TD UNITED NATIONS United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Distr. GENERAL TD/B/49/10 26 August 2002 Original: ENGLISH TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Forty-ninth session Geneva, 7–18 October 2002 Item 8 of the provisional agenda OTHER MATTERS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Progressive development of the law of international trade: Thirty- fifth annual report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Note by the UNCTAD secretariat Attention is drawn to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-fifth session, held in New York from 17 – 28 June 2002 (A/57/17). As provided in sectio n II, paragraph 10, of General Assembly resolution 2005 (XXI), the report is being submitted to the Trade and Development Board for comments and recommendations. Copies of the report in each language version received will be made available in limited qua ntities. GE.02-51633