1. The Chairman of the Special Working Group on the Crime of Aggression (SWGCA) would like to draw the attention of all delegations to the report of the Special Working Group of the seventh session and the revised Chairman's paper submitted in preparation of the upcoming session (2009 Chairman's paper).

2. In order to facilitate the preparation for the substantive work of this last session of the SWGCA, the Chairman would like to suggest a number of issues on which the Group could usefully focus its work. This list is subject to change depending on the progress made in the discussions and without prejudice to other topics delegations may wish to raise.

Draft amendments on aggression, based on the 2009 Chairman’s paper

3. The main goal of this session will be to adopt a final report of the SWGCA for consideration by the Assembly of States Parties, containing a set of draft amendments to the Rome Statute. It is envisaged that this document should be as clean as possible, based on the 2009 Chairman’s paper. At the same time, it is understood that several questions, including the issue dealt with in draft article 15 bis, paragraph 4 (procedural options in case of inaction by the Security Council) will require further work after the completion of the SWGCA. It is also understood that all draft provisions on the crime of aggression are interlinked and that the principle “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed” therefore applies.