Control and Limitation of Documentation

A/RES/593(VI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1952.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1952–1985

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/39/68[D]

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1985	A/RES/39/68[D]	Control and limitation of documentation	—	—
1982	A/RES/37/14[D]	Control and limitation of documentation	—	—
1979	A/RES/33/56	Control and limitation of documentation	605	2%Compare
1958	A/RES/1203(XII)	Control and limitation of documentation	23	5%Compare
1954	A/RES/789(VIII)	Control and limitation of documentation	243	13%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2009

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2009	E/2010/4	Review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective towards the full realization of the Millennium Development Goals report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/33/56

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Conference and Meeting Services Documents Distribution Documents Limitation Editorial Services

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Invites the governments of Member States:

To assist in reducing the number and individual bulk of documents to a minimum by:

Bearing in mind the desirability of ensuring that all draft resolutions which may call for studies and reports and for their dissemination clearly indicate the scope of such studies and reports ;

Restricting both the number and the volume of the documents submitted for processing to what is strictly required by resolutions and other statutory decisions of a United Nations organ, or is clearly relevant to agenda items under discussion ;

( b) To assist in reducing the number of copies of such documents as are issued by:

Reviewing and reducing as far as possible their requests for documents issued in first distribution, and submitting to the Secretary-General their revised lists;

Avoiding as far as possible conference room requests for additional copie!;;

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Reducing any other subsequent demands to a minimum, in particular refraining froI!1 requ~ting the repetition or reissumg.of material readily available in other United Nations documents;

Requests the Secretary-General:

To exercise a strict control of documentation by refraining from publishing documents not called for by an organ of the United Nations or not necessary for the conduct of meetings or the proper exercise of the functions of the Secretariat;

( b) To exercise discretion as to the disposition of material received from delegations which does not fa]l within tpe requirements of paragraph 1 (a) (ii) above;

( c) To restri et to an essential minim.um. the free distribution of internally-processed pubhcattons and the distribution of documents which are still in draft form;

To submit to all organs of the United Nations, before the adoption of draft resolutions requiring documentation, an estimate of the cost and, if possible, an estimate of the off-setting sales revenue ;

( e) To strengthen the internal control of documentation by enforcing strict editorial policies to eliminate unnecessary and repetitious matter;

To make available to delegations the relevant services of the Secretariat for consultations in the matter of the organization of their documents files, with a view to avoiding as far as possible requests for redistribution.

4 February 1952.

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