implementation oftheresults. Thesubprogramme therefore alsohasasanobjective tomakeinternational lawandUnited Nations legalactivities moreaccessible, thus providing asolidbasisfortheworkoftheInternational LawCommission andother United Nations legalorgans, aswellastheinternational community ingeneral. (b)CourseofactionoftheSecretariat 9.37TheCodification Division isresponsible fortheimplementation ofthe subprogramme. During theplanperioditwillcontinue toserveas(a)the substantive secretariat oftheSixthCommittee, (b)thesubstantive secretariat of theInternational LawCommission, and(c)thesecretariat ofcodification -9- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Libraryconferences andofspecial committees reporting totheGeneral Assembly. Its activities willalsoinclude providing theabove-mentioned legalbodies withthe necessary research andbackground documentation fortheperformance oftheir respective codification orotherlegaltasksatthevarious levels andstages of theconsideration ofatopicorquestion. Thevarious recurrent pUblications issued undertheresponsibility oftheDivision -theYearbook oftheInternational LawCommission, theJuridical Yearbook, theLegislative Series andtheReports of International Arbitral Awards -aswellasmonitoring oftheimplementation ofthe Programme ofAssistance intheTeaching, Study, Dissemination andWider Appreciation ofInternational Law,willcontinue. 9.38Itisanticipated thattheneedtoencourage theprogressive development of international lawanditscodification, asenvisaged inArticle 13, paragraph 1(a),oftheCharter, willbefeltincreasingly during theperiodofthe medium-term plan,asaresult ofthegrowing recognition oftheprimacy oftherule oflawininternational relations andbecause oftheevergreater importance that States attachtotheprocess ofthecontinuing adaptation ofinternational lawto therequirements ofinternational life. Thosetrendsareattested tobytherecent proclamation oftheperiod 1990-1999 astheUnited Nations DecadeofInternational Law(General Assembly resolution 44/23). 9.39 Morespecifically, itisexpected thatbefore theendoftheplanperiod, a draft codeofcrimesagainst thepeaceandsecurity ofmankind, draftarticles on thejurisdictional irnmunities ofStates andtheirproperty, anddraftarticles on thelawofthenon-navigational usesofinternational watercourses willbeplaced before theGeneral Assembly andthatthosedraftswillserveasabasisforthe e1aboration ofinstruments bytheSixthCommittee orbycodification conferences. Otherquestions thattheAssembly willcontinue toexamine include, interalia, international terrorism; theprotection, security andsafetyofdiplomatic and consular missions andrepresentatives; thepeaceful settlement ofdisputes between States; andtheprogressive development oftheprinciples andnormsof internati?nal lawrelating tothenewinternational economic order. Itisalso foreseen thattheconsideration ofanitemconcerning theestablishment ofan international criminal courtwithjuriSdiction overtransnational criminal activities related, interalia,totrafficking innarcotic drugswillextend beyond 1992. 9.40Itmayfurthermore bee¥pected thattheInternational LawCommission will complete thefirstreading ofdrafts underelaboration onStateresponsibility for internationally wrongfUl acts,oninternational liability forinjurious consequences arising outofactsnotprohibited byinternational lawandon relations between States andinternational organizations. 9.41 Theworkcurrently beingcarried outintheframework oftheSpecial Committee ontheCharter oftheUnited Nations andontheStrengthening oftheRole oftheOrganization inaccordance withthemandate oftheGeneral Assembly on specific aspects ofthemaintenance ofinternational peaceandsecurity andonthe peaceful settlement ofdisputes isexpected tocontinue. Otherspecial committees maybeestablished bytheAssembly forthefulfilment ofspecific tasks. 9.42TheCodification Division, whichprovides thesubstantive secretariat ofthe SixthCommittee, theInternational LawCommission andspecial committees reporting
**Analysis**
The text discusses the implementation of the United Nations' subprogramme on international law, focusing on the codification of international law, the development of international criminal law, and the promotion of the rule of law in international relations. The text mentions various international organizations and bodies, such as the International Law Commission, the Sixth Committee, and the General Assembly, indicating that the topic is related to international governance and diplomacy.

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International relations, Education