A/RES/48/31 Page 2 Recalling the need to keep under review those topics of international law which, given their new or renewed interest for the international community, may be suitable for the progressive development and codification of international law and therefore may be included in the future programme of work of the International Law Commission, Recognizing the role of the International Law Commission in the fulfilment of the objectives of the United Nations Decade of International Law, Expressing its appreciation for the progress achieved by the International Law Commission in its elaboration of a draft statute for an international criminal court, 3/ and noting the constructive debate in the Sixth Committee pertaining to this question, Considering that experience has demonstrated the usefulness of structuring the debate on the report of the International Law Commission in the Sixth Committee in such a manner that conditions are provided for concentrated attention on each of the main topics dealt with in the report, and that this process is facilitated when the Commission indicates specific issues on which expressions of views by Governments are of particular interest for the continuation of its work, 1. Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-fifth session; 1/ 2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for the work accomplished at that session; 3. Recommends that, taking into account the comments of Governments, whether in writing or expressed orally in debates in the General Assembly, the International Law Commission should continue its work on the topics in its current programme; 4. Takes note with appreciation of chapter II of the report of the International Law Commission, entitled "Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind", which was devoted to the question of a draft statute for an international criminal court; 3/ 5. Invites States to submit to the Secretary-General by 15 February 1994, as requested by the International Law Commission, written comments on the draft articles proposed by the Working Group on a draft statute for an international criminal court; 6. Requests the International Law Commission to continue its work as a matter of priority on this question with a view to elaborating a draft statute, if possible at its forty-sixth session in 1994, taking into account the views expressed during the debate in the Sixth Committee as well as any written comments received from States; 3/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/48/10), annex. /...