Amendment to Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly and Opening Date and Duration of the General Debate

A/RES/57/301View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 53 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, published in 2003.

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1 subject

General Debate

What’s in this document?

4 operative paragraphs

Decides to amend rule 1 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly to read: “The General Assembly shall meet every year in regular session commencing on the Tuesday of the third week in September, counting from the first week that contains at least one working day”;

Also decides that the general debate in the General Assembly shall open on the Tuesday following the opening of the regular session of the General Assembly and shall be held without interruption over a period of nine working days;

Further decides that the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be implemented as from the fifty-eighth regular session; the fifty-eighth regular session shall therefore open on Tuesday, 16 September 2003, and the general debate shall open on Tuesday, 23 September 2003, and end on Friday, 3 October 2003; the fifty-seventh regular session shall therefore close on Monday, 15 September 2003;

Decides to annex paragraph 2 above to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly.

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