Documents, Publications and Statements
Documents
- Conventions and declarations
- Documents on Appointments
- Exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council on the appointment of Francis Deng as Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and Edward Luck as Special Adviser responsible for the conceptual, political and institutional development of the responsibility to protect (S/2007/721 and S/2007/722)
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Press Release: Secretary-General Appoints Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention
3 May 2006 - Exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council on the appointment of Juan Mendez as Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (S/2004/567 and S/2004/568)
- Additional Documents
- Report of the Secretary-General on the responsibility to protect: "timely and decisive response"
25 July 2012 - Report of the Secretary-General on the Role of regional and sub-regional arrangements in implementing the responsibility to protect
27 June 2011 - Report of the Secretary-General on Early warning, assessment and the responsibility to protect
14 Jul 2010 - Report of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the situation in Guinea
7-22 March 2010 - The Special Adviser, Mr. Francis Deng conducted a mission to the Great Lakes region in November/December 2008 and compiled a Report highlighting his findings and recommendations in regard to the situation in North Kivu, Eastern DRC
19 Mar 2009 - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Prevention of Genocide
09 Mar 2009 -
Report of the Secretary-General on the Efforts of the United Nations system to prevent genocide and the activities of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
18 Feb 2009 - Report of the Secretary-General on Implementing the Responsibility to Protect
12 January 2009 -
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Five-Point Action Plan and the activities of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide
18 Mar 2008 - Human Rights Council Resolution on the Prevention of Genocide
25 Mar 2008 -
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Five Point Action Plan and the activities of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
09 Mar 2006 - 2005 World Summit Outcome Document
24 Oct 2005 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1366 (2001) on the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts
30 August 2001 - Principles of International Cooperation in the Detection, Arrest, Extradition and Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity (1973)
- Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
26 November 1968 - Other UN Resolutions on Genocide
- Report of the Secretary-General on the responsibility to protect: "timely and decisive response"