Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 116 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 1978.

What other versions does this mandate have?

49 versions · 1977–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/166

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/166	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,978	87%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/125	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,923	86%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/111	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,951	85%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/109	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,916	85%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/115	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,933	88%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

42 reports · 2000–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/206	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/166
2025	A/80/210	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/125
2025	A/80/151	Implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to 3rd States affected by the application of sanctions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/125
2024	A/79/188	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/111
2023	A/78/296	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/109

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Charter Review

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

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Notes the recommendation, approved by the Diplomatic Conference, that a special conference be called on the issue of prohibition or restriction of use for humanitarian reasons of specific conventional weapons;

Expresses its appreciation to the Swiss Federal Council for acting as host to the four sessions of the Diplomatic Conference, and to the International Committee of the Red Cross for preparing the basis for discussion and for its constant assis.tance to the Conference;

Urges States. to consider without delay the matter of signing and ratifying or acceding to the two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which will be opened for signature on 12 December 1977 in Berne;

Appeals to States which have not done so to be- 5. come parties to the Geneva Conventions of 1949;

Calls upon all parties to armed conflicts to acknowledge and to comply with their obligations under the existing instruments of international humanitarian law and to observe the international humanitarian rules which are applicable, in pa,rticular the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Geneva Protocol of 1925 and the Geneva Conventions of 1949;

Calls upon all States to take effective steps for the dissemination of humanitarian rules applicable in armed conflicts;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fourth session a report concerning the state of signatures and ratifications of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session an item entitled "Report of the Secretary-General on the state of signatures and ratifications of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 concerning the respect for human rights in armed conflicts".

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Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the role of the Organization

Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization;

Decides that the Special Committee should continue its work in pursuance of the following tasks with which it is entrusted:

To list the proposals which have been made or will be made in the Committee and to identify those which have awakened special interest;

To examine proposals which have been made ( b) or will be made in the Committee with a view to according priority to the consideration of those areas on which general agreement is possible;

Requests the Special Committee to be mindful of the importance of reaching general agreement whenever it has significance for the outcome of its work;

Urges members of the Special Committee to participate fully in its work in fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to it;

Invites Governments to submit, or to bring up to date, their observations and proposals in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3499 (XXX);

Requests the Secretary-General to render all assistance to the Special Committee, including the preparation of summary records of its meetings;

Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its thirtythird session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-third session the item entitled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization".

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Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country

B Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-second

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