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Draft Convention on Genocide

A/RES/180(II)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1948.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
GenocideTreaties

What does this mandate say?

1 operative paragraph
Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue the 'l'.'ork it has begun concerning the suppression of the crime of genocide, includin.cthc study of the draft convention prepared by the Secretariat, and to proceed with the completion of a convention, taking into account that the Intnnational Law Commission, which will he set np ia 1 Sec Resolutions adopted by the General A.ucm/J/y during the second part of its first session, page 14 ·L 'See document E/447.
1 See Resolutions adopted by the Economic and Social Council during its fifth session, resolution 77(V), page 21. ficicr de laditc imrnunitc alors meme qu'ils n'exer- C!"rairnt plus de fonctions auprcs des commissioru; de !'Organisation ou qu'ils ne seraient plus charges de mission pour 1c rompti- de cette derniere; reglemcntations monetaires et de- change et en ce qui concernc lcurs bagages personnels quc celles accordecs aux fonctionnaires des Gouvernemrnt, etrangers en mission officielle temporaire. experts dans l'interet de !'Organisation et non en vue d,:- !cur avantage personnel. L'Organi~ation pourra et devra kv!"r l'immunite accordfr a un expert clans tous ks cas ou ellc estimera quc cette irnmunite generait !'action de la justice et qu'clle peut etrr- levfr sans nuire aux interets de !'Organisation.
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180 (II). Projet de convention sur le geno-

cide L' Assemblee ghufrale,
Considerant !'importance t!u probleme de Ja lutte contre le rrimr de genocide en tant que crime international;
Reaffirmant sa resolution 96 (I)' en date du 11 deccmbrc 1946 Sur le crime de genocide;
Declarant q uc le crime de genocide est un crime international q ui comporte des responsabilites vidus et pour Jes Etats; verncments des Etats Membrrs de !'Organisation des Nations lJnics n'ont pas encore prcsentc !curs observations sur le projct de convention prepare projn q•ri ln,r ::,·ait rtC ,,oumi, par le Se,rCtaire gcneralc le 7 j uillet 194 7;
( :on)idhrmt q ue k Corn:cil cconurn'.q uc cl mcial a d<-cb:·t;, clan, ,.a rc~nl11tion en d;ite du 6 ao(it 1'i47 ', qu';l sc propose de poursuivrc l'cxamcn t!c la qul'stion du genocide a1!ssi r,1pidcmcat quc possible, sous reserve de nou\Tl!cs instructions de I' Asscmblee generale,
Inuite le Co11Seil cconomiquc et sncial ;'t pomsuivrc les t rava11x q H'il a curnrncnc,'.s sur L1 1 cpre,. ,ion dH crime de genocide,
travaux qui c1,111prc11nent l'etudc du proict ck 'unvcntion blis.,cment du tcxte definitif d\mc <''Hlvention ,,1: tc:ant compte du fait q1,e la Com111is.'ion de dro;t
due course in accordance with General Assembly resolution 174(II) of 21 November 1947, has been charged with the formulation of the principles recognized in the Charter of the Niirnberg Tribunal, as well as the preparation of a draft code of offences against peace and security;
Informs the Economic and Social Council that it need not await the receipt of the observations of all Members before commencing its work, and Requests the Economic and Social Council to submit a report and the convention on this question to the third regular session of the General Assembly.
Hundred and twenty-third plenary meeting_.
21 November 1947. international, qui sera crccc en temps voulu conformement a la resolution 17 4 (II) de l' Assemblce
Statut de la Cour de Nuremberg et d'claborer un la securite; point n'cst bcsoin qu'il attende de recevoir Jes observations de tous Jes Etats Membrcs pour entreprendre son travail;
Invite le Conscil economiq ue et social a presenter, a la troisieme session ordinaire de I' Assemblee le textc de la convention susvisee.
Cent-vingt-troisieme seance pleniere,
le 21 novembre 1947.

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