(b) Resolutions 431171 A and B; (c) Ueetingr of the Sixth Committee: A/C.6/43/SP.43, 44, 48, 49 and 511 (d) Plenary meeting: A/43/PV.76. I... A/45/100 English Page 301 143. J&,itcd NaLions Due of Infm The item entitled “United Nations Decade of International Law” was included in the agenda of the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly, in 1989, at the request of Zimbabwe, At that session, m/ the Assembly declared the period 1990-1999 as the United Nations Decade of International Law; considered that the main purpose of the Decade should be, &&~r alip: (a) to promote acceptance of and respect for the principles of international law: (b) to promote means and methods for the peaceful settlement of disputes between States, including resort to and full respect for the International Court of Justice; (c, to encourage the progressive development of international law and its codification; (d) to encourage the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law; requested the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and appropriate international bodies, as well as of non-governmental organizations working in the field, on the programme for the Decade and on appropriate action to be taken during the Decade, including the possibility of holding a third international peace conference or other suitable international conference at the end of the Decade, and to submit a report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-fifth session: and decidled to consider this question at its forty-fifth session in a working group of the Sixth Committee with a view to preparing generally acceptable recommendations for the Decade (resolution 44/23). Document: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 44122’. 144. meful Re of clineufas: between S~K&QE The item entitled “Settlement by peaceful means of disputes between States” was included in the agenda of the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly, 