A/RES/804(VIII) GA

54 General Assembly-Eighth Session Considering that the number of governments making contributions to UNICEF has increased constantly since 1950, 1. Affirms that the regulations which govern the activity of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund have enabled it to achieve satisfac- tory techniques, to acquire valuable experience and to accomplish its task successfully; 2. Reaffirms the pertinent provisions of General As- sembly resolutions 57 (I) and 417 (V), with the ex- ception of any reference to time-limits contained in these resolutions; 3. Decides to change the name of the organization to the United Nations Children's Fund, retaining the symbol UNICEF; 4. Requests the Economic and Social Council to continue to review periodically the work of UNICEF and to make recommendations to the General Assembly as appropriate; 5. Requests the Secretary-General: (a) To ensure that the programmes carried on by UNICEF continue to be co-ordinated effectively with the regular and technical assistanc~ programmes of the United Nations and the specialized agencies; ( b) To report thereon to the Economic and Social Council in 1954 and subsequently as appropriate; 6. Commends UNICEF, the United Nations Sec- retariat and the specialized agencies concerned for the close working relations which have developed pro- gressively and requests them to strengthen those re- lations in giving full effect to the desires of the As- sembly as expressed m resolution 417 (V) and the present resolution. 452nd plenary meeting, 6 October 1953. 803 (VIII). Report of the Security Council The General Assembly Takes note of the report 3 of the Security Council to the General Assembly covering the period from 16 July 1952 to 15 July 1953. 455th plenary meeting, 3 November 1953. 804 (VIII). Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Communist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea The General Assembly, Having considered the item "Question of atrocities committed by the North Korean and Chinese Com- munist forces against United Nations prisoners of war in Korea" proposed by the United States of America in documents A/2531 and A/2531/ Add. 1 of 30 and 31 October 1953, Recalling that basic legal requirements for humane treatment of prisoners of war and civilians in connexion with the conduct of hostilities are established by general international law and find authoritative reaffirmation 3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eighth Ses- sion, Supplement No. 2. in the Geneva Conventions of 1929 4 and 1949 3 rela- tive to the treatment of prisoners of war and in the Geneva Convention of 1949 6 relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war, Recalling that these Conventions also embody pre- cise and detailed provisions for giving effect to the basic legal requirements referred to above, and that these provisions, to the extent that they have not become binding as treaty law, have been accorded most gen- eral support by the international community, Desiring to secure general and full observance of the requirements of international law and of universal standards of human decency, 1. Expresses its grave concern at reports and in- formation that North Korean and Chinese Communist forces have, in a large number of instances, employed inhuman practices against the heroic soldiers of forces under the United Nations Command in Korea and against the civilian population of Korea; 2. Condemns the commission by any governments or authorities of murder, mutilation, torture, and other atrocious acts against captured military personnel or civilian populations, as a violation of rules of inter- national law and basi:.: standards of conduct and moral- ity and as affronting human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person. 467th plenary meeting, 3 December 1953. 805 (VIII). Application of Japan to become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice Whereas the Government of Japan, by a communica- tion 7 dated 24 October 1953 addressed to the Sec- retary-General, has expressed the desire to learn the conditions under which Japan could become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, Whereas Article 93, paragraph 2, of the Charter provides that a State which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the Court on conditions to be determined in each case by the Ge,eral Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council, Whereas the Security Council has adopted a recom- mendation 8 on this matter, The General Assembly Determines, in pursuance of Article 93, paragraph 2, of the Charter and upon the recommendation of the Security Council, the conditions on which Japan may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, as follows : "Japan will become a party to the Statute on the date of the deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument, signed on be- half of the Government of Ja pan and ratified as may be required by the constitutional law of Ja pan, con- taining: 4 See League of Nations Treaty Series, Publication of Treaties and International Engagements Registered with the Secretariat of the League of Nations, Volume CXVIII, 1931-1932, No. 2734, page 343. 5 See Treaty Series, Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations, Volume 75, 1950, No. 972, page 135. 6 Ibid., No. 973, page 287. 7 See document S/3126. 8 See document A/2600.

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