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Control and Limitation of Documentation

A/RES/789(VIII)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1954.

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]
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1985
A/RES/39/68[D]

Control and limitation of documentation

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1982
A/RES/37/14[D]

Control and limitation of documentation

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1979
A/RES/33/56

Control and limitation of documentation

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1958
A/RES/1203(XII)

Control and limitation of documentation

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1954
A/RES/789(VIII)

Control and limitation of documentation

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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2009
YearSymbolTitleMandate resolution
2009E/2010/4Review 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-GeneralA/RES/33/56

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects
Documents LimitationFunctional CommissionsRegional Commissions

What’s in this document?

2 operative paragraphs
Invites the Economic and Social Council to pursue and intensify its efforts to reduce further the documentation required by it, and also by its functional and regional commissions;
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Invites all organs of the United Nations likewise to scrutinize their existing documentation and effect such reduction therein as may be feasible, and to cooperate with the Secretary-General in his efforts to reduce the volume and at the same time to improve the quality of the documentation of the United Nations.
9 December 1953.

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