definition of offences eornmitted by mercenaries needs to be clear and precise. The problen of defining a "mercenary" and mercenary activities is currentLy exercising the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruitiffiuse, Financing and Training of lttereenaries and, in ourview, Imercenarismt' should not be considered for inclusion in the Code until the results of that Committeers deliberations are known. 1. The Government of Egypt has already had the content of paragraph 69 of the report of the uork of its thirty-fifth session pursuant resolution 38/132 of 19 December 1983.[Or ig inal: Arabic I [3 July 198s1 occasion to state its views regarding the International Law Conmission onto paragraph 2 of General AssemblYA/40/45L EngLish Page 5 2. fn response to General Assembly resolutlon 39/80, the Government of Egypt r.rishes to present its views concerning paragraph 55 of the Commissionrs report on the uork of its thirty-sixth session relating to the draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of ttlankind, as follows: (a) ALthough the Comrnissionrs intention to limit its roork at the current stage to the criminal liability of individuals, without prejudice to subsesuent consideration of the possible application to States of the notion of international criminal responsibility (para. 65, subpara. (a) ), does not take fully into consideration Egyptrs previously stated position regarding the possibility of holding States criminally responsible, ne can agree to ttris approach at present' provided that the criminal responsibility of States renains open for diseussion in the future. (b) It is therefore only logical that the Commission should begin (as stipulated in para. 65, subpara. (b) ), by drawing uP a list of offences constituting a threat to the peace and security of mankind, while bearing in nind the need to draft, at an appropriate stage, an introduction sunmarizing the general
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the definition of offenses committed by mercenaries and the need for clarity and precision in international law. It also touches on the issue of criminal responsibility of individuals and states. The context is related to international relations and law, which suggests that the category should be related to international issues.

**Category**
International trade, International relations