A/RES/74/187
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 79
Report of the International Law Commission on the work
of its seventy-first session
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 18 December 2019
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/74/425)]
74/187.
Crimes against humanity
The General Assembly,
Having considered chapter IV of the report of the International Law
Commission on the work of its seventy-first session, 1 which contains the draft articles
on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity,
Noting that the Commission decided to recommend the draft articles on
prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity to the General Assembly and
recommended the elaboration of a convention by the Assembly or by an international
conference of plenipotentiaries on the basis of the draft articles, 2
Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive
development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the
Charter of the United Nations,
Recognizing the need to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, which are
among the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole,
1.
Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its
continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of
international law;
2.
Takes note of the draft articles on prevention and punishment of crimes
against humanity, presented by the Commission; 3
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19-22395 (E)
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/74/10).
Ibid., para. 42.
Ibid., chap. IV, sect. E.
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