Defining International Aggression
The Search for World Peace


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A Documentary History and Analysis
By Benjamin B. Ferencz

Volume 2

Volume 2 — Contents

PART THREE: THE UNITED NATIONS MOVES TO DEFINE AGGRESSION

(1) The Opening Wedge (1946-1951)

(2) The Fifteen-Member First Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression (1952-1954)

(3) The Nineteen-Member Second Special Committee (1954-1957)

(4) The Twenty-One-Member Third Special Committee (1959-1967)

(5) The Thirty-Five-Member Fourth Special Committee (1967-1974)

Notes

PART FOUR: AGGRESSION DEFINED BY CONSENSUS

(1) Aggression Defined (1974)

(2) Analysis of the Draft Definition

The Preamble

The Substantive Definition

(3) The Significance of the Definition

Notes: Abbreviations Used

Notes

Photograph: Members of the U.N. Special Committee which defined aggression by consensus, Apr. 12, 1974

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DOCUMENTS

PART THREE: THE UNITED NATIONS MOVES TO DEFINE AGGRESSION

General Assembly Official Records (GAOR)

1. Fifth Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 72. Doc. A/C.1/608 USSR Draft Definition of Aggression, 1950

2. Fifth Session, Resolution 378 (V), Duties of States in the event of the outbreak of hostilities, 1950

   Resolution 380 (V). Peace through deeds, 1950

3. Sixth Session, Supp. No. 9 (A/1858) - Report of the International Law Commission, 16 May-27 July, 1951

4. Sixth Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 49. Report of the Sixth Committee, A/2087, 29 Jan., 1952

5. Seventh Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 54, 1952

   Comments by Governments

   Report by the Secretary-General (A/2211)

   Report of the Sixth Committee (A/2322) and Draft Resolutions

6. Ninth Session, Supp. No. 11 (A/2638) - Report of the Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression, 24 Aug. - 21 Sept., 1953

7. Ninth Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 51 - Comments by Governments, 1954

   Report of Sixth Committee, A/2806, 1954

8. Twelfth Session, Supp. No. 16 (A/3574) - Report of 1956 Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression, 8 Oct. - 9 Nov., 1956

9. Twelfth Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 54, Report of the Sixth Committee, A/3756, 27 Nov., 1957

10. Doc. A/AC.91/2 - Report of the Committee Established Under Gen. Ass. Res. 1181 (XII)

    (Question of Defining Aggression), 24 Apr., 1959

11. Doc. A/AC.91/3 - Report of the Committee Established Under Gen. Ass. Res. 1181 (XII), (Question of Defining Aggression), 13 Apr. (1962)

12. Doc. A/AC.91/4 - Report of the Committee Established Under Gen. Ass. Res. 1181 (XII), (Question of Defining Aggression), 26 Apr., 1965

13. Twenty-Second Session, Annexes, Agenda Item 95.

    Request of the USSR (A/6833)

    Report of the Sixth Committee (A/6988)

14. Twenty-Third Session, Agenda Item 86 - Report of Special Committee, Question of Defining Aggression, A/7185/Rev. 1, 4 Jun. - 6 Jul., 1968

15. Twenty-Third Session, Agenda Item 86, Report of Sixth Committee, A/7402, 13 Dec., 1968

16. Twenty-Fourth Session, Supp. No. 20, A/7620, Report of Special Committee, 24 Feb. - 3 Apr., 1969

17. Twenty-Fourth Session, Agenda Item 88, Report of Sixth Committee, A/7853, 10 Dec., 1969

18. Twenty-Fifth Session, Report of Special Committee, Supp. No. 19 A/8019, 13 Jul. - 14 Aug., 1970

19. Twenty-Fifth Session, Agenda Item 87, Report of Sixth Committee, A/8171, 19 Nov., 1970

20. Twenty-Sixth Session, Supp. No. 19, A/8419, Report of Special Committee, 1 Feb. - 5 Mar., 1971

21. Twenty-Sixth Session, Agenda Item 89, Report of Sixth Committee, A/8525, 19 Nov., 1971

22. Twenty-Seventh Session, Supp. No. 19, A/8719.

    Report of Special Committee, 31 Jan. - 3 Mar., 1972

23. Twenty-Seventh Session, Agenda Item 88, Report of Sixth Committee (A/8929), 7 Dec., 1972

24. Twenty-Eighth Session, Supp. No. 19 (A/9019).

    Report of Special Committee, 25 Apr. - 30 May, 1973

25. Twenty-Eighth Session, Agenda Item 95, Report of Sixth Committee, A/9411, 10 Dec., 1973

PART FOUR: AGGRESSION DEFINED BY CONSENSUS

1. Twenty-Ninth Session, Supp. No. 19, A/9619, Report of Special Committee, 11 Mar. - 12 Apr., 1974

2. Twenty-Ninth Session, Agenda Item 86, Report of Sixth Committee, A/9890, 6 Dec., 1974

3. U.N. Secretariat, ST/LIB/32, 24 Oct. 1973, Definition of Aggression, A Select Bibliography

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