text: principles of international eriminal law relating to such offences. (c) fn addition, the Government of Egypt feels that a list of offenees nust necessarily be based on the list prepared by the International Law Comnission in 1954. However, the study of this list rrill naturally lead to the inclusion of amendments and the addition of ne!., types of offences that have emerged as a result of international and legal developments since L954, and that, by a sort of common international conviction, must be considered criminal. 3. Hence the Conrmission must, at the present stage, work on reaching agreenent eoncerning offences internationally recognized as criminal, with a vieht to including then in the list of offencesi perhaps the most serious are apartheid and the use of nuclear weapons, which no two States could differ in considering offences against the peace and security of all mankind. 4. To guote the examples of apartheid and the use of nuclear weapons is not to mininize the seriousness of other offences such as are stipulated in paragraph 55, subparagraph (c). tle merely think that these trdo ought to be given priority as tbe least controversial offences, following which the Connissison could proceed to examine colonialisn, economic aggression, etc. r as mentioned in the report. 5. Lastly, the Arab Republic of Egypt attaches special importance to settinq a time-limit for cornpletion of the Comnission's work on the list of offences. This is a natter that should be dealt with by the Connission when it next exarnines this subj ect.A/40/45L Engli sh Page 6 GABON [Original: Frenchl [27 June f985] l. The Gabonese Republic considers that the elaboration of a Code of Offencesagainst the Peace and Security of l{ankind is a step forward in the proeess of theprogressive development and codification of international law. In order to move
analysis: This text appears to be discussing international law and the development of a code of offences against the peace and security of mankind. It mentions specific examples of crimes such as apartheid, the use of nuclear weapons, and economic aggression, which suggests that the category is related to international relations, law, and human rights. The text also mentions the importance of setting a time limit for the completion of the Commission's work, which implies that the category is related to international cooperation and diplomacy.