Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2016
Canadian lawyers and all those interested in international affairs will be pleased to know that the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly concluded on November 15, 1990 its deliberations on the report of the working group on the United Nations Decade of International Law (“the Vukas Report”) under the chairmanship of Professor Budislav Vukas of Yugoslavia (“the Vukas Committee”). The Vukas Report sets out the proposed program of activities for the first period of the Decade, being the period 1990-92, and represents another important step towards the implementation of Resolution 44/23 of November 17, 1989, and the fulfilment of the aspirations connected with that resolution for strengthening the international legal order. The Report was well received by the delegations of states to the Sixth Committee and on November 19, 1990, the General Assembly adopted by consensus the program of activities set out in the Report, the Decade thus achieving more tangible form.
1 A/44/L.41/Add.1.
2 A/C 6/45/L.16. Adopted without a vote on Nov. 19, 1990. A/C. 6.45/ S R.44.
3 NAM/CONF.8/P.R.L./MM/2/R.1.
4 A/44/L41 AND A/44/L.41/Add.1.
5 See UN Doc. A/45/430, Sept. 12, 1990, and A/45/430 Add.1. A/45/430/Add.2. and A/45/430/Add.3.
6 A/C. 6/45/L.5.