United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/43 Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 146 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2004 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/59/512)] 59/43. 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, 54/105 of 9 December 1999, 55/155 of 12 December 2000, 56/85 of 12 December 2001, 57/23 of 19 November 2002 and 58/79 of 9 December 2003, Noting that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1 was adopted on 17 July 1998 and entered into force on 1 July 2002, Noting also the adoption of the Regulations of the International Criminal Court, 2 the entry into force of the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the Court, 3 the opening of the first investigations by the Prosecutor and the constitution of the Pre-Trial Chambers of the Court, Acknowledging the Relationship Agreement between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (“Relationship Agreement”) as approved by the Assembly of States Parties on 7 September 2004 and by the General Assembly in its resolution 58/318 of 13 September 2004, 4 including paragraph 3 of the resolution with respect to the full reimbursement of expenses resulting from the implementation of the Relationship Agreement, 5 and signed by the United Nations and the Court on 4 October 2004, thereby entering into force, Reiterating the historic significance of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, _______________ 1 Official Records of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, Rome, 15 June-17 July 1998, vol. I: Final documents (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.I.5), sect. A. 2 ICC-BD/01-01-04. 3 Official Records of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, First session, New York, 3-10 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.V.2 and corrigendum), part II.E. 4 See A/58/874 and Add.1. 5 Articles 10 and 13 of the Relationship Agreement. 04-47884