QUESTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

COSTARICA, JAPAN, ROMANIA, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHER IRELAND AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: DRAFT RESOLUTION

(Il testo della risoluzione, firmato dagli Stati sopra citati, in alcuni punti differisce dal testo n. 4487 inserito in conf. part. radicale).

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 48/31 of 9 December 1993, which requested the International Law Commission to continue its work on the question of a draft statute for an international criminal court with a view to elaborating a draft statute if possible at its forty-sixth sessione in 1994,

Noting with satisfaction that the International Law Commission has completed its work on such a draft statute,

Recognizing the contribution now being made by the International Tribunal for the Protection of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991,

1. Exspresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for having elaborated and presented a draft statute for the establishment of an international criminal court;

2. Decides to establish an ad hoc Committee open to all Member States to prepare for decisions at the fiftieth Session in connection with consideration of the draft statute prepared by the International Law Commission;

3. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to review the major substantive and administrative issues relating to the establishment of an International Criminal Court, including issues arising out of the report of the International Law at the fiftieth session;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to invite the International Tribunal for the Persecuition of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 to partipate in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee;

5. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee will met from... to ... 1995, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the Ad Hoc Committee with the necessary facilities for the performance of its work;

6. Requests the Secretary-General to present a preliminary report to the Ad Hoc Committee with provisional estimates of the staffing, structure and costs of the establishment and operation of an international criminal court;

7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session an item entitled "Question of establishment of an international criminal court."