UN Security Council Resolutions Regarding the ICC

Non-renewal of Security Council Resolution 1487:
On May 19, 2004, the U.S. again requested a Security Council resolution exempting its peacekeepers from the ICC's jurisdiction.  This year, however, the U.S. had to delay the vote when it became uncertain whether the U.S. had enough votes to secure its passage, in part because many Security Council members have linked U.S. rejection of the ICC and international law with alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq.  Finally, on June 23, the U.S. signaled that it had withdrawn its request due to lack of support among Security Council members.
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Security Council Resolution 1487:
On June 12, 2003, following extensive debate, the Security Council renewed Resolution 1422 for another year, exempting UN peacekeepers from non-ICC countries from the ICC's jurisdiction.  Read statements of U.S. allies, a summary of the debate, the text of the resolution, and other resources.
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Security Council Resolution 1422
In June 2002, the U.S. vetoed the routine Security Council resolution to continue the Bosnia peacekeeping mission and threatened to continue holding peacekeeping hostage until it gained special protections from the ICC for its peacekeepers.  Even after dozens of countries expressed sharp criticism of the U.S. demands and tactics in an open meeting, the Security Council capitulated and passed Resolution 1422, which granted a one-year exemption from the ICC's jurisdiction for peacekeepers from non-ICC countries.
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Security Council Resolution 1502 (Protecting UN Workers): 
(August 26, 2003)  Motivated by the bombing of the UN offices in Iraq, the UN Security Council approved a resolution first introduced in April that aims to protect UN and humanitarian aid workers. The resolution designates deliberate attacks on such workers "war crimes" and calls on states to prosecute those responsible. However, upon U.S. insistence, a reference to the ICC was dropped, even though attacks on humanitarian workers is already covered by the ICC as a war crime. According to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the practical impact of the resolution remains the same regardless of whether the ICC was explicitly named.

Security Council Resolution 1497 (Liberia): 
(August 1, 2003) The UN Security Council Resolution authorized a peacekeeping mission in Liberia by a vote of 12-0.  France, Germany and Mexico abstained over the inclusion of language at U.S. insistence that allows non-ICC member states to retain full jurisdiction over all their "current or former officials or personnel" involved with the Liberia mission. Those abstaining claimed that the language not only undermined the ICC, but that it also prevented countries from exercising jurisdiction over individuals accused of murdering their own citizens, a long-established tenet of international law. "Quite frankly," commented UN Secretary General Kofi Annan after the vote, "my sentiments are with those who abstained from the resolution."