The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 47/33 of 25 November 1992, in which
it requested the International Law Commission to undertake the
elaboration of a draft statute for an international criminal court,
Recalling also its resolution 48/31 of 9 December 1993,
in which it requested the International Law Commission to continue
its work on the question of the draft statute for an international
criminal court, with a view to elaborating a draft statute for
such a court, if possible at the Commission's forty-sixth session
in 1994,
Noting that the International Law Commission adopted a
draft statute for an international criminal court at its forty-sixth
session and decided to recommend that an international conference
of plenipotentiaries be convened to study the draft statute and
to conclude a convention on the establishment of an international
criminal court,
Expressing deep appreciation to the Government of Italy
for its offer to host a conference on the establishment of an
international criminal court,
1. Welcomes the report of the International Law Commission
on the work of its forty-sixth session, including the recommendations
contained therein;
2. Decides to establish an ad hoc committee, open to all
States Members of the United Nations or members of specialized
agencies, to review the major substantive and administrative issues
arising out of the draft statute prepared by the International
Law Commission and, in the light of that review, to consider arrangements
for the convening of an international conference of plenipotentiaries;
3. Also decides that the Ad Hoc Committee will meet from
3 to 13 April 1995 and, if it so decides, from 14 to 25 August
1995, and submit its report to the General Assembly at the beginning
of its fiftieth session, and requests the Secretary-General to
provide the Ad Hoc Committee with the necessary facilities for
the performance of its work;
4. Invites States to submit to the Secretary-General, before
15 March 1995, written comments on the draft statute for an international
criminal court, and requests the Secretary-General to invite such
comments from relevant international organs;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Ad Hoc
Committee a preliminary report with provisional estimates of the
staffing, structure and costs of the establishment and operation
of an international criminal court;
6. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fiftieth session an item entitled "Establishment of an international
criminal court", in order to study the report of the Ad Hoc
Committee and the written comments submitted by States and to
decide on the convening of an international conference of plenipotentiaries
to conclude a convention on the establishment of an international
criminal court, including on the timing and duration of the conference.
84th plenary meeting
9 December 1994