The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction The General Assembly, Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to international law and to an international orderbased on the rule of law, which is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States:
 

1. Requests the Secretary-General to invite Member States to submit, before 30 April 2010, information and observations on the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction, including information on the relevant applicable international treaties, their domestic legal rules and judicial practice, and to prepare and submit to the General Assembly, at its sixty-fifth session, a report based on such information and observations:

2. Decides that the Sixth Committee shall continue its consideration of the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction, without prejudice to the consideration of related issues in other forums of the United Nations:
 

3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the item entitled “The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction”.