60th Session - 2005-06

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.

On 8 November 2005, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Philippe Kirsch, presented the first-ever report of the ICC to the United Nations General Assembly. Judge Kirsch addressed the General Assembly about the Court�s activities and planning to date. The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the ICC on 23 November 2005, one of the strongest in years. This resolution was adopted by consensus with only the United States government expressing a reservation.

During its 60th session, in addition to the resolution on the ICC, the General Assembly adopted 5 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 the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
- on the Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Rights to a Remedy and Reparations for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law; and

- on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment.

Factsheets

Author	Title		Date
CICC		The International Criminal Court and UN Reform	01 Sept 2005

Government and Inter-governmental Documents

Author		Date
UN Member States (GA)	Plenary Statements on Agenda Item 81: Report of the International Criminal Court 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly	08 Nov 2005

UN Member States (GA)	Plenary Statements on Agenda Item 81: Report of the International Criminal Court 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - Thematic Excerpts	08 Nov 2005

UN Member States (GA)	Verbatim notes of the General Assembly meeting on the ICC (A/60/PV.46)	08 Nov 2005

European Parliament	Resolution on the outcome of the United Nations World Summit of 14-16 September 2005	29 Sept 2005

UN Member States (GA)	Excerpts from Statements during the general debate of the 60th 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/60/	01 Sept 2005

UN Member States (GA)	Excerpts from Statements during the World Summit of the UN General Assembly ( New York, USA )	01 Sept 2005

China	Position Paper of the People's Republic of China on the United Nations Reforms	07 June 2005

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ICC Statements and Reports

Author	Title		Date
ICC		Report of the ICC to the UN General Assembly	01 Aug 2005

NGO Letters, Papers, Reports, and Statements

Author		Date
CICC	Letter to States Parties in support of the ICC reference in the President's Draft Negotiating Document on UN Reform	07 Sept 2005

CICC	Letter to States Parties regarding theICC reference in the Revised Draft Outcome Document on UN Reform	30 Aug 2005

NGO Media Statements

Author		Date
CICC	UN Resolution Stands as the one of the Strongest Resolutions on the ICC in Years	23 Nov 2005

CICC	President of ICC Addresses UN General Assembly for the First Time	09 Nov 2005

CICC	President of the ICC to Address UN General Assembly for the First Time Tomorrow	07 Nov 2005

CICC	CICC Press Statement on the Result of Final UN Reform Document	16 Sept 2005

CICC	International Criminal Court Must Remain in Final UN Reform Document	09 Sept 2005

UN Reports, Resolutions, and Statements

Author		Date
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan	Secretary-General Progress Report on the Prevention of Armed Conflict (A/60/891 � 18 July 2006) (refers to ICC and deterrence in para. 41)	18 June 2006

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Rights of the Child (60/231) (reference to ICC in OP16 and OP33)	23 Dec 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment (60/148) (reference to ICC in PP5)	16 Dec 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (60/170) (reference to ICC in OP2, OP6, OP7)	16 Dec 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Rights to a Remedy and Reparations for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law (60/147) (refe	16 Dec 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Safety and Security of Humanitarian Personnel and Protection of United Nations Personnel (60/123) (reference to ICC in PP14 and OP6)	15 Dec 2005

GA	Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Report of the International Criminal Court (60/29)	23 Nov 2005

GA	Resolution considered by the General Assembly (debate adjourned): Draft Resolution on Situation of Human Rights in Sudan (A/C.3/60/L.47) (reference to ICC in OP1 and OP 5)	02 Nov 2005

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict	Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (refers to ICC in paragraphs 11, 41, 57, 67; refers to the CICC in paragraph 25)	07 Sept 2005

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan	Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization (A/60/1 � 8 August 2005) refers to the ICC, its Relationship Agreement with the United Nations, and the Security Council Resolution 1593 referring Sudan to the ICC (pgs. 8 and 11 and p	08 Aug 2005

GA	Revised Draft Outcome Document on UN Reform - ICC reference in paragraph 117	05 Aug 2005

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