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The Progressive Development of International Law and its Codification under the United Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Yuen-li Liang*
Affiliation:
Division on the Development and Codification of International Law; United Nations

Abstract

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Second Session
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1947

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2 The Department of State Bulletin, January 19, 1947, pp. 87-90.

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9 This proposal was subsequently incorporated into the United Nations Charter, Article 1, Paragraph 1, in the following language: “ The Purposes of the United Nations are . . . to bring about by peaceful means and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.”

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15 Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly during the Second Part of its First Session. A/64/Add. 1; Resolution 94 (I ). The terms of reference of the Committee include also: (a) Study of plans for the formulation of the principles of the Nuremberg Charter and Judgment; and (b) Consideration of the Draft Declaration of Eights and Duties of States, presented by the Delegation of Panama.

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