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 165 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 2002.

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?

8 subjects

Data Collection Dispute Settlement International Security Publications Sanctions Sanctions Compliance Subsidiary Bodies Working Groups

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

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;Error: Reference source not found

Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next session from 18 to 28 March 2002;

Requests the Special Committee, at its session in 2002, in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 50/52 of 11 December 1995:

To continue its consideration of all proposals concerning the question of the maintenance of international peace and security in all its aspects in order to strengthen the role of the United Nations and, in this context, to consider other proposals relating to the maintenance of international peace and security already submitted or which may be submitted to the Special Committee at its session in 2002;

To continue to consider on a priority basis the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter by commencing a substantive debate on all of the related reports of the Secretary-General,⁵ the proposals submitted on this subject, taking into consideration the debate on the question held by the Sixth Committee at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and the text on the question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations contained in annex II to Assembly resolution 51/242, and also the implementation of the provisions of Assembly resolutions 50/51 of 11 December 1995, 51/208 of 17 December 1996, 52/162 of 15 December 1997, 53/107 of 8 December 1998, 54/107 of 9 December 1999 and 55/157 of 12 December 2000;

⁵A/48/573-S/26705, A/49/356, A/50/60-S/1995/1, A/50/361, A/50/423, A/51/317, A/52/308, A/53/312, A/54/383 and Add.1, A/55/295 and Add.1 and A/56/303.

To continue its work on the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States and, in this context, to continue its consideration of proposals relating thereto, including the proposal on the establishment of a dispute settlement service offering or responding with its services early in disputes and those proposals relating to the enhancement of the role of the International Court of Justice, with a view to completing, if possible, its consideration of these proposals;

To continue to consider proposals concerning the Trusteeship Council in the light of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 50/55 of 11 December 1995,⁶ the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform”⁷ and the views expressed by States on this subject at previous sessions of the General Assembly;

⁶A/50/1011.

⁷A/51/950 and Add.1–7.

To continue to consider, on a priority basis, ways and means of improving its working methods and enhancing its efficiency with a view to identifying widely acceptable measures for future implementation;

Takes note of paragraph 47 of the report of the Secretary-General,Error: Reference source not found commends the Secretary-General for his continued efforts to reduce the backlog in the publication of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, and endorses the efforts of the Secretary-General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;

Invites the Special Committee at its session in 2002 to continue to identify new subjects for consideration in its future work with a view to contributing to the revitalization of the work of the United Nations;

Takes note of the readiness of the Special Committee, in the context of its consideration of the subject of assistance to working groups on the revitalization of the work of the United Nations and coordination between the Special Committee and other working groups dealing with the reform of the Organization, to provide, within its mandate, such assistance as may be sought at the request of other subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly in relation to any issues before them;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh 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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