Pattern of Conferences

A/RES/2609(XXIV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

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Expresses regret that, far the reasons set forth in the report of the Committee on Conferences, the ber 1957, 1851 (XVII) of 19 December 1962, 1987

(XVIII) of 17 December 1963, 2116 (XX) of 21 efforts of the Committee to bring about a more orderly and manageable calendar of conferences have not pro- December 1965, 2239 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 2361 (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and 2478 (XXIII)

duced satisfactory results; of 21 December 1968,

Expresses its appreciation of the services rendered by the Committee on Conferences, and in particular of

Noting that Govemments are finding it increasingly difficult to provide effective representation at an everthe measure of success that it has achieved in reducing documentation; increasing number of conferences and committee meetings, which in tum give rise to excessive documenta-

Decides to reconsider at its twenty-fifth session the questions of the membership and tenns of reference tion,

Believing that the ability of the United Nations to engage in programmes of value to the Govemments

of the Committee on Conferences, and in the meantime not to reconstitute the membership of the Committee;

Approves the calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 1970 contained in annex I to the report of the Committee on Conferences, amended to provide as follows:

The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction shall hold its summer session at Geneva from 3 to 28 August 1970;

( b) The Special Committee on the Question of Defining Aggression shall resume its work in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2330 (XXII) of 18 December 1967, at Geneva, in the second half of 1970;

Toe Special Committee on Principies of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States may meet at Geneva or any other suitable place for which the Secretary-General receives an invitation, at a time in the first half of 1970 to be determined in consultation with the Secretary-General;

The Working Group on Direct Broadcast Satellites of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space shall meet in New York in May 1970;

The Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations shall hold its sessions in New York at times to be determined in consultation with the Secretary- General;

Toe Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment shall hold its meetings in New York at a time to be determined in consultation with the Secretary-General;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To complete the study provided for in Economic and Social Council resolution 1460 (XL VII) by widening its field of application to the whole area of conferences and meetings held by subsidiary organs of the General Assembly;

To incorporate in this study, taking into account views expressed in and suggestions presented to the General Assembly as well as other relevant considerations, proposals concerning the calendar of conferences for 1971 and the following years, which would allow for the most rational and economic use possible of the administrative premises and staff assigned to conference and meeting services both at Headquarters in New York and at the United Nations Office at Geneva;

Requests the Secretary-General, without prejudice to the provisions of Economic and Social Council resolution 1460 (XLVII), to present the study referred to in . paragraph 6 above to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session;

Decides that no meetings other than those covered by the calendar of conferences for 1970 shall be convened, except for emergency meetings;

Reafjirms, for application in 1970-without restricting the right of the Economic and Social Council and the Secretary-General to make recommendations to the General Assembly in the light of the study referred to in paragraph 6 above-the general principie that, in drawing up the schedule of conferences and meetings for 1971, United Nations 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 Geneva;

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

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

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

The regular summer session of the Economic and Social Council may be held at Gcneva 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 detcrmined by the Council, may meet at Geneva during thc period from January to April;

Sessions of not more than threc othcr Headquarters-based functional commissions or committees of the Economic and Social Council may, by deci~.ion 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 of the Economic and Social Council taken after consultation with the Secretary-Genernl, he held in New York; in that event, one other functional commission of the Council may meet at Gc11cv:1 in its place;

The regular sessions of the Econnmic Commission for Asia and the Far East, thc Fcunumic Commission for Latin America and the Economic Commission for Africa, as well as meetings of thcir subsidiary bodies, may be held away from their head-· quarters when the commission concerned so decides subject, in the case of regular sessions of thc com~ missions, to the approval of the Economic ami Social Council and of the General Assembly;

Decides that United Nations bodies mav hold sessions away from their established headquarters when a Government issuing an invitation for a session to be held ~ithin _its territory has agreed to defray, after consultatlon w1th the Secretary-General as to their nature and possible extent, the actual additional costs directly or indirectly involved;

Decides that, as a general rule, tll)l more than one majar special conference shall be scheduled in auy one year;

Urges all organs and subsidiary bodies of the United Nations to plan their future confercnces and meetings in accordance with the following recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts to Examine the Finances of the United N ations and tlie Specialized Agencies:

"(i) Priorities should be established for fixing the areas and programmes of meetin !!S and conferences on a long-term basis;

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

"(iii) The financial ability of the organizations and of member States to meet the requírements necessary 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 a similar nature";34

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session a calendar of conferences for 1971 and preliminary calendars of conferences for 1972 and 1973;

Notes that the Economic and Social Council has already achieved a certain measure of success in reducing the number of meetings of its subsidiary bodies, as described in paragraphs 615 to 629 of its report for the period 3 August 1968 to 8 August 1969,35 and that the Trade and Development Board has examined proposals for improving the machinery of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 36 and urges both bodies to contim.ie their eflorts to reduce the number of meetings of their subsidiary bodies without impairing eflective positive action on worth-while programmes;

Takes note of the comments of the Joint Inspection Unit in paragraph 198 of its report37 on the need for improving the United Nations meetings system, and requests it to submit a report to the General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session, through the appropriate channel, setting forth its views on possible improvements in the system used by the United Nations in handling and processing documents before, during and after meetings, including sessions of the General Assembly, and in the organization of the proceedings at such meetings.

16 December 1969.

General Assembl,

.ty-fourth Session

Estímate approved by resolution lncrease 2482 B or Revised ( decrt'ase)

estímate (US dollars) TOTAL, PART I TOTAL, PART 11 GRAND TOTAL

ss lbid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/7626 and Corr.l and 2).

8:4 lbid., Twenty-first Session, Annexes, agenda item 80, document A/6343, para. 104 (k).

8li lbid., Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/7603 and Corr.1).

36 lbid., Supplement No. 16 (A/7616), part three, chapter VI.

s1 A/7576 and Corr.l, annex.

38 Ofjicíal Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/7627).

llll Ibid., Supplement No. 28 (A/7628).

40 lbid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes, agenda ítem 79, documents A/7883 and A/7884. 41 Ibid., agenda ítem 80, document A/7805. 42 Ibíd., document A/7818. 43 Ibid., agenda item 85, document A/7583. 44 lbid., document A/7814.

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