Nelson Mandela Peace Summit

A/RES/72/243View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65 Peacebuilding and sustaining peace, published in 2018.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2020

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2020	A/74/786	State of global peace and security in line with the central mandates contained in the Charter of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/72/243

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Conferences Peace

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Decides to convene a high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, a day before the start of the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy-third session, which will consist of an opening plenary meeting from 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and a plenary meeting from 10.30 a.m. to 6. 00 p.m. focusing on global peace, in honour of the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela;

Declares that the high-level plenary meeting will be held in the General Assembly Hall;

Decides that the opening plenary meeting will feature statements by the President of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and an eminent person and a representative of civil society, both of whom are to be identified by the President of the Assembly;

Also decides that the plenary meetings will hear statements by Member States and all observers of the General Assembly, the list of speakers will be established in accordance with the rules of procedure and established practice of the Assembly and the time limits for statements will be three minutes for statements of individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States;

Invites all Member and observer States to participate in the high-level meeting at the highest possible level, preferably at the level of Heads of State and Government;

Also invites intergovernmental organizations and related entities that have observer status with the General Assembly to be represented at the highest possible level;

Further invites non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council with relevant expertise to register with the Secretariat to attend the high-level meeting;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of other relevant representatives of relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, diaspora communities and migrant organizations that may attend and participate in the preparatory process, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation and with due regard to the meaningful participation of women, and to submit a list to Member States for their consideration on a non-objection basis;²

²The list of proposed as well as final names will be brought to the attention of the General Assembly. Where a name is objected to, the objecting Member State will, on a voluntary basis, make known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly the general basis of its objections and the Office will share any information received with any Member State upon its request.

Also requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level plenary meeting;

Further requests the President of the General Assembly, at the seventy-second session, to hold open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental negotiations with all Member States and intergovernmental organizations that have observer status with the Assembly, through two co-facilitators to be appointed by the President, with a view to producing a short and concise political declaration for adoption at the opening plenary meeting of the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit;

Calls upon the Secretary-General to submit a report on the state of global peace and security in line with the central mandates contained in the Charter to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session.

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