Trusteeship Council

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-306
Keyword(s):  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Draft Statute ◽  
Fourth Session

The second special session of the Trusteeship Council was held at Lake Success from December 8 to 20, 1949 to consider two items: negotiation with Italy of a draft trusteeship agreement for placing Italian Somaliland under the international trusteeship system, in accordance with the resolution of November 21, 1949 of the fourth session of the General Assembly, and completion of a draft statute for the administration of Jerusalem as an international enclave, in accordance with the decision of the General Assembly of December 16, 1949.

The ILC Adopts a Statute for an International Criminal Court

1995 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 404-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Crawford
Keyword(s):  
International Criminal Court ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Tribunal ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Draft Statute ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Fourth Session

As an offshoot of its work on a Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind, the International Law Commission has for the past several years been working on the idea of an international criminal court. At its forty-fourth session in 1992, the Commission established a working group, which laid down basic parameters for a Draft Statute. The general approach of the working group was endorsed by the Commission and by the General Assembly in 1992. At its forty-fifth session in 1993, the Commission received the report of a working group containing a Draft Statute for an International Criminal Tribunal and, without formally adopting the text, referred it to the General Assembly for comment. The 1993 Draft Statute gave effect to the general approach adopted in 1992, but with a number of modifications and refinements and with much further detail. The General Assembly “took note with appreciation” of the Draft Statute and invited the Commission to continue its work “as a matter of priority,” with a view to elaborating a final draft, if possible, at its 1994 session.

General Assembly

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-575
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
New Members ◽  
The Soviet Union

The fourth emergency special session of the General Assembly, summoned by the Secretary-General in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Security Council at its 906th meeting on September 16, 1960, was held from September 17 through 19, 1960. During consideration of the provisional agenda, Mr. Wadsworth (United States) suggested that the admission of new members, scheduled for the regular fifteenth session of the General Assembly, be added to the agenda of the emergency session as item No. 1. After objections to this addition were voiced by the Soviet Union, several African states, and others, on the ground that the necessary documents were not yet in the hands of the Assembly, a proposal by the representative of Guinea for postponement of the matter was adopted by 43 votes to none, with 26 abstentions.

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