United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/16 Distr.: General 20 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 154 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/57/561)] 57/16. Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 46/55 of 9 December 1991, 49/61 of 9 December 1994, 52/151 of 15 December 1997, 53/98 of 8 December 1998, 54/101 of 9 December 1999, 55/150 of 12 December 2000 and 56/78 of 12 December 2001, Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, 1 established pursuant to resolution 55/150, Noting that only a few issues remain outstanding, Stressing the importance of uniformity and clarity in the law applicable to jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property; 1 2. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall be reconvened from 24 to 28 February 2003 in order to make a final attempt at consolidating areas of agreement and resolving outstanding issues, with a view to elaborating a generally acceptable instrument based on the draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property adopted by the International Law Commission at its fortythird session, 2 and also on the discussions of the open-ended working group of the Sixth Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee and their results, 3 as well as to recommend a form for the instrument; 3. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the outcome of its work; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 22 (A/57/22). Yearbook of the International Law Commission, 1991, vol. II, Part Two (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.V.9 (Part 2)), document A/46/10, chap. II, para. 28. 3 See A/C.6/54/L.12 and A/C.6/55/L.12. See also Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth Session, Sixth Committee, 30th meeting (A/C.6/54/SR.30), and corrigendum; ibid., Fifty-fifth Session, Sixth Committee, 30th and 31st meetings (A/C.6/55/SR.30 and 31), and corrigendum; ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 22 (A/57/22); and ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Sixth Committee, 18th and 19th meetings (A/C.6/57/SR.18 and 19). 2 02 53885