the Arab League met in Cairo beginning December 20, 1952, under the chairmanship of Fathy Radwan (Egypt) to discuss questions relating to Palestine and north Africa. On December 25, the committee issued a statement approving the failure of passage in the United Nations General Assembly of the resolution adopted by the Ad Hoc Political Committee calling for direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab states. The committee condemned “the mere idea of an invitation to Arabs to negotiate with the Israelis” and expressed the hope “that there would be no repetition of these attempts”.

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