A/RES/602(VI). Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1952

• Resolution Number: A/RES/602(VI)
• Session: 6th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

Resolutions adopted

on

reports

of

the

Sixth Committee 85

sible and desirable, with a view to ensuring interna-

tional peace and security and to developing interna-

tional criminal law, to define aggression by reference

to the elements which constitute it,

C

onsiderin(l further that it would be

of

definite ad-

vantage if directives were formulated for the future

guidance of such international bodies as may

be

called

upon to determine the aggressor,

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

thor-

oughly discussed in the light of the views expressed

in the Sixth Committee at the sixth session

of

the Gen-

eral Assembly and which shall duly take into account

the draft resolutions and amendments submitted con-

cerning 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 prob-

lem of defining aggression.

368th plenary meeting,

31

January 1952.

600

(VI).

Review

of

the Statute

of

the

International Law CommiHion

The General Assembly,

Referring to its resolution 484

(V)

of

12

December

1950 in which it asked the International Law Commis-

sion for "recommendations. . .concerning revisions

of

the Statute which may appear desirable, in the light of

experience, for the promotion

of

the Commission's

work",

Considering that, according to the report covering

the work

of

its third session, the said Commission, in

pursuance of the General Assembly's resolution, recom-

mended7 that,

at

the time

of

the next election

of

its

members, the Commission should

be

placed on a full-

time basis,

1.

Notes tj,e observations and recommendations

contained in chapter V of the report

of

the Interna-

tional Law Commission;

2.

Expresses appreciation for the work done by the

Commission pursuant to the terms

of

its Statute;

. 3

..

Decides, for the

tir.n~

being, not to take any ac-

tion m respect

of

the

rev1s10n

of

the said Statute until

it

has acquired further experience

of

the functioning

of

the Commission. 368th plenary meeting,

31

January 1952.

601

(VI).

Report

of

the

International Law Com-

mission covering the work

of

its third session

( chapters VI, VII and VIII)

The General Assembly,

Pending its consideration of the questions dealt with

in chapters

VI,

VII

and

VIII

of the reports

of

the In-

'Ibid., Supplement No.

9,

para.

67.

ternational

Law

Commission covering the work

of

its

third session, ·

Notes the progress

of

the Commission's work

on

those questions. 368th plenary mettfflg,

31

Janurwy

1952.

602

(VI),

Ways and

means

for

making

the

evi-

dence

of

customary international

law

more

readily available

The General Assembly,

Having considered the report9 of the Secretary-Gen-

eral on ways and means for making the evidence

of

customary international law more readily available.

1.

Notes with satisfaction that a repertoire relating

to the interpretation

of

the Charter is already under

way;

2.

Instructs the Secretary-General to continue his

studies relating to the best methods for securing for the

United Nations the required national legislative ma-

terial;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to

the

General Assembly at its seventh session a report con-

taining detailed plans as to the form, contents and

budgetary implications in regard to the possible publi-

cation

of:

(a)

A United Nations juridical yearbook, taking

into account the suggestions made during the debates

in the Sixth Committee ;

( b) A consolidated index to the League

of

Nations

Treaty Series;

~

c)

A list

of

treaty collections supplementary to

those already existing;

(

d)

A volume containing a repertoire

of

the prac-

tice

of

the Security Council.

369th plenary meeting,

1 February 1952.

603

(VI).

Designation

of

non-member States

to

which a certified

copy

of

the Revised General

Act

for

the Pacific Settlement

of

International

Disputes shall be communicated by

the

Sec-

retary-General

for

the

purpose

of

acceuion

to

this Act

The General Assembly,

Considering that only three Members

of

the United

Nations have become parties to the Revised General

Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Dis-

• Ibid., Supplement No.

9.

"Ibid.,

Sixth

Session, Annexes, agenda item

53,

document

A/1934.