United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/23 Distr.: General 3 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 158 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/57/565)] 57/23. 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, 54/105 of 9 December 1999, 55/155 of 12 December 2000 and 56/85 of 12 December 2001, Noting that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was adopted on 17 July 1998 1 and entered into force on 1 July 2002, Noting also that the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, established in accordance with resolution F of the Final Act of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, 2 held its ninth and tenth sessions from 8 to 19 April and from 1 to 12 July 2002, respectively, and thus successfully completed its mandate in accordance with that resolution, 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, Reiterating the historic significance of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1. Calls upon all States that are not yet parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court1 to consider ratifying it or acceding to it without delay, and encourages efforts aimed at promoting awareness of the results of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, held in Rome from 15 June to 17 July 1998, the _______________ 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 Ibid., sect. B. 3 See resolution 55/2. 02 53929