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59th Session - 2004-05
59th Session - 2004-05
The UN World Summit opened in the General Assembly Hall on 14 September 2005. The UN has played a key role in the establishment of the ICC and effective cooperation between the UN and the ICC remains essential. Credit: UN / Paulo Filgueiras.
The 59th session of the General Assembly opened in September 2004. During this session, in addition to the resolution on the ICC, the General Assembly adopted 6 resolutions with reference to the ICC:
- on the Rights of the Child;
- on the Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of United Nations Personnel;
- on Trafficking in Women and Girls;
- on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions;
- on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and
- on the Question of Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
Government and Inter-governmental Documents
Author Title Dateascending
UN Member States (GA)
 1069|1070
Excerpts from Statements during the general debate of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly (New York , USA) For the full text of the statements made by each country, visit: http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/59/index.shtml
 21 Sept 2004
UN Member States (GA)
 1065|1066
Excerpts from Statements by Delegates to the 6th Committee of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly ( New York , USA ) For the full text of the statements made by each country, please visit this link
 14 Oct 2004
UN Member States (GA)
 2634|2635
Excerpts of governments’ statements made in the Sixth Committee meeting on the ICC
 14 Oct 2004
Mr. Ben Playle, Second Secretary of Australia to the United Nations
 2636|2637
Statement by Australia during the meeting of the 6th Committee of the 59th General Assembly, on Agenda Item 146: The International Criminal Court, held at UN headquarters in New York
 14 Oct 2004
Brazil
 2640|2641
Statement by Brasil during the meeting of the 6th Committee of the 59th General Assembly, on Agenda Item 146: The International Criminal Court, held at UN headquarters in New York
 14 Oct 2004
Hugh Adsett, Representative of Canada
 2642|2643
Statement by Canada during the meeting of the 6th Committee of the 59th General Assembly, on Agenda Item 146: The International Criminal Court, held at UN headquarters in New York
 14 Oct 2004
Mr. Qi Dahai, Delegate, People's Republic of China Mission to the United Nations
 2644|2645
Statement by China during the meeting of the 6th Committee of the 59th General Assembly, on Agenda Item 146: The International Criminal Court, held at UN headquarters in New York
 14 Oct 2004
NGO Media Statements
Author Title Date
HRF
 521|522
UN Commemoration of 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps Should Include Commitment to Prevent and Punish the Crimes of Today
 21 Jan 2005
CICC
 1675|1676
UN Member States Reaffirm Support for the ICC in General Assembly: US Backs Down on its Attempted Challenges against the ICC
 19 Nov 2004
Official Documents
Author Title Date
GA
 2303|2304
Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly on Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court
 20 Sept 2004
ASP
 2301|2302
Report on the negotiated Draft Relationship Agreement between the International Criminal Court and the United Nations
 07 Sept 2004
UN Reports, Resolutions, and Statements
Author Title Date
GA
 2632|2633
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Question of Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (59/200) (reference to the ICC in the preamble)
 25 Mar 2005
GA
 2630|2631
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (59/207) (reference to the ICC in paragraphs 3, 6.f)
 17 Mar 2005
GA
 2626|2627
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Trafficking in Women and Girls (59/166) (reference to the ICC in the preamble)
 10 Mar 2005
GA
 2628|2629
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions (59/197) (reference to the ICC in paragraph 6)
 10 Mar 2005
GA
 2624|2625
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of United Nations Personnel (59/211) (reference to the ICC in paragraph 7)
 28 Feb 2005
GA
 2622|2623
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Rights of the Child (59/261) (reference to the ICC in paragraph 25)
 24 Feb 2005
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
 2693|2694
Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
 09 Feb 2005