At its first session, second part, in 1946, the General Assembly called upon ECOSOC to undertake the necessary studies for drawing up a draft convention on the crime of genocide. The Council instructed the Secretary-General to prepare a preliminary draft with the assistance of experts in international and criminal law. To this end the Ad Hoc Committee on Genocide was formed to work together with the Division of Human Rights. In June 1947 the Secretary-General transmitted the text of the first draft convention to the General Assembly Committee on the Progressive Development of International Law and its Codification. The Committee requested that the Secretariat proceed with the gathering and evaluation of comments from governments. The final text of the draft convention was presented to the General Assembly in 1948. It was completed and ratified in December 1948, entering into force in 1951. It is the first multilateral human rights treaty adopted and opened for ratification or accession by the General Assembly.
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Financial questions; missions from Geneva and Geneva staff missions to New York headquarters; Secretary General's visits.
Correspondence with Bureau International d'Education Geneva, Cours Réunis, Cours commerciaux du soir and other similar schools; participation in UNESCO meetings and projects.
By government starting from Greece.
Accommodation in Geneva; material and financial arrangements for UN Military observer in Greece; confidential correspondence; first meeting in Geneva including documentation.
General arrangements of meetings; sessions of the Commission; meetings of the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; Special Committee of Three to Investigate Israeli Practices; Human Rights Working Group.
Correspondence; meetings and documentation.
Meetings; personnel administration; in-service training with the ECE of African Economist and Statisticians; The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning.
Meetings and relations.