A/RES/56/78 United Nations Distr.: General 18 January 2002 General Assembly Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 160 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/56/587 and Corr.1)] 56/78. Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 55/150 of 12 December 2000, wherein it was decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, open also to participation by States members of the specialized agencies, to further the work done, consolidate areas of agreement and resolve 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 forty-third session, 1 and also on the discussions of the open-ended working group of the Sixth Committee and their results, 2 1. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property shall meet from 4 to 15 February 2002; 2. Requests the Secretary-General to make available to the Ad Hoc Committee the comments submitted by States in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/61 of 9 December 1994 and on the reports of the open-ended working group of the Sixth Committee established under Assembly resolutions 53/98 of 8 December 1998 and 54/101 of 9 December 1999;2 3. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the outcome of its work; 4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property”. 85th plenary meeting 12 December 2001 _______________ 1 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. 2 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; and ibid., Fifty-fifth Session, Sixth Committee, 30th and 31st meetings (A/C.6/55/SR.30 and 31), and corrigendum. 01 49014