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ICC Reports to the UN General Assembly
The President of the International Criminal Court reports annually to the UN General Assembly:
- August 1, 2005 First Report and November 8, 2005 address by the ICC President
- August 3, 2006 Second Report and October 9, 2006 address by the ICC President
- August 31, 2007 Third Report and November 1, 2007 address by the ICC President
- August 22, 2008 Fourth Report and October 30, 2008 address by the ICC President
- September 17, 2009 Fifth Report and October 29, 2009 address by the ICC President
- August 19, 2010 Sixth Report and October 28, 2010 address by the ICC President | US statement
- August 19, 2011 Seventh Report and October 26, 2011 address by the ICC President
- August 14, 2012 Eighth Report and November 1, 2012 address by the ICC President
Select Resolutions and US Actions and Statements
- UN General Assembly, Resolution A/Res/58/79, International Criminal Court (December 11, 2003)
- UN General Assembly, Resolution A/Res/318, Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (September 20, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Relationship Agreement Between the United Nations and the International Criminal Court, A/58/874 (August 20, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Press release, General Assembly Concludes Fifty-Eighth Session (September 13, 2004)
- Department of State Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli, Daily Press Briefing (October 5, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Sixth Committee, General Assembly on the General Assembly, A/C.6/59/L.25 (November 17, 2004)
- US Mission to the UN Legal Advisor Eric Rosand, Explanation of Position on the Adoption of Resolution Concerning the Report of the International Criminal Court (November 19, 2004)
- US Drops Fight Over Global Court, Reuters (November 19, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Press release, Legal Committee Text Calls for Further Discussion on Human Cloning Aimed at 'Declaration' (includes US intervention on the ICC) (November 19, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Resolution A/Res/59/43, International Criminal Court (December 16, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Third Committee, Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo, A/C.3/59/L.54 (November 2, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Third Committee, Resolution on the Question of Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, A/C.3/59/L.61 (November 9, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Third Committee, Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, A/C.3/59/L.57/Rev.1 (November 16, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Third Committee, Resolution on Rights of the Child, A/C.3/59/L.29/Rev.1 (November 18, 2004)
- UN General Assembly, Report of the International Criminal Court, A/60/L.25 (November 18, 2005)
- UN General Assembly, Report of the International Criminal Court, A/61/L.21 (November 15, 2006)
- UN General Assembly, Report of the International Criminal Court, A/62/L.13 (November 17, 2007)
Select Reports of the Secretary-General
- The High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility (December 2, 2002)
- Report of the Secretary-General, In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All (March 21, 2005)
- Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (September 7, 2005)
Security Council
Select Meetings, Resolutions and US Statements
- UN Security Council, Resolution 1593 on Darfur, Sudan (March 31, 2005):
"Decides to refer the situation in Darfur since 1 July 2002 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court"
- UN Security Council, Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Respect for International Humanitarian Law, Official Communiqué of the 6078th (Closed) Meeting (January 29, 2009)
- UN Security Council, Resolution 1970 on Libya (February 26, 2011)
"Decides to refer the situation in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya since 15 February 2011 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court"
- UN Security Council, The Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Open Debate on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court, Provisional Record of 6849th Meeting (October 17, 2012)
- Guatemalan Ambassador to the UN Gert Rosenthal, Concept Note, Open Debate of the Security Council on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court (October 1, 2012)
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court (October 17, 2012)
- ICC President Judge Sang-Hyun Song, Remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court (October 17, 2012)
- ICC Office of the Prosecutor Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Phakiso Mochochoko, Remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court (October 17, 2012)
- US Ambassador to the UN Susan E. Rice, Remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Peace and Justice, with a Special Focus on the Role of the International Criminal Court (October 17, 2012)
- UN Department of Public Information, Press release, Secretary-General Hails International Criminal Court as Centrepiece of 'New Age of Accountability', Urges Enhanced Cooperation with Security Council (October 17, 2012)
- UN Security Council, Open Debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, Provisional Record of 6917th Meeting (February 12, 2013)
- US Ambassador to the UN Susan E. Rice, Remarks at the Security Council Debate on Protection of Civilians (February 12, 2013)
- UN Security Council, Statement by the President of the Security Council, S/PRST/2013/2 (February 12, 2013)
- UN Security Council, Resolution 2098 on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (March 28, 2013)
"Authorizes MONUSCO, through its military component, in pursuit of the objectives described in paragraph 11 above, to take all necessary measures to perform the following tasks, through its regular forces and its Intervention Brigade as appropriate; [...] Support and work with the Government of the DRC to arrest and bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the country, including through cooperation with States of the region and the ICC"
- UN Security Council, Resolution 2100 on Mali (April 25, 2013)
"Decides that the mandate of MINUSMA shall be ... [t]o support, as feasible and appropriate, the efforts of the transitional authorities of Mali, without prejudice to their responsibilities, to bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, taking into account the referral by the transitional authorities of Mali of the situation in their country since January 2012 to the International Criminal Court; [... ] Authorizes MINUSMA to use all necessary means, within the limits of its capacities and areas of deployment, to carry out its mandate"
Select Reports of the Secretary-General and US Statements
- Report of the Secretary-General, The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies (August 24, 2004)
- UN Security Council, Resolution 1888 on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (September 30, 2009)
- Report of the Secretary-General, The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies (October 12, 2011)
Secretary-General
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Rome Statute (June 29, 2007)
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Remarks to the Sixth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (general debate), New York (December 3, 2007)
- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, An Age of Accountability, Address to the Review Conference of the International Criminal Court, Kampala (May 31, 2010)
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