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Question of Defining Aggression

A/RES/599(VI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1952–1958
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1181(XII)
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  • 1955A/RES/895(IX)Question of defining aggressionCompare with previous version
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  • 1952A/RES/599(VI)Question of defining aggression

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
AggressionCodes of ConductCrimes Against HumanityCrimes Against PeaceDefinitionWritten Communications

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to include in the agenda of its seventh session the question of defining aggression;
2
Instructs the Secretary-General to submit to· the General Assembly at its seventh session a report in which the question of defining aggression shall be thoroughly discussed in the light of the views expressed in the Sixth Committee at the sixth session of the General Assembly and which shall duly take into account the draft resolutions and amendments submitted concerning this question;
3
Requests States Members, when transmitting their observations on the draft Code to the Secretary- General, to give in particular their views on the problem of defining aggression.
31 January 1952.

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