Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

A/RES/43/138View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1989.

What other versions does this mandate have?

7 versions · 1986–1993

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/47/108

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1993	A/RES/47/108	Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	408	—
1991	A/RES/45/152	Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	—	—
1990	A/RES/44/158	Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	—	—
1989	A/RES/43/138	Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	280	22%Compare
1988	A/RES/42/133	Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	806	16%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Genocide Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the necessity of international cooperation in order to liberate mankind from such an odious crime;

Notes with satisfaction that many States have ratified the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide or have acceded thereto;

Expresses its conviction that implementation of the provisions of the Convention by ali States is necessary for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide;

Urges those States which have not yet become parties to the Convention to ratify it or accede thereto without further delay;

Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session a report on the status of the Convention.

141 A/43/478

142 Uníted Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75. Nos. 970-973.

143 Official Records of the Security Council. hmy-third Year. Sufllement far April, May and June J98íi. documenl S/19835, annex l.

A/43/742, annex.

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