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$Title{Mongolia
On New Tasks of International Law}
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$Author{Embassy of Mongolia, Washington DC}
$Affiliation{Embassy of Mongolia, Washington DC}
$Subject{international
decade
legal
states
law
new
security
peace
programme
relations}
$Date{1991}
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Country:     Mongolia
Book:        Mongolia on World Problems
Author:      Embassy of Mongolia, Washington DC
Affiliation: Embassy of Mongolia, Washington DC
Date:        1991

On New Tasks of International Law

     The proclamation of the UN Decade of International Law on the eve of the
third millennium fully concurs with the desire of the world community to lay
down a solid legal basis for a more secure world in the new century. My
delegation believes that the Decade will play an important role in enhancing
the primacy of law in modern international relations.

     My Government has expressed its full support to the priorities vis-a-vis
the objectives of the Decade proposed in the Haque Declaration of the
Ministerial Meeting of the Nonaligned countries. My delegation further submits
that the main features of the Decade should inter-alia include concrete work
in the following major directions:

     1. Elaboration of international legal principles concerning peace and
security in all its aspects; political, military, economic, environmental,
social, humanitarian, etc.

     2. Formulation of rules of international law concerning the
establishment of a new international political and economic order on the
basis of equality, noninterference and unhindered self-determination. The
international community should aim to prepare the legal framework of a new era
of international relations in the 21st century. In this connection, I would
like to welcome as an encouraging sign the recent conclusion of more treaties
on good-neighbourly relations, partnership and cooperation between the Soviet
Union and some other major European states. We may find in them certain
ingredients of a new international legal system.

     3. Enhancing the role and influence of the developing countries in the
progressive development and codification of international law on the basis of
universal values should be given a high priority.

     We welcome the elaboration of the draft programme for the activities to
be carried out during the first term (1990-1992) of the Decade and wish to
congratulate professor B. Vukas, chairman of the Working Group for the skilful
guidance over the work of drafting the programme.

     We hope that the activities envisaged in the draft programme for the
initial period will provide a good starting ground for the implementation of
the objectives of the entire Decade. We further hope that many interesting
ideas and proposals contained in the annex II of the Working Group's report as
well as in the replies of different states and international organizations
will be also reflected in the programme for the Decade.

     The views of my Government concerning the programme for the Decade are
reflected in the document A/45/430 Add.2. Here I wish to make a few additional
comments on some items which my delegation considers deserving some special
attention.

     As I indicated earlier a top priority should be given to the
strengthening of the fundamental principles and norms of the maintenance of
international peace and security.

     In this context, my delegation, as many others, shares the view that
during the decade greater attention should be devoted to the development and
promotion of the means and methods for peaceful settlement of international
disputes. We believe that efforts should be made to identify the causes
which prevent the implementation and use of existing international instruments
concerning the peaceful settlement of disputes. It also could be of great
importance to conduct studies and analysis of the experience and practice of
recent years gained by the international community in this field. We believe
that such studies and analysis would facilitate elaboration of a universal
agreement on peaceful settlement of disputes.

     In strengthening the legal foundations of international peace and
security, in our view, special attention should be given to the question of
ensuring the security of small States. There is no need to go deep into the
history to recall the numerous occasions when small States fell victims of
aggression and armed conflicts. Actually the international community is
experiencing the widespread negative consequences of a most striking
case - the Persian Gulf crisis. Therefore, since the security of small States
has its own peculiarity, we believe that during the Decade the international
community ought to devote attention to elaboration of practical ways and means
to strengthen the legal guarantees of preserving the security of small States.
In this context, in our view, the States with Superior military capability
could undertake an obligation not to deploy its military forces near the
borders of neighbouring small States.

     The draft programme for the Decade assigns an important role which the
specialized agencies and international organizations in the legal field can
play in the attainment and realization of the objectives of the Decade. Their
efforts in the progressive development and codification of international law
are truly instrumental. In this respect we would like to commend the valuable
work done by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee in supporting the
efforts of the United Nations in this process.

     As a member of the AALCC, Mongolia attaches great importance to the work
of the Committee and endeavours to make its own contribution to the success
of the AALCC efforts.

     At the initiative of my country the AALCC at present is engaged in the
study on "Elements of a legal instrument on friendly and good-neighbourly
relations between States of Africa and the Asia-Pacific region". My
delegation expects that within the framework of the Decade the AALCC will
further step up its efforts to prepare a comprehensive study on this topical
subject which would help codify and develop principles and norms governing
friendly and good-neighbourly relations among nations and promote the uniform
understanding, interpretation and implementation of these principles.

     The growing global interdependence vividly demonstrate that the world
peace and security can not be fully secured without establishment of a proper
legal order in all spheres of international relations.

     The recent positive changes on the world political scene have brought to
the fore the problems of social and economic development. The problems of
poverty, excess population growth, economic stagnation, staggering external
debt and many others negative social phenomena continue to loom large as a
source of insecurity and instability. As I suggested earlier the Decade is
called upon to strengthen the role of international law in the solution of
global social and economic problems in the interest of peace and development
of all countries especially the developing ones.

     In conclusion I wish to reiterate my Government's support for convening a
third peace conference at the end of the Decade. Such a conference, in our
opinion, would not only give a useful opportunity to assess the achievements
of the Decade but also could provide the possibility to adopt new
international legal instruments projecting future activities in the new
century.