UI{ITED NATIONS General Acsembly Dt str. GBNER,A], A/40/682 25 SepteRber 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Fortieth sess ion Agenda iten 31 CO-OPERATION BETI{EEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ASIAN-AFRICAN LEGAL CONSULTATI VE COIIMITTEE Letter daCed 24 September 1985 fron the Permanent Representative ot Nepal to tbe United Nations addressed to the Secretary-Genera I Under instrucliona ol my Gorernnent as the current PreEident of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Connlttee (AArcC). I have the honour to transnit to Your Ercellency a study on the poasible eider role for the International Court of Justice. V The sludy eas undertaken by the AALCC to promote eider use of the Court i,D the context of ceneral Assembly resolution 37,/10. adopted on 15 Nouember 1982, and its earlier reaolution 3232 (xxlxl adopced tn 1974, The natter oae discussed at the tuenty-foureh seesion of the Conrni.ttee, held at Kathnrndu ln February 1985, and it was Chen decided by lhe Connittee to rggueae my Goverrnent to transnit a copy of the atudy to Your Excellency for circulatlon under aqendir lten 3l of the General Assenblv. (Slqned) Jai Pratap RANA Pernanent ReDreaentati.i'e Notes Available in English only. 85-26.t25 56s0f (E)A/4O/682 Bnglish Paqe 2 ANNEX NOIJE OT lEE INIBI{.ASI,ONAI. COTXS O} JIISrICE Poseiblo witlE= use of th€ court by agle€@ent of States Pa.rtleg fptmductiou T'be G@elal Assenbly Resolution J6/Je d.ogtad oa lba occasi@ of th6 t$aw-fifth Araivesa,ry of the Asia4-tf,rican Legal Ccrra{tative Cmlttee (A.AICC) had. eurrieaged fu:rtber st!€o€tba.i-g of the co-op€rati@ botse€ri tbe ULited Natl @s ard the A.AJ,CC aE sts6 r,ida'ni ng the ecoge :f sucb co<perabion aad for ttLis Fr:Toge !t lequ€sted tbe Secretary-ceneral to carz:y out cousultati@s vj-th th€ Secreta,{tr4@€ral of the .A.ALCC. In pufEueace of the eJo!€Eeid reeolut1.o11, cosultatio:a uere held f or ldatify:i:rg :rreas tdrels co-op€latim betreelr tbe Ulrit ed