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Drafting of an International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages

A/RES/33/19No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1977–1979
  • 1979A/RES/33/19Drafting of an international Convention against the taking of hostagesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1978A/RES/32/148Drafting of an International Convention against the Taking of HostagesCompare with previous version
  • 1977A/RES/31/103Drafting of an international convention against the taking of hostages

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics
HostagesTreaties

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
Invites Governments to submit, or to bring up unable to complete the mandate given to it within the to date, suggestions and proposals for consideration allocated time,
by the Ad Hoc Committee;
Mindful of the need to conclude, under the auspices 4.
Requests the Secretary-General to render all asof the United Nations, an international convention sistance to the Ad Hoc Committee, including the prepagainst the taking of hostages, taking into account the aration of summary records of its meetings; urgency of formulating effective measures to put an end to the taking of hostages,
5
Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit its
Bearing in mind the recommendation of the Ad Hoc report and to make every effort to submit a draft con- Committee that it should continue its work in 1979,ª vention against the taking of hostages to the General 1.
Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Com- Assembly at its thirty-fourth session; mittee on the Drafting of an International Convention 6.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of against the Taking of Hostages;
its thirty-fourth session the ítem entitled "Drafting of 1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Sixth Cornrnittee, see sect. X.B.8.
4 See resolution 32/148. The President of the General Assernbly subsequently inforrned the Secretary-General (see 2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 39 (A/33/39 and Corr.l).
A/33/557) that he had appointed Bulgaria to fil) the rernaining 3 Jbid., para. 57.
vacancy.
an international convention against the taking of hostages".

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