The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs is a United Nations agency, established in 1946, that is currently administered by Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel of the United Nations Nicolas Michel. It performs several key functions in the area of international law. The Office consists of six units: The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicolas Michel (born 7 November 1949) is Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel at the United Nations. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

• Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC)
• General Legal Division (GLD)
• Codification Division (COD)
• Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS)
• International Trade Law Division (ITLD)
• Treaty Section (TREATY).

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References

• Hans Corell: United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, in: Karel Wellens (ed.): International Law: Theory and Practice. Essays in Honour of Eric Suy, The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff 1998, pp. 305-322.

External links

• UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA).