Recalling also that the Model Law on Electronic Commerce was adopted by the Commission at its twenty-ninth session, in 1996,Ibid., Fifty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/51/17), chap. III, sect. F, para. 209. and complemented by an additional article, 5 bis, adopted by the Commission at its thirty-first session, in 1998,Ibid., Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/53/17), chap. III, sect. B. and recalling paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 51/162 of 16 December 1996, in which the Assembly recommended that all States should give favourable consideration to the Model Law when enacting or revising their laws, in view of the need for uniformity of the law applicable to alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and storage of information,
又回顾1996年委员会第二十九届会议通过的《电子商务示范法》、同上，《第五十一届会议，补编第17号》（A/51/17），第三章，F节，第209段。 后经1998年委员会第三十一届会议通过添加第5之二条同上，《第五十三届会议，补编第17号》（A/53/17），第三章，B节。 加以补充，并回顾大会1996年12月16日第51/162号决议第2段，其中大会建议各国考虑到适用于不是基于纸张的通讯和信息储存办法的法律需要统一，在制订或修订其本国法律时对《示范法》给予有利的考虑，