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		Date
UN Member States (GA)	Excerpts on the ICC from the 28th Special Session of the UN General Assembly to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps (New York, United States)	24 Jan 2005

GA	Notes from the plenary of the General Assembly on thematic resolutions: Involuntary Disappearances, Summary Executions, Safety of UN Personnel, and Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	20 Dec 2004

EU	EU statement on the adoption by the General Assembly of the ICC resolution	02 Dec 2004

GA	Notes from the General Assembly plenary on the resolution on the ICC	02 Dec 2004

Canada	Explanation of position by Hugh Adsett, Counsellor of the Canadian mission to the UN, on the adoption of Resolution concerning the International Criminal Court, in the Sixth Committee	19 Nov 2004

USA	Explanation of position by Eric Rosand, Legal Advisor of the US mission to the UN, on the adoption of Resolution concerning the International Criminal Court, in the Sixth Committee	19 Nov 2004

Ambassador Allieu I. Kanu, Permanent Representative (Legal Affairs), Permanent Mission of the Republ	Statement by Sierra Leone 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

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NGO Media Statements

Author		Date
HRF	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	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		Date
GA	Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly on Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court	20 Sept 2004

ASP	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		Date
GA	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	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	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Trafficking in Women and Girls (59/166) (reference to the ICC in the preamble)	10 Mar 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions (59/197) (reference to the ICC in paragraph 6)	10 Mar 2005

GA	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	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	Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict	09 Feb 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: The International Criminal Court (59/43)	16 Dec 2004

GA	Draft Resolution on the International Criminal Court (A/C.6/L.25)	19 Nov 2004

GA	Corrigendum to the Resolution on the International Criminal Court	19 Nov 2004

GA	Draft resolution on the International Criminal Court- Corrigendum (A/C.6/L.25/Corr.1)	19 Nov 2004

UN Legal Counsel Hans Corell	Statement to the 6th Committee of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly	04 Oct 2004

UN Legal Counsel Hans Corell	Statement by the Legal Counsel in the Sixth Committee	04 Oct 2004

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan	The Secretary-General report on the work of the organization	29 Aug 2004

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