Invitations to Be Addressed to Non-Member States to Become Parties of the General Assembly

A/RES/368(IV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1949.

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5 subjects

Genocide International Courts Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Specialized Agencies Treaties

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Considering that it is desirable to send invitations to those non-member States which, by their participation in activities related to the United Nations, have expressed a desire to advance international co-operation,

Decides to request the Secretary-General to dispatch the invitations above-mentioned to each nun-member State which is or hereafter heco·mes an active member of one or more of the specialized agencies of the United .\"ations, or which is or hereafter becomes a Partv to the Statute of the 1 nlernational Court of J u;tice;

Ne mains co117•i11ccd of the necessitv of im·it · ing .\!embers of thc L:nited Nations \,~hich hav(' nut yet clone so to sign or ratify the Convention on the Pn-ventinn and l'nnishment of thl' Criml' (,f t;e11ocidr as soon as pussilile.

lo<ith ple11ary meeting,

3 ncrem/,rr 1949.

369. (IV). Draft Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons Fhc (;cnera/ Assembly,

CoHsidcriny resolution 249 (lX) I& of 9 At:gu~L 1949 appron·d by the Fnmomic and Social l ·u1111cil,

( ·u11sidcrilly that the Economic and Social Council was not able to examine the draft Convention on the Declaration of Death oi l\I issing l'n,011s 1''" prepared by the ,Id lioc Cunm1itlt'l' t"~taLlished to prepare the draft,

( ·,1/lsidcriny that the Cerwral Assembly should undertake a detailed study of conventions prepared hy small groups only if one of its main Co111111ittccs disposes of the necessary time; th;1t, when the contrary is the case, it can call a conference of plenipotentiaries for the purposes of stud ving and drafting the convention,

R.-coy11i:::iny the importanc(' and urgency of the que~tion,

Hrcoy11i:::i11_q also the leg·al difficulties arising, in particular because oi differences of legislation in the matter,

nccid,·s that au international confrrencr: of ( ;m•1·rnrncnt representati'. l'S he convened not later than ! A.pri! I ()50 with a view to concluding ;i multilateral convention on the subject:

I 11s/ruds the Secretary-( ;eneral :

To i~sue invitation~ to the Covernments ( a ,./ :\iem\1cr States to such a conference, asking :di c;, ,\·ernrnents intereste:i to inform him as soon :L., p, 0.siblc ui their acceptance;

To ;akc all other measure, necessan- fo, d1l' c1)!1\"s'lling o: tl:e coni,.-rence;

R,·f,n al,u the draft Convcntior; on the i h•,·i:1Lttiun ll:° i kat h of .\ t issing I '<·rsons to M c111- .

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