Question of Defining Aggression

A/RES/688(VII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1953.

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4 versions · 1952–1958

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/1181(XII)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1958	A/RES/1181(XII)	Question of defining aggression	171	14%Compare
1955	A/RES/895(IX)	Question of defining aggression	452	21%Compare
1953	A/RES/688(VII)	Question of defining aggression	357	13%Compare
1952	A/RES/599(VI)	Question of defining aggression	358	–

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11 subjects

Aggression Appointment of Members Codes of Conduct Crimes Against Peace Definition Establishment International Criminal Jurisdiction International Security Members Terms of Reference Written Communications

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4 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish a Special Committee of fifteen members, each representing one of the following Member States: Bolivia, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, France, Iran, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Syria, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, to meet at the Headquarters of the United Nations in 1953;

Requests the said Special Committee:

To submit to the General Assembly at its ninth session draft definitions of aggression or draft statements of the notion of aggression;

To study all the problems referred to above on ( b) the assumption of a definition being adopted by a resolution of'] the General Assembly;

Requests the Secretary-General to communicate the Special Committee's report to Member States for their comments and to place the question on the provisional agenda of the ninth session of the General Assembly.

20 December 1952.

ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BF.LGIUM, CHINA, DENMARK, EGYPT, FRANCE, ISRAEL, THE NETHERLANDS, PAKIST.\N, PANAMA, PERU, THE PHILIPPINES,. THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VENE- ZUELA AND YUGOSLAVIA.

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