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5 Int'l L. News 1 (1976)

handle is hein.journals/inrnlwnw5 and id is 1 raw text is: jINTERNATIONAL LAW NEWS M\ Volume S. Number I Section of International Law American Bar Association January 1976 Chairman's Message Midwinter Meeting of the Section's Council This message is devoted to the Midwinter meeting of the Section's Council held at Cancun, Mexico, Decem- ber 5-7 hich considered numerous subjects. The Council approved a new resolulion and report drafted by its United Nations Activities Committee. urging U.S. ratifi- cation of the Genocide Conven- tion. That resolution will now be submitted to the House of' Delegates. which previously disapproved ratification by a close vote in 1970. The Council also approved a resolution Rkhad P. Brown, Jr. urging that the ABA seek accreditation to the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) so as to be able to submit the views of the ABA to the U.N. on appropriate matters. The Council approved three resolutions submitted by the Committee on Relations between the Executive and Legislative Branches concerning the effect of Executive Agreements. They express opposition to pending congressional legislation which would pur- port to provide a congressional veto over executive agreements; suggest clarifying definitions of the phrase international agreements as used in the Case Act. and a provision that Congress may dis- regard any such agreements not transmitted to Con- gress, as required by that Act; and propose a concur- rent resolution of Congress stating the sense of Con. gress. to be communicated to foreign governments, as to the limitations upon the binding effect of certain executive agreements. At the insistence of the Committee on the Law of the Armed Forces, the Council also voted to submit a resolution commending the U.S. Ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the Geneva Convention on Biological Weapons, and voted to oppose an As- sembly resolution which would condemn and repu. Copyright © 1976 American Bar Association diate the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes tribunals. There was considerable discussion of a proposed resolution of the United Nations Activities Committee calling upon the ABA to condemn the U.N. General Assembly's recent resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution and report were referred back to that Committee for further consideration and consultation with other Section Committees as to the legal issues raised and the effect of such a resolution on the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which the Section has pre. viously supported. The Budget Officer presented his report-sum- marized elsewhere in this issue-showing a proposed net balance for 1975-76 of S500; but certain commit- tees then requested and received approval of appro- (continued on page 7) Section Statement of Income and Expenses The Condensed Statement of Income and Expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1974, was published in the April 1975 issue of International Law News. For that year the Section had a deficit of $18.665.12. We publish herewith the Condensed Statement of Income and Expense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, as well as the Condensed Statement for the Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. This year the Section had a surplus of $3.341.45. This is good news. However, the additional income was generated from the proceeds of the sale to Fred B. Rothman and Company of volumes 1-7 of The Inter- national Lawyer for 55,500. This type of income is not available every year. Absent that extraordinary income, the Section would have had a deficit of $2,158.55. (continued on page 8) Elsewhere in This Issue: Division Reports ....................... 2 Committee News ....................... 5 International Law Seminar ............... 7 Produced by the ABA Press

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