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United Nations Juridical Yearbook, 2012 Extract from: UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2012 Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations Copyright (c) United Nations CONTENTS v Page (b) Implementation agreement between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Environment Pro- gramme and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Devel- opment of Côte d’Ivoire regarding the implementation of a project in Côte d’Ivoire entitled “Reducing mercury risks from artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) in Côte d’Ivoire”, signed on 3, 19 and 26 October 2012 128 (c) Trust fund agreement between the United Nations Industrial De- velopment Organization and the Innovation and Industrial Devel- opment Fund, Republic of Armenia regarding the implementation of a project in Armenia entitled “Establishment of a Centre for International Industrial Cooperation (CIIC) in Armenia”, signed on 23 October and 5 November 2012 128 5 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Agreement between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chem- ical Weapons (OPCW) and the Czech Republic on the Privileges and Immunities of the OPCW 129 Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations 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 United Nations 1 Membership of the United Nations 139 2 Peace and Security (a) Peacekeeping missions and operations 140 (b) Political and peacebuilding missions 148 (c) Other bodies 153 (d) Missions of the Security Council 155 (e) Action of Member States authorized by the Security Council 157 (f) Sanctions imposed under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations 160 (g) Terrorism 169 (h) Humanitarian law and human rights in the context of peace and security 173 (i) Piracy 174 (j) Transnational organized crime 175 3 Disarmament and related matters (a) Disarmament machinery 176 (b) Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues. 178 (c) Biological and chemical weapons issues 182 (d) Conventional weapons issues 184 vi UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2012 Page ( e) Regional disarmament activities of the United Nations 188 (f) Outer space (disarmament aspects) 190 (g) Other disarmament measures and international security. 192 4 Legal aspects of peaceful uses of outer space (a) Legal Subcommittee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space 193 (b) General Assembly 195 5 Human rights (a) Sessions of the United Nations human rights bodies and treaty bodies 196 (b) Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of dis- crimination 200 (c) Right to development and poverty reduction 202 (d) Right of peoples to self-determination 204 (e) Economic, social and cultural rights 206 (f) Civil and political rights 211 (g) Rights of the child 218 (h) Migrants 220 (i) Internally displaced persons 221 (j) Minorities 222 (k) Indigenous issues 222 (1) Terrorism and human rights 223 (m) Promotion and protection of human rights 224 (n) Persons with disabilities 226 (o) Contemporary forms of slavery 227 (p) Miscellaneous 228 6 Women (a) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) 230 (b) Commission on the Status of Women 231 (c) Economic and Social Council 232 (d) General Assembly 232 7 Humanitarian matters (a) Economic and Social Council 233 (b) General Assembly 234 8 Environment (a) United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha. 236 (b) United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 237 (c) General Assembly 237 9 Law of the Sea (a) Reports of the Secretary-General 239 (b) Meeting of States Parties to the Convention 242 CONTENTS vii Page ( c) Commemoration of thirtieth anniversary of the Convention 243 (d) Consideration by the General Assembly. 243 10 Crime prevention and criminal justice (a) Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 244 (b) Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice 245 (c) Economic and Social Council 246 (d) General Assembly 247 11 International drug control (a) Commission on Narcotic Drugs 248 (b) Economic and Social Council 250 (c) General Assembly 250 12 Refugees and displaced persons (a) Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 251 (b) General Assembly 251 13 International Court of Justice (a) Organization of the Court 253 (b) Jurisdiction of the Court 253 (c) General Assembly 254 14 International Law Commission (a) Membership of the Commission 254 (b) Sixty-fourth session of the International Law Commission 254 (c) Sixth Committee 258 (d) General Assembly 258 15 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (a) Forty-fifth session of the Commission 259 (b) Sixth Committee 263 (c) General Assembly 264 16 Legal questions dealt with by the Sixth Committee and other related subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly (a) Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission 264 (b) United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law. 268 (c) Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts 270 (d) Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, se- curity and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and repre- sentatives 271 (e) Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization. 273 viii UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2012 Page ( f) The rule of law at the national and international levels 277 (g) The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 279 (h) Measures to eliminate international terrorism 281 (i) Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 286 (j) Administration of justice at the United Nations 287 (k) Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 291 (l) Observer Status in the General Assembly 292 17 Ad hoc international criminal tribunals (a) Organization of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 293 (b) General Assembly 296 (c) Security Council 296 18 Rule of Law High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels 297 B General review of the legal activities of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations 1 International Labour Organization (a) Treaty provisions concerning the legal status of the International Labour Organization (ILO). 299 (b) Recommendation and resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference during its 101st session (Geneva, June 2012). 300 (c) Guidance document submitted to the Governing Body of the In- ternational Labour Office 303 (d) Legislative advisory services 303 (e) Committee on Freedom of Association 304 (f) Representations submitted under article 24 of the ILO Constitu- tion and complaints made under article 26 of the ILO Constitution 304 (g) Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel 304 2 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (a) Membership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 305 (b) Constitutional and general legal matters 305 (c) Activities in respect of multilateral treaties 306 (d) Legislative matters 306 (e) Agreements concluded under FAO auspices 308 3 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (a) International regulations 309 (b) Human rights 310 CONTENTS ix Page 4 World Health Organization (a) Constitutional developments 311 (b) Other normative developments and activities 311 (c) Adoption of new instruments 313 5 International Monetary Fund (a) Membership 314 (b) Issues pertaining to representation at the IMF 315 (c) Key policy decisions of the IMF 315 6 International Civil Aviation Organization (a) Depositary actions in relation to multilateral air law instruments 317 (b) Activities of ICAO in the legal field 318 7 International Maritime Organization (a) Membership of the organisation 320 (b) Review of the legal activities work undertaken by the IMO Legal Committee 320 (c) Adoption of new instruments and of amendments to conventions and protocols 324 8 Universal Postal Union 327 Treaties concluded under the auspices of the UPU 328 9 World Meteorological Organization (a) Membership 329 (b) Agreements and other arrangements concluded in 2012 329 10 World Intellectual Property Organization (a) Service: Facilitating international IP protection 332 (b) Law: Developing the international IP framework 333 (c) Infrastructure: Sharing knowledge and simplifying IP transactions 336 (d) Development: Using IP to support economic development. 337 11 International Fund for Agricultural Development (a) Membership 338 (b) Partnership agreements and memoranda of understanding. 338 (c) Legal developments and other 338 12 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (a) Constitutional matters 340 (b) Agreements and other arrangements concluded in 2012 341 13 Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (a) Membership 347 (b) Legal status, privileges and immunities and international agreements 348 (c) Legislative assistance activities 348 14 International Atomic Energy Agency (a) Member
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