UN General Assembly
1959

126. It is a regrettable fact that a considerable number of States have taken a completely negative attitude toward the value of following legal procedures in international relations. This fact need not, however, prevent other States, holding a different opinion, from accepting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, and this without far-reaching reservations, as the acceptance is binding only in case of reciprocity. 127. As we know, the International Court also has the function of giving advisory opinions upon the request of the Security Council, the General Assembly and certain other United Nations organs. It should be recognized, the Secretary-General points out in this connexion in the introduction to his annual report, "that there are many international disputes which involve legal questions along with the political elements and that submission of such questions to the Court for judicial determination would clear the ground for processes of peaceful negotiation in the political organs of the United Nations" [A/4132/Add.1, p.4],