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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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 83 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 2017.

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?

4 subjects

Dispute Settlement International Security Publications Sanctions

What’s in this document?

28 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;6

Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next session from 20 to 28 February 2018;

Requests the Special Committee, at its session in 2018, 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 2018, including strengthening the relationship and cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations or arrangements in the peaceful settlement of disputes;

To consider, in accordance with paragraph 2 of the annex to resolution 71/146 of 13 December 2016, in an appropriate, substantive manner and framework, the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations relating to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions (Article 50 of the Charter) based on all of the related reports of the Secretary-General⁷ and the proposals submitted on the question, and requests the Secretary-General to submit his next report on this issue to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session;

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 A/54/383/Add.1, A/55/295 and A/55/295/Add.1, A/56/303, A/57/165 and A/57/165/Add.1, A/58/346, A/59/334, A/60/320, A/61/304, A/62/206 and A/62/206/Corr.1, A/63/224, A/64/225, A/65/217, A/66/213, A/67/190, A/68/226, A/69/119, A/70/119, A/71/166 and A/72/136.

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 and utilization of resources with a view to identifying widely acceptable measures for future implementation;

Requests the Secretary-General, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the annex to resolution 71/146, to brief the Special Committee at its next session on the document entitled “Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations” contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 64/115;

Also requests the Secretary-General to brief the Special Committee at its next session on the information referred to in paragraph 12 of his report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions;⁸

⁸A/72/136.

Decides to undertake an annual thematic debate in the Special Committee, under the agenda item on the peaceful settlement of disputes, to discuss the means for the settlement of disputes, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Charter, including in particular those contained in Article 33 thereof, and consistent with the Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes,⁹ and in that regard:

⁹Resolution 37/10, annex.

Invites Member States to focus their comments during the thematic debate, to be held at the next session of the Special Committee, at the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, on the subtopic “Exchange of information on State practices regarding the use of negotiation and enquiry”, while ensuring that the other means of dispute settlement will be discussed at the subsequent sessions of the Special Committee;

Also invites Member States to comment on the subtopics of the annual debate in their general statements with a view to having the texts of those statements posted on the website of the Special Committee;

Calls upon the Special Committee to include a summary of the subtopics of the annual debate in its annual report for further consideration;

Recalls its endorsement of the decisions and recommendations adopted by the Special Committee at its 2016 session, in particular as set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 71/146;

Invites the Special Committee, at its session in 2018, 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 seventy-third 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, notes that, consistent with Article 96 of the Charter, the Court’s advisory jurisdiction may be requested by the General Assembly, the Security Council or other authorized organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, and requests the Secretary-General to distribute, in due course, the advisory opinions requested by the principal organs of the United Nations as official documents of the United Nations;

Commends the Secretary-General for the progress made in the preparation of studies for the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, including the use of the internship programme of the United Nations and cooperation with academic institutions for this purpose, as well as the progress made towards updating the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;

Welcomes the invitation made to Member States to identify academic institutions that have the capacity to contribute to the preparation of studies for the Repertory and to provide contact details of such institutions;

Notes with appreciation the contributions made by Member States to the trust fund for the elimination of the backlog in the Repertory, as well as to the trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire;

Reiterates its call for voluntary contributions to the trust fund for the elimination of the backlog in the Repertory so as to further support the Secretariat in carrying out the effective elimination of that backlog; voluntary contributions to the trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire; and the sponsoring, on a voluntary basis and with no cost to the United Nations, of associate experts to assist in the updating of the two publications;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue his efforts towards updating the two publications and making them available electronically in all their respective language versions, and encourages the continued updating of the website for the Repertory;¹⁰

¹⁰http://legal.un.org/repertory.

Notes with concern that the backlog in the preparation of volume III of the Repertory, although slightly reduced, has not been eliminated, and calls upon the Secretary-General to address that issue effectively and on a priority basis, while commending the Secretary-General for progress made in reducing the backlog;

Reiterates the responsibility of the Secretary-General for the quality of the Repertory and the Repertoire, and with regard to the Repertoire calls upon the Secretary-General to continue to follow the modalities outlined in paragraphs 102 to 106 of his report dated 18 September 1952;¹¹

¹¹A/2170.

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session a report on both the Repertory and the Repertoire;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third 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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