Before approving three draft resolutions without a vote today, the Sixth Committee (Legal) heard the President of the International Court of Justice address select aspects of evidentiary practices of the United Nations principal judicial organ, in addition to continuing its deliberations on the International Law Commission’s report.
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) forwarded 28 drafts to the General Assembly today on a broad range of items, from the effects of armaments containing depleted uranium, developments in the field of information and telecommunications, the Hague Code of Conduct against ballistic missile proliferation, and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
As the General Assembly concluded its debate today on the reports of the International Criminal Court, delegates alternatively praised its effectiveness in prosecuting crimes against humanity and criticized what they viewed as its partiality.
General agreement on the timeliness of the Secretary-General’s proposed high-level review of peacekeeping operations emerged in the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today, as speakers, concluding their annual comprehensive review of the subject, stressed a need to preserve traditional guiding principles while retooling missions to address new challenges.
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) forwarded 12 draft resolutions to the General Assembly today on weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons and a new one on no first placement of weapons in outer space, which stresses the urgency of preventing an arms race in outer space.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today examined how the budget of the United Nations would be affected should the General Assembly adopt a draft resolution on the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024.
As more than half of all United Nations peacekeepers were serving in Africa, the Organization should mount greater partnership with regional and subregional organizations across the continent, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today, as issues of personnel security, clear mandates, use of new technologies and gender mainstreaming also informed debate.
The protection of human rights, without distinction of migratory status, was key to development, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today as it concluded its general discussion on the promotion and protection of human rights, including the introduction of two resolutions – on the rights of the child and on celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family.
Implementation of the post-2015 development agenda would require a renewed global partnership that engaged various development actors, with a participatory monitoring and accountability framework vital to its effective functioning, a Deputy Minister of the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said today.
During a day-long debate in the General Assembly today, delegations took up the reports of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, commending those bodies for their contributions towards making the rule of law paramount in international relations, while considering challenges faced when carrying out their respective mandates.
