United Nations A/RES/55/155 General Assembly Distr.: General 19 January 2001 Fifty-fifth session Agenda item 162 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/55/612)] 55/155. Establishment of the International Criminal Court The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 47/33 of 25 November 1992, 48/31 of 9 December 1993, 49/53 of 9 December 1994, 50/46 of 11 December 1995, 51/207 of 17 December 1996, 52/160 of 15 December 1997, 53/105 of 8 December 1998 and 54/105 of 9 December 1999, Noting that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted on 17 July 1998 1 and is open for signature in New York at United Nations Headquarters until 31 December 2000, and taking note of the Final Act of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court done at Rome on 17 July 1998, 2 Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted at the Millennium Assembly, 3 in which heads of State and Government stressed the importance of the International Criminal Court, Noting in particular that the Conference decided to establish a Preparatory Commission for the Court, 4 and that the Commission held three sessions in 1999, from 16 to 26 February, 26 July to 13 August and 29 November to 17 December, and three sessions in 2000, from 13 to 31 March, 12 to 30 June and 27 November to 8 December, Bearing in mind the mandate of the Preparatory Commission, as set out in resolution F adopted by the Conference,4 with regard to the preparation of proposals for practical arrangements for the establishment and coming into operation of the Court, Recalling, with regard to future work of the Preparatory Commission and related working groups, the decision agreed upon by the Commission, referred to in paragraph 14 of the summary of the proceedings of its fifth session, 5 to establish 1 A/CONF.183/9. A/CONF.183/10. 3 See resolution 55/2. 4 See A/CONF.183/10, annex I. 5 See PCNICC/2000/L.3/Rev.1. 2 00 56869