Pattern of Conferences

A/RES/2478(XXIII)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1969.

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107 documents · 1958–2025

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/234	Pattern of conferences	5,780	–
2024	A/RES/79/248	Pattern of conferences	6,725	–
2023	A/RES/78/245	Pattern of conferences	6,396	–
2023	A/RES/77/255	Pattern of conferences	6,274	–
2021	A/RES/76/237	Pattern of conferences	6,474	–

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Takes note af the report of the Committee on Conferences ;28

Approves the calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 1969 contained in annex III of the report of the Committee on Conferences;

Approves further the 'recommendations regarding the pattern of recurrent conferences and meetings contained in paragraph 24 of the report of the Committee on Conferences and in this connexion requests the United Nations bodies, committees and commissions

concerned to review their meetings programmes and to report to their parent organs so as to enable them to make their decisions available to the Committee on· Conferences in time for the latter to present its relevant conclusions to the General Assembly at its twentyfourth session ;

Decides that no meetings not covered by the calendar for 1969 shall be convened, except for an emergency meeting ;

Decides further that, in accordance with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 2239 (XXI), ali proposals for new conferences and meetings made during the regular session of the Assembly will be subject to the recommendation of the Committee on Conferences and to final approval by the Assembly and that proposals made outside the regular session for changes in the appruved calendar will also be subject to the recommendations of the Committee on Conferences;

Reaffirms, for application in 1969, the general principie that in drawing up the schedule of conferences and meetings for future years U nited N ations bodies shall plan to meet at their respective established headquarters, with the following exceptions:

The Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme may, in accordance with its rules of procedure, hold one of its sessions at the United Nations Office at Geneva;

The sessions of the International Law Commission shall be held at Geneva ;

The sessions of the United Nations Commission 011 International Trade Law may be held, subject to the provision in paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, alternately at Headquarters in New York and at Geneva;

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, as well as the Scientific and Technical Suh-Committee and the Legal Sub- Committee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, may meet at Geneva if the exigencies of their work so require ;

The regular summer session of the Economic and Social Council may be held at Geneva provided that the closing date falls at least six weeks before the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly;

One Headquarters-based functional commission of the Economic and Social Council, to be determined

28 !bid., Twenry-third Sessio11, agenda item 75, documents A/7361 and Add.1. General A11embly-Twenty-third Sea1ion by the Council, may meet at Geneva during the period from January to April;

Sessions of not more than three other Headquarters-based functional commissions or committees of the Economic and Social Council may, by decision of the Council taken after consultation with the Secretary- General, be held at Geneva during the period from September to December without overlap;

In addition, a session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs may, in exceptional circumstances and by decision oí the Economic and Social Council taken after consultation with the Secretary-General, be held at Headquarters in N ew York; in that event, one other functional commission or committee may meet at Geneva in its place ;

( i) The regular sessions of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, the Economic Commission for Latín America and the Economic Commission for Africa, as well as meetings of their subsidiary bodies, may be held away from their headquarters when the commission concerned so decides, subject, in the case of regular sessions of the commissions, to the approval of the Economic and Social Council and of the General Assembly;

Confirms that bodies not mentioned in paragraph 6 above may hold sessions away from their established headquarters when a Government issuing an invitation for a session to be held within its territory has agreed to defray, after consultation with the Secretary-General as to their nature and possible extent, the actual additional costs directly or indirectly involved;

Decides that, as a general rule, not more than one major special conference shall be scheduled in any one year;

Urges ali organs and subsidiary bodies of the United Nations, to plan their future conferences and meetings in accordance with the following recommendations of the Ad H oc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies:

" ( i) Priorities should be established for fixing the areas and programmes of meetings and conf erences on a long-term basis;

"(ii) The availability of human and physical resources necessary for servicing conferences should be determined and taken into account;

" ( iii) The financia! ability of the organizations and of member States to meet the requirements ne<;essary to hold conferences should be determined and taken into account ;

"(iv) An adequate interval of time should be allowed between conferences of the same body or of similar nature ;"29

Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 1379 (XLV) of 2 August 1968 and, in particular, paragraph 2 of that resolution, in which the Council requested those of its subsidiary organs which had not yet done so to consider at their next sessions dispensing with summary records for their meetings and for those of their own subsidiary hodies in the future and in this connexion called to their attention the decision taken by the Commission on N arcotic Drugs to replace summary records by shorter minutes, while reserving the right to ask for a summary record in respect of any discussion which required exceptional treatment;

20 !bid .. Twcnty-first Scssio11, Am1exes, agenda item 80, document A/6343. para. 104 (k).

Requests ali organs other than those listed in paragraph 35 of the report of the Committee on Conferences to consider, in response to General Assembly resolution 2292 (XXII) of 8 December 1967, dispensing with summary records for their meetings and to report to their parent organs as appropriate, so as to enable them to make their decisions available to the Committee on Conferences in time for the latter to present its relevant conclusions to the Assembly at its twenty-fourth session ;

Requests the Committee on Conferences to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session, bearing in mind particularly the results of the reviews envisaged in paragraph 3 above, recommendations relating to the pattern of conferences for the years 1970, 1971 and 1972.

21 December 1968.

2479 (XXIII). lnclusion of Russian among the working languages of the General Assembly (amendment to rule 51 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly) and question of including Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council Tlu: General Assembly,

Recalling its resolution 2359 B (XXII) of 19 December 1967 on the use of the working languages, which pointed out that the use of severa! languages by the United Nations could constitute not a hindrance but rather an enrichment and a means of attaining the objectives of the Charter of the United N ations,

Having examined the relevant part of the report submitted by the Secretary-General,30

Decides to include Russian among the working languages of the General Assembly and to amend accordingly rule 51 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly;

Considers it desirable to include Russian and Spanish among the working languages of the Security Council;

Requesls the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the President of the Security Council.

21 December 1968.

2480 (XXIII). Composition of the Secretariat A Thc General Assembiy,

Recalling its resolution 2359 A (XXII) of 19 December 1967,

Reafjinning the need for an equitable distribution of the staff of the Secretariat among Member States as between regions, and within each region, in particular at the leve! of senior posts,

Reiterating its invitation to the Secretary-General to give preference to candidates from inadequately represented countries, keeping in mind paragrapli 73 of the report of the Committee 011 the Reorganization of the Secretariat,31 30 !bid .. Twenty-third Scssion, A,mexcs, agenda item 81, document A/7334.

31 /bid., addendum to agenda item 74 (A/7359), annex. Resolutiona adopted on the reporta of the Fifth Committee l. N ates with appreciation the information in table 10, based on weighted geographical distribution, contained in the report of the Secretary-General ;32

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to include in his future reports a table based on weighted geographical distribution ;

Renews its request to the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to achieve a better geographical distribution of the staff oí the Secretariat at ali levels;

Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth session on the progress achieved in the implementation of the present resolution.

21 December 1968.

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