Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

A/RES/47/233View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 31 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, published in 1993.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1992–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/327

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/79/327	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly	4,131	19%Compare
2023	A/RES/77/335	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly	7,262	38%Compare
2021	A/RES/75/325	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly	5,917	9%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/303	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly	656	12%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/341	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly	3,957	25%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

6 reports · 2011–2019

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2019	A/73/723	Opening of the regular sessions of the General Assembly report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/313
2018	A/72/736	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/323
2017	A/71/780	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/305
2016	A/70/681	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/321
2013	A/67/710	Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/294

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Election of Officers Rules of Procedure Work Organization Working Groups

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Decides that the Main Committees of the General Assembly shall be as follows:

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Disarmament and International Security Committee (First Committee);

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Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee);

Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee);

Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee);

Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee);

Legal Committee (Sixth Committee);

Also decides to amend the rules of procedure of the General Assembly as set forth in the annex to the present resolution;

Further decides that, as an interim measure and pending a decision on the pattern of election of the six Chairmen of the Main Committees, the six Chairmen of the Main Committees at the forty-eighth session shall be elected as follows:

Two representatives from African States;

One representative from an Asian State;

One representative from an Eastern European State;

One representative from a Latin American or Caribbean State;

One representative from a Western European or other State;

Recommends that, pending further consideration of the revitalization process, the agenda items at present allocated to the Special Political Committee and to the Fourth Committee be allocated at the fortyeighth session to the new Special Political and Decolonization Committee;

Encourages Member States to participate actively in a substantive and in-depth discussion on, and consideration of, the reports of the Security Council and other principal organs of the United Nations, in order to fulfil the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations;

Decides to continue consideration of the revitalization process of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session in a comprehensive manner in an informal open-ended working group, which will make proposals as appropriate on questions relating to, inter alia, the rationalization of the agenda, the

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reports of the other principal organs of the United Nations in accordance with the Charter and the reports requested of the Secretary-General;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session the item entitled "Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly".

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