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 82 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 2006.

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?

15 subjects

Budget Contributions Dispute Settlement Educational Institutions Experts Financing International Security Internet Internship Programmes Peacekeeping Operations Publications Report Preparation Sanctions Sanctions Compliance Subsidiary Bodies Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

22 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;5

Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next session from 3 to 13 April 2006;

Requests the Special Committee, at its session in 2006, 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 2006;

To continue to consider, on a priority basis and in an appropriate substantive manner and framework, 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 based on all of the related reports of the Secretary-General⁷ and the proposals submitted on the question;

⁷A/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, A/56/303, A/57/165 and Add.1, A/58/346, A/59/334 and A/60/320.

To keep on its agenda the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States;

To consider, as appropriate, any proposal referred to it by the General Assembly in the implementation of the decisions of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the Assembly in September 2005 that concern the Charter and any amendments thereto;

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;

Invites the Special Committee at its session in 2006 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;

Notes the readiness of the Special Committee 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 sixty-first session;

Recognizes the important role of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in adjudicating disputes among States and the value of its work, as well as the importance of having recourse to the Court in the peaceful settlement of disputes;

Stresses the desirability of finding practical ways and means to strengthen the Court, taking into consideration, in particular, the needs resulting from its workload;

Takes note of the progress made in the preparation of studies of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and their posting on the Internet in three languages, as well as the progress made towards updating the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and posting advance versions of individual chapters on the Internet;

Welcomes the establishment of the trust fund to eliminate the backlog of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, and encourages States to make voluntary contributions to the trust fund and to bring the question of funding for the Repertory to the attention of private institutions and individuals that may wish to assist in that regard, as well as to consider the sponsoring, on a voluntary basis, and with no cost to the United Nations, of associate experts to assist in the preparation of the studies;

Encourages the enhanced cooperation with academic institutions and the use of the internship programme for the preparation of studies;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts, within the level of the currently approved budget, towards making available electronically all versions of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs as early as possible;

Endorses the efforts of the Secretary-General to eliminate the backlog in the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;

Encourages contributions to the trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on both the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session, under 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”;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first 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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