Sixth Committee

30 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3050

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE HAMPERED BY BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, COURT PRESIDENT TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971030 Says Court Faces Largest Workload Ever with Inadequate Staff; Committee Continues Discussion of International Law Commission Report

27 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3049

REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION INTRODUCED IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971027

Speaking "clearly and with brutal frankness" this morning, the Chairman of the International Law Commission said the Sixth Committee (Legal) did not always properly discharge its role of guidance and leadership for the Commission.

24 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3048

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE CALL FOR REVIEW OF STATUTE OF UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

19971024 Debate on International Criminal Court Concluded

The statute of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal should be reviewed to bring it up to date, the Sixth Committee (Legal) was told this morning as it considered a request to amend the statute's provision relating to the competence of the Tribunal to specialized agencies.

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3046

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD NOT BE DIRECT PART OF UNITED NATIONS

19971023 Treaty-Based Scheme for Funding is Suggested; Others Take Different View, Proposing Relationship with Security Council

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3047

DELEGATES DIFFER ON WHETHER STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD COVER CRIME OF 'AGGRESSION'

19971023 Exclusion Would Weaken Body, Some Argue; Others Tell Legal Committee Jurisdiction Should Be Limited to Conduct of Individuals

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3045

STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE BASED ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLES, LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971022 Croatia Stresses Primacy of National Jurisdictions; Others Take Different Views as Debate Continues on Creation of New Body

21 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3044

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT BODY, AND NOT SUBSIDIARY OF SECURITY COUNCIL, SPEAKERS TELL LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971021 Committee Establishes Working Group to Discuss Draft Text on Question of Security Council Sanctions Affecting Third States

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3043

SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE

19971017

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3042

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PLANS TO MARK CENTENNIAL, IN 1999, OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

19971015 Draft Resolution Would Invite Netherlands and Russian Federation to Work on Programme of Action for Worldwide Observances

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3041

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE

19971014 Mongolia Offers Proposal on Adoption of Guiding Principles For Negotiations; Debate on Strengthening UN Charter Is Concluded

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began discussion of the United Nations Decade of International Law, 1990-1999, with Mongolia introducing a proposal calling for the adoption of guiding principles for international negotiations.