UNITED NATIONS General Assembly INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION Forty-second session Geneva, 1 May-20 July 1990 Distr. GENERAL . '' A/CN.4/429/Add.3 21 May 1990 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH DRAFT CODE OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF MANKIND Report of the Secretary-General Addendum CONTENTS REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS (continued) ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Belgium ............................................................ GE.90-61216/3497a A A/CN.4/429/Add.3 page 2 BELGIUM [Original: French] [10 May 1990] In reply to the request made by the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 44/32 entitled "Draft Code of Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind" seeking the views of the Belgian Government regarding the.conclusions contained in paragraph 69 (c) (i) of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-fifth session, the Permanent Representative of Belgium has the honour to refer to the reply transmitted on 7 July 1988 concerning the Draft Code of Crimes Against the Peace and Security of Mankind. 1/ 1/ See A/43/525, p.3. The relevant paragraphs read as follows: 1. It will be possible to implement the draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind only to the extent that an international judicial organization is able to impose sanctions for breaches of the norms of that Code. It is with this in mind that the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide provides, in article 6, that an international criminal court should have jurisdiction for the trial of persons charged with genocide. While the principle of universal punishment, which is set forth in a number of international conventions, to some extent offsets the lack of an international criminal jurisdiction, it might be recognized that the principle of universal punishment is not the ideal solution in respect of international crime, that is so for the two following reasons. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to international law and the establishment of a draft code of crimes against the peace and security of mankind. The language used is formal and official, suggesting that it is an official document from the United Nations. The content of the text is focused on the implementation and jurisdiction of an international criminal court, which is a matter of international relations and governance.

**Category**
International law, Humanitarian aid and relief