The General Assembly,
Having received from the International Law Commission the
set of draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and
their property adopted by the Commission at its forty-third session,
Recalling that the International Law Commission recommended
that an international conference of plenipotentiaries be convened
to examine the draft articles and to conclude a convention on
the subject,
Having considered the draft articles at its forty-sixth
to forty-ninth sessions, including in a working group and in consultations
aimed at considering the issues of substance arising out of the
draft articles, with the purpose of identifying and attenuating
the differences of views concerning such issues in order to facilitate
the conclusion of a convention through general agreement,
Having considered also the reports of the Working Group
established at its forty-seventh session and reconvened at its
forty-eighth session and the report on the informal consultations
held during its forty-ninth session,
1. Accepts the recommendation of the International Law
Commission that an international conference of plenipotentiaries
be convened to consider the articles on jurisdictional immunities
of States and their property and to conclude a convention on the
subject;
2. Invites States to submit to the Secretary-General their
comments on the conclusions of the chairman of the informal consultations
held pursuant to its decision 48/413 of 9 December 1993, and on
the reports of the Working Group established under its resolution
46/55 of 9 December 1991 and reconvened pursuant to its decision
47/414 of 25 November 1992;
3. Decides to resume consideration, at its fifty-second
session, of the issues of substance, in the light of the above-mentioned
reports and the comments submitted by States thereon, and to determine,
at its fifty-second or fifty-third session, the arrangements for
the conference, including the date and place, due consideration
being given to ensuring the widest possible agreement at the conference;
4. Also decides to include in the provisional agenda of
its fifty- second session the item entitled "Convention on
jurisdictional immunities of States and their property".
84th plenary meeting
9 December 1994