Organization of the 62nd Session

A/DEC/62/502View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 7 Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items : reports of the General Committee, published in 2008.

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11 versions · 1997–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/81/503

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/DEC/81/503	Organization of the 81st session	—	—
2019	A/DEC/73/502	Organization of the 73rd session	248	—
2017	A/DEC/72/502	Organization of the 72nd session	—	—
2017	A/DEC/71/502	Organization of the 71st session	301	—
2009	A/DEC/63/502	Organization of the 63rd session	252	—

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At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 21 September 2007, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report,17 adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the sixty-second session.

At its 31st plenary meeting, on 23 October 2007, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite the Vice-President of the World Bank, the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the Special Representative of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development at United Nations Headquarters and the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme to make statements at that meeting.

At its 47th plenary meeting, on 12 November 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairman of the Sixth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee by one additional meeting.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 15 November 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairman of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), decided to extend the work of the Committee by one additional meeting.

At its 59th plenary meeting, on 30 November 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairperson of the Second Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 7 December 2007.

_______________ 15 See A/62/338. 16 See A/62/338/Add.1. 17 A/62/250, paras. 3–43.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 6 December 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairperson of the Second Committee, decided to further extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 14 December 2007.

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 11 December 2007, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, and notwithstanding Assembly resolution 61/272 of 29 June 2007, decided, without setting a precedent, to hear a statement by a child delegate at the opening meeting of the commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children.

At its 73rd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairman of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Wednesday, 19 December 2007.

At its 74th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairperson of the Second Committee, decided to further extend the work of the Committee until Tuesday, 18 December 2007.

At its 75th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse,18 decided to consider the report of the Working Group under agenda item 116 entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”.

At its 76th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2007, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the sixty-second session of the Assembly from Tuesday, 18 December 2007, to Friday, 21 December 2007.

At its 79th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2007, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chairman of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee by one additional meeting.

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