UN General Assembly
1952

64. The questions before the Sixth Committee are of equal concern to us. Amongst them those concerning the establishment of an international criminal jurisdiction and the definition of aggression are of particular importance. As regards the plan for an international criminal court, we think that it would be necessary to settle satisfactorily certain major difficulties which might arise in connexion with the prerogatives and fundamental rights of States, before taking a final decision on the practicability of such a grandiose project. As to the definition of aggression, we must stress its importance not only as one of the supreme requirements of collective security, but also as an essential preliminary to the effective establishment of an international criminal jurisdiction.