Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, G.A. res. 49/61, 49 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No.49) at 305, U.N. Doc. A/49/49 (1994).


The General Assembly,

Having received from the International Law Commission the set of draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property adopted by the Commission at its forty-third session,

Recalling that the International Law Commission recommended that an international conference of plenipotentiaries be convened to examine the draft articles and to conclude a convention on the subject,

Having considered the draft articles at its forty-sixth to forty-ninth sessions, including in a working group and in consultations aimed at considering the issues of substance arising out of the draft articles, with the purpose of identifying and attenuating the differences of views concerning such issues in order to facilitate the conclusion of a convention through general agreement,

Having considered also the reports of the Working Group established at its forty-seventh session and reconvened at its forty-eighth session and the report on the informal consultations held during its forty-ninth session,

1. Accepts the recommendation of the International Law Commission that an international conference of plenipotentiaries be convened to consider the articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property and to conclude a convention on the subject;

2. Invites States to submit to the Secretary-General their comments on the conclusions of the chairman of the informal consultations held pursuant to its decision 48/413 of 9 December 1993, and on the reports of the Working Group established under its resolution 46/55 of 9 December 1991 and reconvened pursuant to its decision 47/414 of 25 November 1992;

3. Decides to resume consideration, at its fifty-second session, of the issues of substance, in the light of the above-mentioned reports and the comments submitted by States thereon, and to determine, at its fifty-second or fifty-third session, the arrangements for the conference, including the date and place, due consideration being given to ensuring the widest possible agreement at the conference;

4. Also decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty- second session the item entitled "Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property".

84th plenary meeting
9 December 1994


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