Model Legislative Provisions on Public-Private Partnerships of
the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
A/RES/74/183
implementation through rules that enhance transparency, fairness and long -term
sustainability and remove undesirable restrictions on private sector participation in
the development and operation of infrastructure and public services,
Recalling the valuable guidance that the Commission has provided to Member
States towards the establishment of a favourable legislative framework in that respect,
through its Legislative Guide on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects 2 and the
accompanying Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure
Projects, 3 and the recommendation by the General Assembly, in its resolution 58/76
of 9 December 2003, that States give due consideration to those texts when revising
or adopting legislation related to private participation in the development and
operation of public infrastructure,
Convinced that the advice provided by the Commission will be of further
assistance to States, in particular developing countries, in promoting good governance
and establishing appropriate legislative frameworks for public -private partnership
projects,
1.
Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law for the completion and adoption 4 of the Model Legislative
Provisions on Public-Private Partnerships 5 and the Legislative Guide on PublicPrivate Partnerships;
2.
Requests the Secretary-General to publish the Model Legislative
Provisions and the Legislative Guide, including electronically, in the six official
languages of the United Nations and to disseminate them broadly to Governments and
relevant international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations,
private sector entities and academic institutions;
3.
Recommends that all States give due consideration to the Model
Legislative Provisions and the Legislative Guide when revising or adopting
legislation relevant to public-private partnerships, and invites States that have used
the Model Legislative Provisions to advise the Commission accordingly.
51st plenary meeting
18 December 2019
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United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.V.4.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/58/17),
annex I.
Ibid., Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/74/17), chap. III.
Ibid., annex I.
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