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CHAPTER II

PURPOSES

Article 3: In accordance with article 99 of the Charter of the Organization and article 3 of the Statutes, the Committee has the following principal purposes:

 a) To serve as an advisory body of the Organization on juridical matters of an international character;

 b) To promote at the request of the organs mentioned in article 100 of the Charter, or on its own initiative, the progressive development and codification of international law, in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter;

 c) To study, at the request of the organs mentioned in article 100 of the Charter, or on its own initiative, the juridical problems related to the integration of the developing countries of the hemisphere and, insofar as may appear desirable, the possibility of attaining uniformity in their legislation.

Article 4: The Committee shall give priority to the matters that are assigned to it by the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs or the Councils of the Organization.