Drafting of an International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1980–1986

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/40/74

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1986	A/RES/40/74	Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries	685	82%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/84	Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries	754	—
1984	A/RES/38/137	Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/109	Drafting of an international convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries	631	18%Compare
1980	A/RES/35/48	Drafting of an international convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries	670	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Mercenaries Treaties

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoe Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries and the progress made by the Ad Hoe Committee, especially during its fourth session;

Decides to renew the mandate of the Ad Hoe Com mittee to enable it to continue its work on the drafting of an international convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries;

Requests the Ad Hoe Committee, in the fulfilment of its mandate, to use the draft articles contained in chapter IV of its report, entitled "Consolidated Negotiating Basis of a convention against the recruitment, use, financing and training of mercenaries", as a basis for future negotiation on the text of the proposed international convention;

Invites the Ad Hoe Committee to take into account the suggestions and proposals of Member States submitted to the Secretary-General on the subject and the views and comments expressed at the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly during the debate in the Sixth Commit tee devoted to the consideration of the report of the Ad Hoe Committee;28

Decides that the Ad Hoe Committee shall accept the participation of observers of Member States, including participation in the meetings of its working groups;

Requests the Secretary-General to make available to the Ad Hoe Committee at its fifth session a topical sum mary of the discussions which took place in the Sixth Committee during the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly and any up-to-date and relevant documentation on the subject;

Also requests the Secretary-General to provide the Ad Hoe Committee with any assistance and facilities it may require for the performance of its work;

Decides that the Ad Hoe Committee shall hold its fifth session for four weeks, from 8 April to 3 May 1985;

Requests the Ad Hoe Committee to make every effort to complete its mandate at its fifth session and to submit a draft convention to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session the item entitled "Report of the Ad Hoe Committee on the Drafting of an International Conven tion against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries".

27 Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-ninth Session, Supple 25 See also sect. X.A, decision 39/327.

ment No. 43 (A/39/43 and Corr. I). 26 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.

28 fbid., Thirty-ninth Session, Sixth Commillee. 49th-57th and 64th JI See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session. Sixth meetings.

Commillee, 33rd-47th and 55th meetings. 29 Ibid., Thiny-ninth Session, Supplement No. JO (A/39/10).

32 Jhid .. Thirty-seventh Session. Supplement No. JO (A/37/10), chap. II, 30 Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.

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