criminal trial mechanism with jurisdiction over persons alleged to have committed crimes which may be covered under suoh a code of crimes, including persons engaged in illicit trafficking in narootia drugs across national frontiers, and to devote attention to that question in its report on that session)V*r 101. Consequently, a substantive portion of the diecussion held by the Commission on the Special Ra$portour’s eighth report on the topic (2151et to 2159th meetings) revolved around the question concerning the establishment of an international criminal court or other international criminal trial mechanism. At the conclusion to that discussion, the Commission decided to establish a work :ng group w+ th a marrdate to draw up a draf’: tiesponse by the Commission to the request addressed to it by the General Assembly in paragraph 1 of resolution 44139. After adoption by the Commirreion, the draft response would become pelt of its report to the General Assembly. 102. As to the question of “illicit trafficking in narcotic drug8 acro88 net ional frontiers”, mentioned in Goneral Assembly resolution 44139, it was considered by the Commission in the context of its discussion of the eighth report of the Specie1 Rapporteur. 481 As indicated in paragraph 31 of the present report, tho Commission provisionally adopted an article to be included in the Cods which Befines the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs as a crime against humanity. !wSee pares. 77-88 above. - 39 -2. 103, While considering this quwtion, the Commission was aware OP the fact that the Commission itself, as ~011 as other United Nations organs, hac¶ been involved in tho past in efforts tent¶ing towards the crontion of some kind of an intornational criminal jurisc¶ietion, These efforts, although thtq did not come to fruition for different reasonsr could well provide the Commission with
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international efforts to combat crime, specifically the establishment of an international criminal court or trial mechanism, and the definition of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs as a crime against humanity. This suggests that the topic is related to law enforcement, justice, and international cooperation.

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