H. Reports of sessional Committees of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council

Sessional reports of the Main Committees of the General Assembly mainly transmit draft resolutions and decisions recommended for adoption by the General Assembly.
Sessional reports of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) transmit resolutions and decisions adopted by the ECOSOC during that session.

A. General Assembly – sessional Committee reports

Most of the sessional reports of the Main Committees of the General Assembly transmit texts of draft resolutions and decisions that the Committees discussed during their sessions. Initially they are published as Committee documents (e.g. A/C.4/60/L.20) and are discussed during Committee meetings.
During these meetings the Committees decide which draft resolutions and decisions they recommend to the General Assembly for adoption. These draft resolutions and draft decisions are then transmitted to the GA through Committee reports (e.g. A/60/478/Add.2). A report may contain one or more draft resolutions or draft decisions.
The major subjects that were assigned to draft resolutions or draft decisions of the Committee (e.g. A/C.4/60/L.20) are assigned to the reports containing their texts (e.g. A/60/478/Add.2).

Note: Some sessional reports of the main Committees transmit brief summaries of the plenary meetings of the Committees (e.g. A/60/478, A/61/420). There are also reports of other Committees, such as the General Committee (e.g. A/60/250), Credentials Committee (e.g. A/60/595), Ad Hoc Committees (e.g. A/58/422), etc. that usually provide proceedings of their sessional meetings.

Examples:
I. General Assembly Main Committee reports. Both documents – 4th Committee report A/60/478/Add.2 recommending draft resolution A/C.4/60/L.20 for adoption, and the draft resolution A/C.4/60/L.20 list the following subject entries:

610 2 7 $a UN. Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (2006 sess. : New York) $g Recommendations
650 1 7 $a PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
650 1 7 $a SEX CRIMES
650 1 7 $a MILITARY PERSONNEL
650 1 7 $a CRIME VICTIMS
650 1 7 $a CRIME PREVENTION
650 2 7 $a SEXUAL HARASSMENT

II. 3rd Committee report A/61/437 recommending draft resolutions A/C.3/61/L.4, A/C.3/61/L.5 and Rev.1 and A/C.3/61/L.6 for adoption. Compare the main subject headings assigned to the report and to the draft resolutions:

Report A/61/437:
650 1 7 $a LITERACY
650 1 7 $a INTERNATIONAL DECADES
650 1 7 $a SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
650 1 7 $a PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
650 1 7 $a AGEING
650 1 7 $a AGEING PERSONS

Draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.4:
650 1 7 $a LITERACY
650 1 7 $a INTERNATIONAL DECADES
650 1 7 $a EDUCATIONAL POLICY
650 1 7 $a EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
650 1 7 $a ILLITERACY

Draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.5/Rev.1:
650 1 7 $a SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
650 1 7 $a PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
650 1 7 $a COOPERATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS
650 1 7 $a PROGRAMME EVALUATION
650 1 7 $a DECISION-MAKING

Draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.6:
650 1 7 $a AGEING
650 1 7 $a AGEING PERSONS
650 1 7 $a DEMOGRAPHIC AGEING
650 1 7 $a DATA COLLECTION
650 1 7 $a CAPACITY BUILDING

B. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) – sessional reports (resolutions and decisions of the ECOSOC)

All resolutions and decisions of the ECOSOC adopted during one session are published as an official record of Economic and Social Council (ESCOR, Supplement 1).
The advanced (also called «mimeo») version of ECOSOC resolutions and decisions is issued as an E/year/INF/2 document (e.g. E/2006/INF/2) that usually transmits resolutions and decisions adopted at the organizational session. Addenda transmitting the resolutions and decisions adopted at substantive and resumed sessions are published at a later date. Note fields 500 and 599 are added to the record to indicate that the document would be published as and official ECOSOC record. The notes include the title, year and supplement number (e.g. To be issued in ESCOR, 2006, Suppl. no. 1.)
The official record of ECOSOC resolutions and decisions is published with the symbol E/year/99 (e.g. E/2006/99). The 495 tag indicates the supplement information: the title, year and supplement number (e.g. ESCOR, 2006, Suppl. no. 1).

Subject entries:
These documents (both advanced version and the official record) are assigned 610 corporate name subject headings, indicating the name of the body, session, year and subfield $g Resolutions and decisions.
The tag 610 corporate name subject headings in the official record (E/year/99) should cover all of the organizational and substantive sessions and the session’s agenda.

Examples:

I. Advanced (mimeo) versions:

191 $a E/2005/INF/2
245 1 0 $a Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its organizational and resumed organizational sessions for 2005 (4 February, 1 March, 31 March, 27-28 April and 9 June 2005)
610 1 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, organizational sess., resumed : New York) $g Resolutions and decisions

II. ESCOR (Economic and Social Council Official Record, Supplement 1):

191 $a E/2005/99
245 1 0 $a Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council : $b organizational session for 2005, New York, 19 January, 4 February and 1 and 31 March 2005; resumed organizational session for 2005, New York, 27 and 28 April and 9 June 2005; substantive session of 2005, New York, 29 June-27 July 2005; resumed substantive session of 2005, New York, 21 October 2005
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, organizational sess. : New York) $g Agenda
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, substantive sess. : New York) $g Agenda
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, organizational sess. : New York) $g Resolutions and decisions
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, organizational sess., resumed : New York) $g Resolutions and decisions
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, substantive sess. : New York) $g Resolutions and decisions
610 2 7 $a UN. Economic and Social Council (2005, substantive sess., resumed : New York) $g Resolutions and decisions

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