Committee on Conferences

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1978.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2014–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/116	Pattern of conferences report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/32/72
2015	A/70/122	Pattern of conferences report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/32/72
2014	A/69/120	Pattern of conferences report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/32/72

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Appointment of Members Conference and Meeting Services Conference Facilities Conferences Coordination Within UN System Members Terms of Reference

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Decides to retain the Committee on Conferences, composed of twenty-two Member Stat~s, subject to review of its terms of reference as reqmred;

Requests th~ President of the General Asse~bly, after consultations with the chairmen of the regional groups, to appoint Member States, on the basis of an equitable geographical balance, to serve on the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term;

Decides that the Committee on Conferences shall have the terms of reference set forth below:

To advise the General Assembly on the calendar of conferences;

To act ,on behalf of the General Assembly in dealing with departures from the approved cale~da~ of conferences that have administrative and financ1a'1 implications;

( c) To recommend to the General Assembly means to provide the optimum apportionment of conference resources, faciliti•es and services, includi~g documentation, in order to ensure their most efficient and effective use;

( d) To advise the General Assembly on the current and future requirements of the Organizat_ion for conference services, facilities and documentation;

To advise the General Assembly on means to ensure improved co~ordination of conferences within th~ United Nations system, including conference services and facilities, and to conduct the appropriate consultations in that regard;

Requests its subsidiary bodies to seek the advice of the Committee on Conferences with regard to the scheduling of their regular meetings and with regard to any proposed changes in their established pattern of sessions.

99th plenary meetin,g

9 December 1977

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of the Committee on Conferences.

The President of the General Assembly subsequently informed the Secretary-Genera/24 that, in accordance with paragraph11 1 and 2 of the above resolution, he had appointed the member.r

As a result, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following Member States: ALGERIA,

AusTRIA,

CANADA, CHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, EGYPT, FRANCE,

HONDURAS,

INDO- NESIA, IVORY COAST, JAPAN, KENYA, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, SRI LANKA, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERIC'A and YUGOSLAVIA.

26 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-secoT1d

27 A/C.5/32/25.

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