United Nations Juridical Yearbook, 2010
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Extract from: UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2010 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 UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2010 Page (h) Exchange of letters extending the agreement between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Govern- ment of Japan concerning the contribution by the Government of Japan to the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office Tokyo service aimed at promoting industrial investment in developing countries from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013, signed on 14 December 2010 . 86 7 International Atomic Energy Agency. 86 8 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Agreement between the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Kingdom of Denmark on the Privi- leges and Immunities of the OPCW. 86 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. 97 2 Peace and Security (a) Peacekeeping missions and operations . 97 (b) Political and peacebuilding missions. 104 (c) Other bodies . 110 (d) Missions of the Security Council . 111 (e) Other peace-related matters . 116 (f) Action of Member States authorized by the Security Council. 117 (g) Sanctions imposed under Chapter VII of the Charter of the Unit- ed Nations . 119 (h) Terrorism. 127 (i) Humanitarian law and human rights in the context of peace and security. 128 (j) Piracy . 131 3 Disarmament and related matters (a) Disarmament machinery. 132 (b) Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues. 134 (c) Biological and chemical weapons issues. 136 (d) Conventional weapons issues. 138 (e) Regional disarmament activities of the United Nations . 141 (f) Other issues. 145 4 Legal aspects of peaceful uses of outer space (a) The Legal Subcommittee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space . 148 vi contents Page (b) General Assembly. 149 5 Human rights (a) Sessions of the United Nations human rights bodies and treaty bodies 151 (b) Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of dis- crimination . 155 (c) Right to development and poverty reduction. 160 (d) Right of people to self-determination . 163 (e) Economic, social and cultural rights. 165 (f) Civil and political rights. 173 (g) Rights of the child. 180 (h) Migrants. 182 (i) Internally displaced persons. 183 (j) Minorities. 185 (k) Indigenous issues . 186 (l) Terrorism and human rights. 187 (m) Promotion and protection of human rights . 188 (n) Persons with disabilities. 190 (o) Contemporary forms of slavery . 191 (p) Miscellaneous . 191 6 Women (a) Commission on the Status of Women. 193 (b) General Assembly. 194 7 Humanitarian matters (a) Economic and Social Council. 196 (b) General Assembly. 196 8 Environment (a) Economic and Social Council. 199 (b) General Assembly. 199 9 Law of the sea (a) Reports of the Secretary-General. 201 (b) Consideration by the General Assembly. 207 10 Crime prevention and criminal justice (a) Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. 208 (b) Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. 209 (c) Economic and Social Council. 210 (d) General Assembly. 210 11 International drug control (a) Commission on Narcotic Drugs. 214 (b) Economic and Social Council. 219 vii UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2010 Page (c) General Assembly. 219 12 Refugees and displaced persons (a) Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 222 (b) United Nations Economic and Social Council. 222 (c) General Assembly. 223 13 International Court of Justice (a) Organization of the Court. 226 (b) Jurisdiction of the Court. 227 (c) General Assembly. 227 14 International Law Commission (a) Membership of the Commission . 228 (b) Sixty-second session of the International Law Commission . 228 (c) Sixth Committee. 231 (d) General Assembly. 231 15 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (a) Forty-third session of the Commission. 232 (b) General Assembly. 235 16 Legal questions dealt with by the Sixth Committee and other related subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly. 236 (a) Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts. 236 (b) Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission. 238 (c) United Nations Programme of Assistance in the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law. 241 (d) Diplomatic protection . 243 (e) Consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from hazard- ous activities and allocation of loss in the case of such harm. 245 (f) Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts 247 (g) Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, se- curity and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and repre- sentatives . 249 (h) Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Na- tions and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization. 250 (i) The rule of law at the national and international levels. 253 (j) The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 255 (k) Measures to eliminate international terrorism. 257 (l) Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. 261 (m) Administration of justice at the United Nations. 262 (n) Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country. 264 viii contents Page 17 Ad hoc international criminal tribunals (a) Organization of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). 266 (b) General Assembly. 268 (c) Security Council. 269 (d) Amendments to the Statutes of ICTY and ICTR. 270 (e) Amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the ICTY and ICTR. 270 B General review of the legal activities of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations 1 International Labour Organization (a) Recommendation and resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference during its ninety-ninth session (Geneva, June 2010). 271 (b) Guidance documents submitted to the Governing Body of the In- ternational Labour Office. 273 (c) Legislative advisory services. 275 2 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (a) Constitutional and general legal matters. 275 (b) Legislative matters. 276 3 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (a) International regulations. 280 (b) Human rights. 280 (c) Copyright activities. 281 4 International Civil Aviation Organization General Work Programme of the Legal Committee. 282 5 International Maritime Organization (a) Membership of the Organization. 285 (b) Work undertaken by the Legal Committee of the IMO . 285 (c) Entry into force of instruments and amendments thereto. 293 6 Universal Postal Union (a) General review of the legal activities of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). 298 (b) Adoption of new emblem . 299 7 World Intellectual Property Organization. 299 (a) Cooperation with Member States for development activities. 300 (b) Norm-setting activities. 300 (c) International registration activities 301 (d) Intellectual property and global issues. 302 ix UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK 2010 Page 8 International Fund for Agricultural Development (a) Membership. 305 (b) Partnership agreements and memorandum of understanding. 305 (c) Other legal activities. 306 9 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (a) Agreements and other arrangements. 307 10 World Trade Organization (a) Membership. 316 (b) Dispute settlement . 318 (c) Waivers under article XI of the WTO Agreement. 319 11 International Atomic Energy Agency (a) Member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 321 (b) Treaties under IAEA auspices. 321 (c) IAEA legislative assistance activities . 324 (d) Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources 325 (e) Safeguards agreements. 326 12 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (a) Membership. 327 (b) Legal status, privileges and immunities and international agreements 327 (c) OPCW legislative assistance activities. 327 13 Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (a) Membership. 328 (b) Legal status, privileges and immunities and international agreements 329 (c) Legislative assistance activities. 329 Chapter IV Treaties Concerning International law concluded under the auspices of the united nations and related intergovernmental organizations A Treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the United Nations 1 International Cocoa Agreement Geneva, 25 June 2010 . 331 2 Multilateral Agreement for the establishment of an international think tank for Landlocked Developing Countries New York, 24 September 2010 363 3 Central African Convention for the control of small arms and light weapons, their ammunition and all parts and components that can be used for their manufacture, repair and assembly Kinshasa, 30 April 2010 369 4 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity Nagoya, 29 October 2010 . 392 x Part Two LEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS