1. T. Elias, New Horizons in International Law, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1979.
2. The United Nations International Law Commission was instituted by the General Assembly for the express purpose of undertaking the progressive development of international law and its codification to meet the growing needs of the international community. Its membership represents the principal legal systems of the world.
3. A most significant step was taken by the General Assembly when it adopted Resolution 3232(XXIX), November 12,1974, 29 U.N. G.A,O.R. Supp. (No. 31) 141, U.N. Doc. A/9631 (1974), calling specifically upon the International Court of Justice consciously to develop international law by means of its judicial decisions. Until this bold request the judicial process of the Court had been confined to applying the law to facts, not to making new law. So anxious is the modern international community with the United Nations to achieve a universality of international law that it is ready to throw fiction to the wind by changing the rules if and when necessary in the course of the judicial decision.
4. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established as a permanent organ in the General Assembly in 1964. The main purposes of UNCTAD are to promote international trade with the aim of accelerating global economic development, to initiate action for the adoption of multilateral trade agreements, and to serve as a focal point for harmonizing trade and development policies of governments and regional economic groups.
5. The United Nations Commission on International ‘trade Law was establtsnea to 1966 to promote the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade. UNCITRAL was a response to the perceived eliminating obstacles to the flow of international trade. The Commission’s work consists of co-ordinating the tasks of international organizations active in international trade laws, encouraging their co-operation in the promotion of participation in existing international instruments, preparing new international conventions and uniform law, and in training and assistance in international law.