Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles Relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 134 Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1982–1985

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/89	Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally	1,465	—
1984	A/RES/38/142	Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally	—	—
1983	A/RES/37/115	Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally	480	22%Compare
1982	A/RES/36/167	Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally	239	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Adoption Child Welfare Declarations Foster Home Care Legal Aspects Principles Social Aspects

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

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Decides that the Special Committee shall accept the participation of observers of Member States, including in the meetings of its working groups;

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

Requests the Secretary-General to render all assistance to the Special Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, on the basis of the outline elaborated by the Special Committee and in the light of the views expressed in the course of the discussions in the Sixth Committee and in the Special Committee, a draft handbook on the peaceful settlement of disputes between States, and to report to the Special Committee at its session in I 985 on the progress of work, before submitting to it the draft handbook in its final form, with a view to its approval at a later stage;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth 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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Approves the conclusions of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization as set forth in the annex to the present resolution;

Decides that the conclusions referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be reproduced as an annex to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly.

13 December 1984 39 /89. Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally

Appeals to Member States representing different legal systems to undertake consultations on the draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally, with a view to finding out the extent to which they would join the common endeavour of completing the work thereon;

Also appeals to the Member States that will take part in the consultations to submit, before the forty-first session of the General Assembly, a paper containing their common conclusions on the matter, including, if appropriate, their suggestions as to the procedure and forum for future work;

Requests the Secretary-General to circulate the paper referred to in paragraph 2 above to Member States with a view to obtaining their comments thereon, including their views as to the procedure and forum for future work, and to submit a report to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-first session the item entitled "Draft Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with Special Reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally".

39/90. Review of the multilateral treaty-making process

Expresses its appreciation to the Working Group on the Review of the Multilateral Treaty-making Process for the completion of its mandate and for its final document;

Requests the Secretary-General to circulate to all States Members the final document of the Working Group on the Review of the Multilateral Treaty-making Process;

Recommends to all States which are considering the initiation of a multilateral treaty within the framework of the United Nations to give consideration to the procedures set out in the final document of the Working Group on the Review of the Multilateral Treaty-making Process;

Also requests the Secretary-General to prepare, for information and possible use by Governments, a handbook on multilateral treaty-making as described in paragraph 18 of the final document of the Working Group on the Review of the Multilateral Treaty-making Process, to be made available within two years;

Further requests the Secretary-General:

To examine, together with the specialized and related agencies, and other international organizations exercising depositary functions, the feasibility and financial implications of consolidating, in a similar way to the volumes entitled Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, 56 the information regarding depositary functions performed by these international organizations;

To hold consultations on the feasibility and financial implications of publishing, at regular intervals, consolidated information regarding depositary functions performed by Governments;

To examine the regulations in force for giving effect to Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations, with a view to their possible up-dating;

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ANNEX

Conclusions of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization concerning the rationalization of the procedures of the General Assembly I. The agenda of the sessions of the General Assembly should be simplified as much as possible by grouping or merging related items, after consultation and with the agreement of the delegations concemed.43

43 The view was expressed that the agreement of the delegations concerned was not an essential condition.

44 The view was expressed that this recommendation was not intended to have any financial implications whatsoever and was approved subject to that condition.

Specific items should be referred, where relevant, to other United Nations organs or to specialized agencies. The right of States to request that specific items be discussed in the General Assembly should remain unimpaired.

The recommendation in paragraph 28 of annex V to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, according to which the Assembly should ensure, as far as possible, that the same questions, or the same aspects of a question, are not considered by more than one Main Committee, should be more fully implemented, except when it would be helpful for the Sixth Committee to be consulted on the legal aspects of questions under consideration by other Main Committees.

The General Committee should play more fully its role under rule 42 of the rules of procedure and paragraphs I and 2 of General Assembly decision 34/401, reviewing periodically the work of the Assembly and making the necessary recommendations.

The Chairmen of the Main Committees should take the initiative, 10 the light of past experience, to propose the grouping of similar or related items and the holding of a single general debate on them.

The Chairmen of the Main Committees should propose to the Committee the closing of the list of speakers on each item at a suitably early stage.

Agreed programmes of work should be respected. To this end, meetings should start at the scheduled time and the time allotted for meetings should be fully utilized.

The officers of each Main Committee should review periodically the progress of work. In case of need, they should propose appropriate measures to ensure that the work remains on schedule.

Negotiation procedures should be carefully selected to suit the particular subject-matter.

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The Secretariat should facilitate informal consultations by providing adequate conference services. 44 11 The mandate of subsidiary organs should be carefully defined in order to avoid overlapping and duplication of work. The General Assembly should also review periodically the usefulness of its subsidiary organs.

Resolutions should be as clear and succinct as possible.

45 A/35/336.

46 A/37/146.

47 A/38/389 and Add.1-3.

48 A/391442 and Add. I.

49 A/35/312 and Corr. I.

54 See Offic,al Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Sixth 50 A/35/312/Add.l and 2 and Add.2/Con I ( i,mmittee, 59th, 60th and 64th meetings. 5 I A/36/553.

,s A/C.6/39/L.12. annex. 52 A/37/444.

56 ST /LEG/SER.E/2 and Add. I. 53 A/36/553/Add. l and 2 and A J7 444 Add. I

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39/90. Review of the multilateral treaty-making process

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