SIXTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO DRAFT CONVENTION CREATING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

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GA/L/2997/

SIXTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO DRAFT CONVENTION CREATING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

ADDENDUM

Following is the Annex of Press Release GA/L/2997 issued on 29 November 1995:

Vote on Committee to Draw Up Convention for International Criminal Court

The draft resolution on establishment of a preparatory committee to draw up a convention creating an international criminal court (document A/C.6/50/L.15) was approved by a recorded vote of 122 in favour to none against, with 6 abstentions, as follows:

In favour: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darrusalam, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Sixth Committee - 2 - Press Release GA/L/2997/Add.1 46th Meeting (PM) 30 November 1995

Against: None.

Abstaining: Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Sri Lanka, Sudan.

Absent: Afghanistan, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Congo, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Nepal, Palau, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Turkmenistan, United Republic of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zaire.

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