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II. Organization of the session
1. At its first and second meetings, on
11 September 1998, the General Committee considered a memorandum by the
Secretary-General relating to the organization of the fifty-third regular
session and future sessions of the General Assembly, the adoption of the
agenda and the allocation of items (A/BUR/53/1 and Add.1). A summary of
the discussion will appear in the summary records of the meetings (A/BUR/53/SR.1
and 2).
2. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
in paragraph 3 of his memorandum (A/BUR/53/1), the General Committee draws
the attention of the General Assembly to the provisions reproduced in annexes
V, VI, VII and VIII to its rules of procedure.
3. The General Committee took note of annex
I to General Assembly resolution 48/264 of 29 July 1994, entitled "Guidelines
on the rationalization of the agenda of the General Assembly" and of the
annex to resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997, entitled "Strengthening of
the United Nations system". The provisions of the resolutions are reflected
in the present document under the relevant headings.
4. In this connection, the Committee draws
the attention of the Assembly to the reports of the Secretary-General on
the implementation of General Assembly resolution 48/264 (A/52/856) and
resolution 51/241 (A/52/855).
5. The General Committee took note of the
General Assembly decisions relevant to its work that were brought to the
Committee's attention by the Secretary-General in paragraph 5 of his memorandum
(A/BUR/53/1).
6. The General Committee took note (A/BUR/53/1,
paras. 6 and 7) of the measures undertaken by the Secretary-General in
pursuance of the goal of renewal and reform, in particular to recommendations
2, 3 and 7 of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts to Review
the Efficiency of the Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United
Nations(1) as reflected in his progress
reports on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/213 of
19 December 1986, entitled "Review of the efficiency of the administrative
and financial functioning of the United Nations". The Committee also took
note of resolution 48/264, entitled "Revitalization of the work of the
General Assembly" and annex I thereto and resolution 52/12 B of 19 December
1997, entitled "Renewing the United Nations: a programme for reform".
7. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 8), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 45/45 (A/520/Rev.15
and Amend.1, annex VIII), which reads as follows:
"5. The General Committee should consider,
at the beginning of each session of the General Assembly, recommending
that certain Main Committees should meet in sequential order, taking into
account such matters as the number of meetings required for the consideration
of the questions with which they are charged at that session, the organization
of the work of the whole session and the problem of participation of small
delegations."
8. In this connection, the Committee also
draws the Assembly's attention to paragraphs 30, 31 and 36 of the annex
to resolution 51/241, which read as follows:
"30. All Main Committees shall hold brief
organizational sessions once the General Assembly has taken decisions on
the agenda, before the commencement of the general debate. Bureaux of the
Main Committees shall meet earlier to draw up recommendations on the organization
and programme of work.
"31. The Main Committees shall meet in
substantive session only after the end of the general debate.
...
"36. The First Committee and the Fourth
Committee shall not meet simultaneously and may consider meeting in a sequential
manner during the regular session of the General Assembly. This arrangement
shall not apply if it affects their respective identities, programmes of
work and effective consideration of their agendas."
9. The General Committee took note of the
fact that measures introduced to reduce costs relating to overtime will
be strictly enforced.
C. Closing
date of the session
10. In accordance with the provisions of
rule 2 of the rules of procedure, as the General Assembly is mandated to
meet on 10 December for the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the General Committee recommends
to the Assembly that the session should recess on Friday, 11 December 1998.
11. The Committee also recommends to the
Assembly that the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth Committee),
Third and Sixth Committees should complete their work by Friday, 20 November,
the Second Committee by Friday, 27 November and the Fifth Committee by
Friday, 4 December 1998.
12. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 11), the General Committee recommends to the General
Assembly that morning meetings should start at 10 a.m. promptly for all
plenary meetings and meetings of the Main Committees during the fifty-third
session. The Committee also recommends to the Assembly that, as a cost-saving
measure, every effort should be made to ensure that plenary meetings and
meetings of the Main Committees adjourn by 6 p.m., and that no meetings
be held on weekends. The Committee also recommends to the Assembly that
this cost-saving measure should also apply, for the remainder of 1998,
to meetings on the calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations.
13. Also at the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(ibid., para. 12), the General Committee recommends that, in order to avoid
the late start of meetings, the General Assembly should waive the requirement
of the presence of at least one third of the members to declare a plenary
meeting open and permit the debate to proceed and one quarter of the members
to declare a meeting of a Main Committee open and permit the debate to
proceed. This recommendation is made on the understanding that such a waiver
would not imply any permanent change in the provisions of rules 67 and
108 of the rules of procedure and that the requirement of the presence
of a majority of the members for any decision to be taken would be maintained.
14. In this connection, the General Committee
also recommends to the General Assembly that delegations should be reminded
of the utmost importance of punctuality in the interest of ensuring an
effective and orderly organization of work and achieving economies for
the United Nations.
15. The General Committee took note of
the fact that the general debate will begin on Monday, 21 September, and
end on Friday, 2 October 1998, in accordance with recent practice and the
relevant provisions of the annex to resolution 51/241 (paras. 19 and 20
(a) and (e)), which read as follows:
"19. There shall continue to be only one
general debate each year, beginning in the third week of September.
"20. The preparation of the list of speakers
for the general debate shall be based on the following principles:
"(a) The general debate shall be organized
over a period of two weeks so as to maximize possibilities for interministerial
contacts;
...
"(e) The list of speakers for each day
shall be completed and no speakers will be rolled over to the next day,
notwithstanding the implications for hours of work."
16. The General Committee draws the attention
of the General Assembly to paragraph 21 of the annex to resolution 51/241,
which reads as follows:
"21. There shall be no time limits or specified
themes for the general debate but the General Assembly will indicate a
voluntary guideline of up to twenty minutes for each statement."
17. The General Committee endorsed the
suggestion of the Secretary-General that the list of speakers in the general
debate should be closed on Wednesday, 23 September, at 6 p.m., in accordance
with the recommendation of the Special Committee on the Rationalization
of the Procedures and Organization of the General Assembly (A/520/Rev.15,
annex V, para. 46).
18. The General Committee also draws the
General Assembly's attention to the decision taken by the Assembly at previous
sessions, namely, that the practice of expressing congratulations inside
the General Assembly Hall after a speech has been delivered is prohibited.
In this connection, the Committee may wish to recommend to the Assembly
that speakers in the general debate, after delivering their statements,
should leave the General Assembly Hall through room GA-200 located behind
the podium before returning to their seats.
F. Explanations
of vote, right of reply, points of order and length of statements
19. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 18), the General Committee draws the attention of the
General Assembly to paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of its decision 34/401 (A/520/Rev.15,
annex VI), which read as follows:
"6. Explanations of vote should be limited
to ten minutes.
"7. When the same draft resolution is considered
in a Main Committee and in plenary meeting, a delegation should, as far
as possible, explain its vote only once, i.e., either in the Committee
or in plenary meeting, unless that delegation's vote in plenary meeting
is different from its vote in the Committee.
"8. Delegations should exercise their right
of reply at the end of the day whenever two meetings have been scheduled
for that day and whenever such meetings are devoted to the consideration
of the same item."
20. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 19), the General Committee, in line with time limits
for explanations of vote and right of reply, recommends to the General
Assembly that points of order should be limited to five minutes.
21. With a view to streamlining the procedures
of the General Assembly and as another cost-saving measure, the General
Committee, in connection with the length of statements, draws the attention
of the Assembly to paragraph 22 of the annex to resolution 51/241, which
reads as follows:
"22. Outside the general debate there shall
be a fifteen-minute time limit in plenary meetings and in the Main Committees."
22. In this connection, the Committee also
draws the attention of the Assembly to the report of the Secretary-General
on the implementation of resolution 51/241 (A/52/855), in particular to
paragraph 23, which reads as follows:
"23. Paragraph 22. Since in plenary
meetings the length of statements in debates other than the general debate
averages eight minutes, the General Assembly may wish to review the recommendation
contained in paragraph 22."
23. Furthermore, in connection with the
length of statements, with a view to streamlining the procedures of the
General Assembly and as a cost-saving measure, the General Committee draws
the attention of the Assembly, as it did at recent sessions, to rules 72
and 114 of the rules of procedure and paragraph 22 of annex VI thereto
for appropriate action in plenary meeting and the Main Committees.
24. As at past sessions (A/BUR/53/1, para.
21), verbatim records will continue to be provided, during the fifty-third
session, for the plenary meetings of the General Assembly and meetings
of the First Committee, and summary records will be provided to the General
Committee and the Main Committees of the Assembly. In accordance with the
recommendation of the Special Committee on the Rationalization of the Procedures
and Organization of the General Assembly (A/520/Rev.15, annex V, para.
108 (b)), the General Committee recommends that the Assembly should maintain
for the fifty-third session the practice whereby the Special Political
and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) may obtain, on specific
request, transcriptions of the debates of some of its meetings, or portions
thereof. These transcriptions, which would not be part of the official
records of the Committee, would be provided as the required services became
available. Furthermore, the General Committee draws the Assembly's attention
to paragraphs 8 and 9 of its resolution 38/32 E of 25 November 1983, which
read as follows:
"8. Decides that the practice of
reproducing statements in extenso as separate documents shall be
discontinued for all its subsidiary organs that are entitled to summary
records;
"9. Decides further that any exceptions
to this rule may be made by the body concerned only if the statements are
to serve as bases for discussion and if, after hearing a statement of the
relevant financial implications, the body decides that one or more statements
in extenso may be included in the summary record, or reproduced
as separate documents or as annexes to authorized documents."
In this connection, the General Committee
also recommends to the Assembly that the practice not to reproduce in
extenso statements made in a Main Committee should be maintained for
the fifty-third session.
25. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 23), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to paragraph 17 of its decision 34/401 (A/520/Rev.15, annex VI),
which reads as follows:
"17. To save time at the end of the session,
the practice of making concluding statements in the General Assembly and
its Main Committees should be dispensed with except for statements by the
presiding officers."
26. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 24), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to paragraph 32 of its decision 34/401, which reads as follows:
"32. Whenever possible, resolutions requesting
the discussion of a question at a subsequent session should not call for
the inclusion of a separate new item and such discussion should be held
under the item under which the resolution was adopted."
27. Furthermore, at the suggestion of the
Secretary-General (ibid., para. 25), the General Committee draws the General
Assembly's attention to recommendation 3 (f) of the Group of High-level
Intergovernmental Experts, which reads as follows:
"(f) Efforts should be made to reduce the
number of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. Resolutions should
request reports of the Secretary-General only in cases where that would
be indispensable for facilitating the implementation of these resolutions
or the continued examination of the question."
28. In this connection, the General Committee
draws the attention of the General Assembly to paragraph 5 of its resolution
48/264, which reads as follows:
"5. Encourages Member States to
exercise restraint in making proposals requesting new reports of the Secretary-General,
bearing in mind the desirability of reducing the number of such reports."
29. The General Committee also draws the
attention of the General Assembly to paragraphs 1 and 10 of the annex to
resolution 45/45 (A/520/Rev.15/Amend.1, annex VIII).
30. On the proposal of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 28), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to paragraph 28 of its decision 34/401, which reads as follows:
"28. The General Assembly, including its
Main Committees, should merely take note of those reports of the Secretary-General
or subsidiary organs which do not require a decision by the Assembly and
should neither debate nor adopt resolutions on them, unless specifically
requested to do so by the Secretary-General or the organ concerned."
31. The General Committee also draws the
attention of the General Assembly to paragraph 6 of its resolution 48/264,
which reads as follows:
"6. Emphasizes that reports requested
of the Secretary-General should be made available in all official languages
in a timely manner in accordance with the rules of procedure of the General
Assembly and the annexes thereto with a view to enabling delegations to
consider the substance of such reports more thoroughly in advance of meetings."
The Committee also draws the attention
of the Assembly to paragraph 4 of resolution 50/206 C of 23 December 1995,
in which the Assembly once again requested the Secretary-General "to ensure
that documentation is available in accordance with the six-week rule for
the distribution of documents, simultaneously in each of the six official
languages of the United Nations".
32. The General Committee further draws
the attention of the General Assembly to paragraph 32 of resolution 51/241,
which reads as follows:
"32. The number of reports requested shall
be rationalized where possible so as to permit more focused consideration
of issues. All bodies shall exercise restraint in making proposals containing
requests for new reports and should consider integrating, biennializing
or triennializing the presentation of reports, bearing in mind paragraphs
6 and 7 of General Assembly resolution 50/206 C of 23 December 1995."
K. Questions
related to the programme budget
33. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, paras. 31 and 32), who referred to rule 153 of the rules of
procedure, the General Committee draws the General Assembly's attention
to paragraphs 12 and 13 of its decision 34/401, which read as follows:
"12. It is imperative that Main Committees
should allow sufficient time for the preparation of the estimate of expenditures
by the Secretariat and for its consideration by the Advisory Committee
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the Fifth Committee and that
they should take this requirement into account when they adopt their programme
of work;
"13. Furthermore:
"(a) A mandatory deadline, not later than
1 December, should be established for the submission to the Fifth Committee
of all draft resolutions with financial implications;
"(b) The Fifth Committee should, as a general
practice, consider accepting without debate the recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the financial
implications of draft resolutions up to a prescribed limit, namely, $25,000
on any one item;
"(c) Firm deadlines should be set for the
early submission of the reports of subsidiary organs which require consideration
by the Fifth Committee;
"(d) A minimum period of forty-eight hours
should be allowed between the submission and the voting of a proposal involving
expenditure in order to allow the Secretary-General to prepare and present
the related statement of administrative and financial implications."
In this connection, see also paragraph
43.
34. The General Committee also draws the
attention of the Assembly to paragraph 6 of its resolution 35/10 A of 3
November 1980, which reads as follows:
"6. Decides that all proposals affecting
the schedule of conferences and meetings made at sessions of the General
Assembly shall be reviewed by the Committee on Conferences when administrative
implications are being considered under the requirements of rule 153 of
the rules of procedure of the Assembly."
35. Also at the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(ibid., para. 31), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's attention
to regulation 4.9 of the Regulations Governing Programme Planning, the
Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the
Methods of Evaluation (resolution 37/234, annex), which reads as follows:
"Regulation 4.9. No Council, Commission
or other competent body shall take a decision involving either a change
in the programme budget approved by the General Assembly or the possible
requirement of expenditure unless it has received and taken account of
a report from the Secretary-General on the programme budget implications
of the proposal."
36. In connection with subparagraph 13
(d) of decision 34/401 quoted above, the General Committee wishes to draw
the attention of the General Assembly to the observations of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, paras. 33 and 34) regarding the fact that, depending on the
type and complexity of proposals involving changes in the work programme
and additional expenditures, the preparation of a statement of programme
budget implications by the Secretary-General may take a few days. In addition,
the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the
Fifth Committee need adequate time to review the programme budget implications
of a draft resolution before the latter can be acted on by the Assembly.
The Secretary-General thus considers it desirable that Member States submit
proposals involving statements of programme budget implications sufficiently
in advance to avoid the cancellation of meetings and the postponement of
consideration of items.
L. Observances
and commemorative meetings
37. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 35), the General Committee recommends to the General
Assembly that, allowing for the necessary flexibility and with the exception
of the anniversary of the United Nations, the Assembly should adopt the
following format for commemorative meetings: statements by the President
of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General, statements by the chairmen
of the five regional groups and by the representative of the host country.
The Committee also recommends that consideration be given to limiting each
statement to 15 minutes.
38. The General Committee further recommends,
at the suggestion of the Secretary-General (ibid., para. 36), that observances
and commemorative meetings should take place, as far as possible, immediately
following the general debate. The advantage of such a procedure is that
it may facilitate the participation of dignitaries attending the general
debate. This procedure would also allow advance planning of the work of
the General Assembly.
39. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 37), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to recommendation 6 of the Committee on Conferences, adopted
by the Assembly in paragraph (b) of its decision 34/405, which reads as
follows:
"(b) The Committee, taking into account
difficulties encountered in ensuring adequate preparation of meetings,
including timely distribution of documentation, as well as the ability
of Member States to participate fully, recommends that the General Assembly
should instruct the Main Committees to review the number of special conferences
of the United Nations already proposed and scheduled in their respective
fields of activity prior to deciding upon the scheduling of new and additional
special conferences, thus bearing in mind the relevant portions of General
Assembly resolution 33/55."
The General Committee also draws the Assembly's
attention to recommendation 2(d) of the Group of High-level Intergovernmental
Experts, which reads as follows:
"Until 1978, a number of resolutions had
requested that only one major conference be scheduled annually. The decision
of the General Assembly that no more than five special conferences should
take place in a given year and that no more than one special conference
should be convened at the same time should be strictly implemented."
40. Furthermore, at the suggestion of the
Secretary-General (ibid., para. 38), the General Committee draws the General
Assembly's attention to the relevant provisions of recommendation 4 of
the Group of High-level Intergovernmental Experts which reads as follows:
"The existing principle that United Nations
bodies should meet at their respective established headquarters, as provided
for in General Assembly resolution 40/243 of 18 December 1985, should be
strictly enforced. Whenever the Assembly accepts an invitation from the
Government of a Member State to hold a conference or meeting away from
established headquarters, the additional cost should be borne in full by
that Government. The methods of budgeting these costs should be improved
so as to ensure that all additional costs are accounted for."
N. Meetings
of subsidiary organs
41. The General Committee, in the light
of recommendations submitted by the Committee on Conferences (A/53/298),
recommends to the General Assembly, on the strict understanding that meetings
would have to be accommodated within available facilities and services,
that the following subsidiary organs should be authorized to meet during
the main part of the fifty-third session:
(a) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian People;
(b) Working Group on the Financing of the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East.
42. The General Committee draws the attention
of the General Assembly to paragraph 17 of the annex to resolution 51/241
which states, inter alia, that the "plenary meetings of the General
Assembly shall be formally opened every year on the first Tuesday following
1 September". In this connection, the Committee may wish to draw the attention
of the Assembly to the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation
of resolution 51/241 (A/52/855), in particular to paragraphs 16 and 17
thereof, which read:
"16. Rule 1 of the rules of procedure of
the General Assembly states that the General Assembly shall meet every
year in regular session commencing on the third Tuesday in September. Paragraph
17 of the annex to the resolution calls, inter alia, for the regular
sessions of the General Assembly to now commence on the first Tuesday following
1 September. Rule 1 of the rules of procedure would need to be amended.
"17. In addition, in accordance with rule
2 of the rules of procedure, the General Assembly has, at the beginning
of each session, fixed a closing date for the session. In recent years,
the closing date has been the Monday before the opening of the next session.
Were the General Assembly to retain this practice, the closing date would
consistently fall on an official holiday of the Organization, for which
financial and other implications may need to be considered. The General
Assembly may wish to decide on a closing date ... and for future sessions,
that will fall on a working day ...".
43. On 4 June 1998, the General Assembly
adopted resolution 52/232 on the strengthening of the United Nations system.
In paragraph 1, the Assembly decided, as an interim measure, "that the
fifty-second session of the General Assembly shall close on Tuesday, 8
September 1998, and that the fifty-third session of the General Assembly
shall open on Wednesday, 9 September 1998". The General Committee recommends
that the Assembly address the question of the opening and closing dates
of future regular sessions. In this connection, taking into account the
opening date of the regular sessions, the Committee may also wish to recommend
to the Assembly a review of the question of the mandatory deadline for
the submission to the Fifth Committee of all draft resolutions with programme
budget implications.
44. The General Committee considered the
draft agenda of the fifty-third session submitted by the Secretary-General
in his memorandum (A/BUR/53/1 and Add.1). All the items contained in the
draft agenda formed part of the following documents:
(a) Provisional agenda of the fifty-third
session (A/53/150);
(b) Supplementary list (A/53/200);
(c) Request for the inclusion of an additional
item (A/53/232).
45. The General Committee took note of
paragraphs 4 and 5 (a) and (c) of annex I to resolution 48/264, which read
as follows:
"4. There shall be periodic reviews of
the agenda, taking into account the views of concerned Member States, in
order to ascertain whether it is possible to delete any item on which no
resolution or decision has been adopted for a period of time.
"5. The Main Committees should be encouraged
to continue with the review of their respective agendas, taking into account,
inter alia, the following:
"(a) Agenda items concerning issues of
closely related substance could be merged within a single agenda title
or be incorporated as sub-items where this is possible without loss of
focus on the items/sub-items concerned;
"...
"(c) Biennialization and triennialization
of items on the agenda of the Main Committees could be considered in accordance
with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly."
In this connection, the attention of the
General Committee was drawn to paragraphs 23 to 26 of the annex to resolution
51/241. In addition, bearing in mind the extremely heavy workload of the
General Assembly and the need to make the most effective use of scarce
resources, the General Committee took note of the suggestion by the Secretary-General
to consider deferring to a later session items for which decisions or action
are not required at the main part of the present session.
46. Concerning item 62 of the draft
agenda (The situation in Burundi), the General Committee decided to recommend
the deletion of the item from the agenda of the fifty-third session.
47. With regard to item 89 of the
draft agenda (Activities of foreign economic and other interests which
impede the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Territories under colonial domination),
the General Committee decided to recommend that the item should read: "Economic
and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing
Territories".
48. With regard to item 92 of the
draft agenda (Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova,
Europa and Bassas da India), the General Committee decided to recommend
that the consideration of the item should be deferred to the fifty-fourth
session and that the item should be included in the provisional agenda
of that session.
49. In connection with item 93 of
the draft agenda (Question of East Timor), the General Committee decided
to recommend that the consideration of the item should be deferred to the
fifty-fourth session and that the item should be included in the provisional
agenda of that session.
50. With regard to item 160 of the
draft agenda (Bethlehem 2000), the General Committee decided to recommend
its inclusion.
51. In connection with item 161
of the draft agenda (World Solar Programme 1996-2005), the General Committee
decided to recommend its inclusion.
52. With regard to item 162 of the
draft agenda (Observer status for the Association of Caribbean States in
the General Assembly), the General Committee decided to recommend its inclusion.
53. In connection with item 165
of the draft agenda (Observer status for the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development in the General Assembly), the General Committee
decided to recommend its inclusion.
54. With regard to item 166 of the
draft agenda (Need to review General Assembly resolution 2758 (XXVI) of
25 October 1971 owing to the fundamental change in the international situation
and to the coexistence of two Governments across the Taiwan Strait), the
General Committee decided not to recommend its inclusion.
55. In connection with item 167
of the draft agenda (Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in
Sierra Leone), the General Committee decided to recommend its inclusion.
56. With regard to item 168 of the
draft agenda (Fiftieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide), the General Committee decided
to recommend its inclusion as a sub-item of item 46 of the draft agenda
(Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).
57. In connection with item 169
of the draft agenda (Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace
and sustainable development in Africa), the General Committee decided to
recommend its inclusion.
58. Taking into account paragraphs 44 to
57 above, the General Committee recommends to the General Assembly the
adoption of the following agenda:(2)
1. Opening of the session by the Chairman
of the delegation of Ukraine (P.1).
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation
(P.2).
3. Credentials of representatives to the
fifty-third session of the General Assembly (P.3):
(a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials
Committee;
(b) Report of the Credentials Committee.
4. Election of the President of the General
Assembly (P.4).
5. Election of the officers of the Main
Committees (P.5).
6. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the
General Assembly (P.6).
7. Notification by the Secretary-General
under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations (P.7).
8. Adoption of the agenda and organization
of work: reports of the General Committee (P.8).
9. General debate (P.9).
10. Report of the Secretary-General on
the work of the Organization (P.10).
11. Report of the Security Council (P.11).
12. Report of the Economic and Social Council
(P.12).
13. Report of the International Court of
Justice (P.13).
14. Report of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (P.14).
15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal
organs (P.15):
(a) Election of five non-permanent members
of the Security Council;
(b) Election of eighteen members of the
Economic and Social Council.
16. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary
organs and other elections (P.16):
(a) Election of seven members of the Committee
for Programme and Coordination;
(b) Election of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees.
17. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary
organs and other appointments (P.17):
(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
(b) Appointment of members of the Committee
on Contributions;
(c) Appointment of a member of the Board
of Auditors;
(d) Confirmation of the appointment of
members of the Investments Committee;
(e) Appointment of members of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal;
(f) International Civil Service Commission:
(i) Appointment of members of the Commission;
(ii) Designation of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of the Commission;
(g) Appointment of members of the Committee
on Conferences;
(h) Appointment of a member of the Joint
Inspection Unit;
(i) Confirmation of the appointment of
the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
(j) Appointment of the Under-Secretary-General
for Internal Oversight Services.
18. Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (P.18).
19. Admission of new Members to the United
Nations (P.19).
20. Strengthening of the coordination of
humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance (P.20):
(a) Strengthening of the coordination of
emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations;
(b) Special economic assistance to individual
countries or regions;
(c) Emergency international assistance
for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan;
(d) Assistance to the Palestinian people.
21. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of American States (P.21).
22. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (P.22).
23. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Caribbean Community (P.23).
24. Implementation of the United Nations
New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, including measures
and recommendations agreed upon at its mid-term review (P.24).
25. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Latin American Economic System (P.25).
26. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (P.26).
27. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the League of Arab States (P.27).
28. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (P.28).
29. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial
and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba
(P.29).
30. United Nations reform: measures and
proposals (P.30).
31. Culture of peace (P.31).
32. Zone of peace and cooperation of the
South Atlantic (P.32).
33. Support by the United Nations system
of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored
democracies (P.33).
34. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Economic Cooperation Organization (P.34).
35. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of African Unity (P.35).
36. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (P.36).
37. Implementation of the outcome of the
World Summit for Social Development (P.37).
38. Oceans and the law of the sea (P.38):
(a) Law of the sea;
(b) Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing,
unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high
seas, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments.
39. Question of Palestine (P.39).
40. The situation in the Middle East (P.40).
41. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(P.41).
42. Assistance in mine clearance (P.42).
43. The situation of democracy and human
rights in Haiti (P.43).
44. The situation in Central America: procedures
for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning
a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development (P.44).
45. The situation in Afghanistan and its
implications for international peace and security (P.45).
46. Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (P.46):(3)
(a) Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
(b) Fiftieth anniversary of the Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (S.2).
47. Election of the judges of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide
and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed
in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide
and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States
between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (P.47).
48. Report of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since
1991 (P.48).
49. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
(P.49).
50. Report of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory
of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such
Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1
January and 31 December 1994 (P.50).
51. Elimination of coercive economic measures
as a means of political and economic compulsion (P.51).
52. Declaration of the Assembly of Heads
of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on the aerial
and naval military attack against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
by the present United States Administration in April 1986 (P.52).
53. Armed Israeli aggression against the
Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established
international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the
non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security
(P.53).
54. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation
of and aggression against Kuwait (P.54).
55. Implementation of the resolutions of
the United Nations (P.55).
56. Launching of global negotiations on
international economic cooperation for development (P.56).
57. Question of the Comorian island of
Mayotte (P.57).
58. Strengthening of the United Nations
system (P.58).
59. Question of equitable representation
on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
(P.59).
60. Revitalization of the work of the General
Assembly (P.60).
61. Restructuring and revitalization of
the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields (P.61).
62. Question of Cyprus (P.63).
63. Role of science and technology in the
context of international security, disarmament and other related fields
(P.64).
64. Maintenance of international security
- prevention of the violent disintegration of States (P.65).
65. Reduction of military budgets (P.66):
(a) Reduction of military budgets;
(b) Objective information on military matters,
including transparency of military expenditures.
66. Role of science and technology in the
context of international security and disarmament (P.67).
67. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in the region of the Middle East (P.68).
68. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in South Asia (P.69).
69. Conclusion of effective international
arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat
of use of nuclear weapons (P.70).
70. Prevention of an arms race in outer
space (P.71).
71. General and complete disarmament (P.72):
(a) Notification of nuclear tests;
(b) Further measures in the field of disarmament
for the prevention of an arms race on the seabed and the ocean floor and
in the subsoil thereof: report of the Secretary-General;
(c) Measures to uphold the authority of
the 1925 Geneva Protocol;
(d) Convention on the Prohibition of the
Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on
Their Destruction;
(e) Transparency in armaments;
(f) Assistance to States for curbing the
illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them;
(g) Relationship between disarmament and
development;
(h) Observance of environmental norms in
the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control;
(i) Convening of the fourth special session
of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament;
(j) Consolidation of peace through practical
disarmament measures;
(k) Contributions towards banning anti-personnel
landmines;
(l) Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive
wastes;
(m) Small arms;
(n) Nuclear disarmament;
(o) Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere
and adjacent areas;
(p) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of
the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or
Use of Nuclear Weapons;
(q) Regional disarmament;
(r) Conventional arms control at the regional
and subregional levels;
(s) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in Central Asia;
(t) Implementation of the Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction.
72. Review and implementation of the Concluding
Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (P.73):
(a) United Nations Disarmament Information
Programme;
(b) United Nations disarmament fellowship
training and advisory services;
(c) United Nations Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific;
(d) Regional confidence-building measures:
activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security
Questions in Central Africa;
(e) Convention on the Prohibition of the
Use of Nuclear Weapons.
73. Review of the implementation of the
recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth
special session (P.74):
(a) Report of the Disarmament Commission;
(b) Report of the Conference on Disarmament;
(c) Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters;
(d) United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research.
74. The risk of nuclear proliferation in
the Middle East (P.75).
75. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions
on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively
Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (P.76).
76. Strengthening of security and cooperation
in the Mediterranean region (P.77).
77. Consolidation of the regime established
by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and
the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (P.78).
78. Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)
and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (P.79).
79. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
(P.80).
80. Rationalization of the work and reform
of the agenda of the First Committee (P.81).
81. Effects of atomic radiation (P.82).
82. International cooperation in the peaceful
uses of outer space (P.83).
83. United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (P.84).
84. Report of the Special Committee to
Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian
People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (P.85).
85. Comprehensive review of the whole question
of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (P.86).
86. Questions relating to information (P.87).
87. Information from Non-Self-Governing
Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the
United Nations (P.88).
88. Economic and other activities which
affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories
(P.89).(4)
89. Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized
agencies and the international institutions associated with the United
Nations (P.90).
90. Offers by Member States of study and
training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (P.91).
91. Macroeconomic policy questions (P.94):
(a) Trade and development;
(b) Financing of development, including
net transfer of resources between developing and developed countries;
(c) Commodities;
(d) External debt crisis and development.
92. Sectoral policy questions (P.95):
(a) Business and development;
(b) Industrial development cooperation.
93. Sustainable development and international
economic cooperation (P.96):
(a) Implementation of and follow-up to
major consensus agreements on development:
(i) Implementation of the commitments and
policies agreed upon in the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation,
in particular the Revitalization of the Economic Growth and Development
of the Developing Countries;
(ii) Implementation of the International
Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade;
(b) Integration of the economies in transition
into the world economy;
(c) Implementation of the outcome of the
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II);
(d) Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening
international economic cooperation for development through partnership;
(e) Implementation of the Programme of
Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s;
(f) Implementation of the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development;
(g) Cultural development.
94. Environment and sustainable development
(P.97):
(a) Implementation of and follow-up to
the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,
including the outcome of the nineteenth special session of the General
Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation
of Agenda 21;
(b) Protection of global climate for present
and future generations of mankind;
(c) Implementation of the outcome of the
Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States;
(d) Convention on Biological Diversity;
(e) Implementation of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
95. Operational activities for development
(P.98).
96. Training and research (P.99):
(a) United Nations University;
(b) United Nations Institute for Training
and Research.
97. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian
people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural
resources (P.100).
98. Implementation of the first United
Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) (P.101).
99. Commemorative meeting of the twentieth
anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting
and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (P.102).
100. Social development, including questions
relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons
and the family (P.103).
101. Crime prevention and criminal justice
(P.104).
102. International drug control (P.105).
103. Advancement of women (P.106).
104. Implementation of the outcome of the
Fourth World Conference on Women (P.107).
105. Report of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees: questions relating to refugees and displaced
persons and humanitarian questions (P.108).
106. Promotion and protection of the rights
of children (P.109).
107. Programme of activities of the International
Decade of the World's Indigenous People (P.110).
108. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination
(P.111).
109. Right of peoples to self-determination
(P.112).
110. Human rights questions (P.113):
(a) Implementation of human rights instruments;
(b) Human rights questions, including alternative
approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental
freedoms;
(c) Human rights situations and reports
of special rapporteurs and representatives;
(d) Comprehensive implementation of and
follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;
(e) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights.
111. Financial reports and audited financial
statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (P.114):
(a) United Nations;
(b) United Nations Development Programme;
(c) United Nations Children's Fund;
(d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;
(e) United Nations Institute for Training
and Research;
(f) Voluntary funds administered by the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
(g) Fund of the United Nations Environment
Programme;
(h) United Nations Population Fund;
(i) United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements
Foundation;
(j) Fund of the United Nations International
Drug Control Programme;
(k) United Nations Office for Project Services.
112. Review of the efficiency of the administrative
and financial functioning of the United Nations (P.115).
113. Programme budget for the biennium
1998-1999 (P.116).
114. Programme planning (P.117).
115. Improving the financial situation
of the United Nations (P.118).
116. Administrative and budgetary coordination
of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (P.119).
117. Pattern of conferences (P.120).
118. Scale of assessments for the apportionment
of the expenses of the United Nations (P.121).
119. Human resources management (P.122).
120. United Nations common system (P.123).
121. United Nations pension system (P.124).
122. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
forces in the Middle East (P.125):
(a) United Nations Disengagement Observer
Force;
(b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
123. Financing of the United Nations Angola
Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
(P.126).
124. Financing of the activities arising
from Security Council resolution 687 (1991) (P.127):
(a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation
Mission;
(b) Other activities.
125. Financing of the United Nations Mission
for the Referendum in Western Sahara (P.128).
126. Financing and liquidation of the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (P.129).
127. Financing of the United Nations Protection
Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia,
the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace
Forces headquarters (P.130).
128. Financing of the United Nations Operation
in Somalia II (P.131).
129. Financing of the United Nations Operation
in Mozambique (P.132).
130. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping
Force in Cyprus (P.133).
131. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Georgia (P.134).
132. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in Haiti (P.135).
133. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Liberia (P.136).
134. Financing of the United Nations Assistance
Mission for Rwanda (P.137).
135. Financing of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since
1991 (P.138).
136. Financing of the United Nations Mission
of Observers in Tajikistan (P.139).
137. Financing of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory
of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such
Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1
January and 31 December 1994 (P.140).
138. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in Bosnia and Herzegovina (P.141).
139. Financing of the United Nations Transitional
Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the
Civilian Police Support Group (P.142).
140. Financing of the United Nations Preventive
Deployment Force (P.143).
141. Financing of the United Nations Support
Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti and the
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (P.144).
142. Financing of the Military Observer
Group of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (P.145).
143. Administrative and budgetary aspects
of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (P.146):
(a) Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
operations;
(b) Relocation of Ukraine to the group
of Member States set out in paragraph 3 (c) of General Assembly resolution
43/232.
144. Report of the Secretary-General on
the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (P.147 (a)).
145. Review of the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 48/218 B (P.147 (b)).
146. Status of the Protocols Additional
to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims
of armed conflicts (P.148).
147. Consideration of effective measures
to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular
missions and representatives (P.149).
148. Convention on jurisdictional immunities
of States and their property (P.150).
149. United Nations Decade of International
Law (P.151):
(a) United Nations Decade of International
Law;
(b) Progress in the action dedicated to
the 1999 centennial of the first International Peace Conference and to
the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law;
(c) Draft guiding principles for international
negotiations.
150. Report of the International Law Commission
on the work of its fiftieth session (P.152).
151. Report of the United Nations Commission
on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-first session (P.153).
152. Report of the Committee on Relations
with the Host Country (P.154).
153. Establishment of an international
criminal court (P.155).
154. Report of the Special Committee on
the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role
of the Organization (P.156).
155. Measures to eliminate international
terrorism (P.157).
156. Review of the Statute of the Administrative
Tribunal of the United Nations (P.158).
157. Bethlehem 2000 (P.159).(5)
158. World Solar Programme 1996-2005 (P.160).(6)
159. Observer status for the Association
of Caribbean States in the General Assembly (P.161).(7)
160. Global implications of the year 2000
date conversion problem of computers (P.162).
161. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in the Central African Republic (P.163).
162. Observer status for the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development in the General Assembly (P.164).(8)
163. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Sierra Leone (S.1).(9)
164. Causes of conflict and the promotion
of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (A.1).(10)
165. Joint Inspection Unit (decision 52/467
C of 8 September 1998).
166. Election of judges of the International
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations
of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former
Yugoslavia since 1991 (decision 52/501 of 8 September 1998).
59. At the suggestion of the Secretary-General
(A/BUR/53/1, para. 48), the General Committee draws the General Assembly's
attention to paragraph 4 of its decision 34/401 (A/520/Rev.15, annex VI),
which reads as follows:
"4. Substantive items should normally be
discussed initially in a Main Committee and, therefore, items previously
allocated to plenary meetings should henceforth be referred to a Main Committee
unless there are compelling circumstances requiring their continued consideration
in plenary meeting."
The General Committee also draws the attention
of the Assembly to paragraph 3 of annex I to resolution 48/264 and to the
relevant paragraphs of resolutions 39/88 B and 45/45 (A/520/Rev.15 and
Amend.1, annexes VII and VIII). Paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution
39/88 B reads as follows:
"5. The Chairmen of the Main Committees
should take the initiative, in the light of past experience, to propose
the grouping of similar or related items and the holding of a single general
debate on them."
Paragraph 6 of the annex to resolution
45/45 reads as follows:
"6. In making recommendations as to how
agenda items should be allocated to the Main Committees and the plenary
of the General Assembly, the General Committee should ensure the best use
of the expertise of the Committees."
In this connection, the General Committee
also draws the General Assembly's attention to paragraphs 2 and 5 (b) and
(d) of annex I to resolution 48/264, which read as follows:
"2. Agenda items which are of a nature
that relates to more than one Main Committee or which do not come within
the purview of any Main Committee should be considered by the General Assembly
in plenary meeting, taking into account the recommendations of the General
Committee.
"...
"5. The Main Committees should be encouraged
to continue with the review of their respective agendas, taking into account,
inter alia, the following:
"...
"(b) Items that cover related matters or
issues could be considered in agreed clusters;
"...
"(d) The existing broad division of work
among the Main Committees should be maintained."
60. Taking into account the recommendations
in section IV above regarding the inclusion of items in the agenda, the
General Committee approved the allocation of items contained in paragraph
61 of the Secretary-General's memorandum (A/BUR/53/1 and Add.1) with the
following modifications:
(a) Plenary meetings
(i) Item 10 (Report of the Secretary-General
on the work of the Organization)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that, as was done at the last session, it should
hear a brief presentation by the Secretary-General on his annual report
(A/53/1) as the first item in the morning prior to the opening of the general
debate on Monday, 21 September.
(ii) Item 18 (Implementation of
the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and
Peoples)
The General Committee decided to recommend
that the General Assembly should refer to the Special Political and Decolonization
Committee (Fourth Committee) chapters of the report of the Special Committee
(A/53/23) relating to specific Territories so that the Assembly might deal
in plenary meeting with the question of the implementation of the Declaration
as a whole.
(iii) Item 46 (a) (Fiftieth anniversary
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and item 110 (b) (Human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective
enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that, in the light of decision 52/424 of 12 December
1997, the ceremony for the awarding of prizes in the field of human rights
in 1998 should be held on Thursday, 10 December 1998, on the occasion of
the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, in plenary meeting.
(iv) Item 49 (Question of the Falkland
Islands (Malvinas))
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting, on the understanding that bodies and individuals having
an interest in the question would be heard in the Special Political and
Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) in conjunction with the consideration
of the item in plenary meeting.
(v) Item 62 (Question of Cyprus)
The General Committee decided to recommend
that the General Assembly allocate the item at an appropriate time during
the session.
(vi) Item 99 (Commemorative meeting
of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of
Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing
Countries)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that, in the light of paragraph 9 of resolution
52/205 of 18 December 1997, the commemorative meeting to mark the occasion
of the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of
Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing
Countries should be held on Wednesday, 7 October 1998, in the morning.
(vii) Item 157 (Bethlehem 2000)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting.
(viii) Item 158 (World Solar Programme
1996-2005)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting.
(ix) Item 159 (Observer status for
the Association of Caribbean States in the General Assembly)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting.
(x) Item 162 (Observer status for
the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in the General
Assembly)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting.
(xi) Item 164 (Causes of conflict
and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be considered directly in
plenary meeting.
(b) First Committee
Item 71 (General and complete disarmament)
The General Committee decided to recommend
that the relevant paragraphs of the annual report of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (A/53/286), which is to be considered directly in
plenary meeting under item 14, should be drawn to the attention of the
First Committee in connection with its consideration of item 71.
(c) Special Political and Decolonization
Committee (Fourth Committee)
Item 85 (Comprehensive review of
the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that, in the light of paragraph 2 of resolution
52/69 of 10 December 1997, the commemorative meeting to mark the fiftieth
anniversary of United Nations peacekeeping should be held on Tuesday, 6
October 1998, in the morning.
(d) Second Committee
Item 93 (d) (Renewal of the dialogue
on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through
partnership)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that, in the light of resolution 50/122 of 20 December
1997 and decision 52/480 of 4 June 1998, the high-level dialogue on the
theme of the social and economic impact of globalization and interdependence
and their policy implications should be held on Thursday, 17 September
and Friday, 18 September 1998.
(e) Third Committee
Item 103 (Advancement of women)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the report of the Administrator of the United
Nations Development Programme on the operations, management and budget
of the United Nations Development Fund for Women should be referred to
the Second Committee for consideration under item 95 (Operational activities
for development).
(f) Fifth Committee
(i) Item 163 (Financing of the United
Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be allocated to the Fifth
Committee.
(ii) Item 165 (Joint Inspection
Unit)
The General Committee decided to recommend
to the General Assembly that the item should be allocated to the Fifth
Committee, on the understanding that the reports of the Joint Inspection
Unit dealing with subject matters assigned to other Main Committees would
be also referred to those Committees.
61. Taking into account paragraphs 59 and
60 above, the General Committee recommends to the General Assembly the
adoption of the following allocation of items:(11)
Plenary meetings
1. Opening of the session by the Chairman
of the delegation of Ukraine (D.1).
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation
(D.2).
3. Credentials of representatives to the
fifty-third session of the General Assembly (D.3):
(a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials
Committee;
(b) Report of the Credentials Committee.
4. Election of the President of the General
Assembly (D.4).
5. Election of the officers of the Main
Committees (D.5).
6. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the
General Assembly (D.6).
7. Notification by the Secretary-General
under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations (D.7).
8. Adoption of the agenda and organization
of work: reports of the General Committee (D.8).
9. General debate (D.9).
10. Report of the Secretary-General on
the work of the Organization (D.10).(12)
11. Report of the Security Council (D.11).
12. Report of the Economic and Social Council
[chapters I to VII and VIII (sections A to C), IX and X] (D.12).(13)
13. Report of the International Court of
Justice (D.13).
14. Report of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (D.14).(14)
15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal
organs (D.15):
(a) Election of five non-permanent members
of the Security Council;
(b) Election of eighteen members of the
Economic and Social Council.
16. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary
organs and other elections (D.16):
(a) Election of seven members of the Committee
for Programme and Coordination;
(b) Election of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees.
17. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary
organs and other appointments (D.17):(15)
(g) Appointment of members of the Committee
on Conferences;
(h) Appointment of a member of the Joint
Inspection Unit;
(i) Confirmation of the appointment of
the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development;
(j) Appointment of the Under-Secretary-General
for Internal Oversight Services.
18. Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (D.18).(16)
19. Admission of new Members to the United
Nations (D.19).
20. Strengthening of the coordination of
humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance (D.20):
(a) Strengthening of the coordination of
emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations;
(b) Special economic assistance to individual
countries or regions;3
(c) Emergency international assistance
for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan;
(d) Assistance to the Palestinian people.
21. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of American States (D.21).
22. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (D.22).
23. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Caribbean Community (D.23).
24. Implementation of the United Nations
New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, including measures
and recommendations agreed upon at its mid-term review (D.24).
25. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Latin American Economic System (D.25).
26. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (D.26).
27. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the League of Arab States (D.27).
28. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (D.28).
29. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial
and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba
(D.29).
30. United Nations reform: measures and
proposals (D.30).
31. Culture of peace (D.31).
32. Zone of peace and cooperation of the
South Atlantic (D.32).
33. Support by the United Nations system
of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored
democracies (D.33).
34. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Economic Cooperation Organization (D.34).
35. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization of African Unity (D.35).
36. Cooperation between the United Nations
and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (D.36).
37. Implementation of the outcome of the
World Summit for Social Development (D.37).
38. Oceans and the law of the sea (D.38):
(a) Law of the sea;
(b) Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing,
unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high
seas, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments.
39. Question of Palestine (D.39).
40. The situation in the Middle East (D.40).
41. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(D.41).
42. Assistance in mine clearance (D.42).
43. The situation of democracy and human
rights in Haiti (D.43).
44. The situation in Central America: procedures
for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning
a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development (D.44).
45. The situation in Afghanistan and its
implications for international peace and security (D.45).
46. Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (D.46):(17)
(a) Fiftieth anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights;
(b) Fiftieth anniversary of the Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
47. Election of the judges of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide
and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed
in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide
and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States
between 1 January and 31 December 1994 (D.47).
48. Report of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since
1991 (D.48).
49. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
(D.49).(18)
50. Report of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory
of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such
Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1
January and 31 December 1994 (D.50).
51. Elimination of coercive economic measures
as a means of political and economic compulsion (D.51).
52. Declaration of the Assembly of Heads
of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on the aerial
and naval military attack against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
by the present United States Administration in April 1986 (D.52).
53. Armed Israeli aggression against the
Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established
international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the
non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security
(D.53).
54. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation
of and aggression against Kuwait (D.54).
55. Implementation of the resolutions of
the United Nations (D.55).
56. Launching of global negotiations on
international economic cooperation for development (D.56).
57. Question of the Comorian island of
Mayotte (D.57).
58. Strengthening of the United Nations
system (D.58).
59. Question of equitable representation
on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
(D.59).
60. Revitalization of the work of the General
Assembly (D.60).
61. Restructuring and revitalization of
the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields (D.61).
62. Commemorative meeting of the twentieth
anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting
and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (D.99).(19)
63. Bethlehem 2000 (D.157).(20)
64. World Solar Programme 1996-2005 (D.158).(21)
65. Observer status for the Association
of Caribbean States in the General Assembly (D.159).(22)
66. Global implications of the year 2000
date conversion problem of computers (D.160).
67. Observer status for the Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development in the General Assembly (D.162).(23)
68. Causes of conflict and the promotion
of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (D.164).(24)
69. Election of judges of the International
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations
of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former
Yugoslavia since 1991 (D.166).
70. Comprehensive review of the whole question
of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (D.85).(25)
71. Sustainable development and international
economic cooperation (D.93):
(d) Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership.(26)
First Committee
1. Role of science and technology in the
context of international security, disarmament and other related fields
(D.63).
2. Maintenance of international security
- prevention of the violent disintegration of States (D.64).
3. Reduction of military budgets (D.65):
(a) Reduction of military budgets;
(b) Objective information on military matters,
including transparency of military expenditures.
4. Role of science and technology in the
context of international security and disarmament (D.66).
5. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in the region of the Middle East (D.67).
6. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in South Asia (D.68).
7. Conclusion of effective international
arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat
of use of nuclear weapons (D.69).
8. Prevention of an arms race in outer
space (D.70).
9. General and complete disarmament (D.71):(27)
(a) Notification of nuclear tests;
(b) Further measures in the field of disarmament
for the prevention of an arms race on the seabed and the ocean floor and
in the subsoil thereof: report of the Secretary-General;
(c) Measures to uphold the authority of
the 1925 Geneva Protocol;
(d) Convention on the Prohibition of the
Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on
Their Destruction;
(e) Transparency in armaments;
(f) Assistance to States for curbing the
illicit traffic in small arms and collecting them;
(g) Relationship between disarmament and
development;
(h) Observance of environmental norms in
the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control;
(i) Convening of the fourth special session
of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament;
(j) Consolidation of peace through practical
disarmament measures;
(k) Contributions towards banning anti-personnel
landmines;
(l) Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive
wastes;
(m) Small arms;
(n) Nuclear disarmament;
(o) Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere
and adjacent areas;
(p) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of
the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or
Use of Nuclear Weapons;
(q) Regional disarmament;
(r) Conventional arms control at the regional
and subregional levels;
(s) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free
zone in Central Asia;
(t) Implementation of the Convention on
the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction.
10. Review and implementation of the Concluding
Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly (D.72):
(a) United Nations Disarmament Information
Programme;
(b) United Nations disarmament fellowship
training and advisory services;
(c) United Nations Regional Centre for
Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific;
(d) Regional confidence-building measures:
activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security
Questions in Central Africa;
(e) Convention on the Prohibition of the
Use of Nuclear Weapons.
11. Review of the implementation of the
recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth
special session (D.73):
(a) Report of the Disarmament Commission;
(b) Report of the Conference on Disarmament;
(c) Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters;
(d) United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research.
12. The risk of nuclear proliferation in
the Middle East (D.74).
13. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions
on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively
Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (D.75).
14. Strengthening of security and cooperation
in the Mediterranean region (D.76).
15. Consolidation of the regime established
by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and
the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco) (D.77).
16. Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)
and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (D.78).
17. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
(D.79).
18. Rationalization of the work and reform
of the agenda of the First Committee (D.80).
Special Political and Decolonization
Committee (Fourth Committee)
1. Effects of atomic radiation (D.81).
2. International cooperation in the peaceful
uses of outer space (D.82).
3. United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (D.83).
4. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People
and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (D.84).
5. Comprehensive review of the whole question
of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects (D.85).(28)
6. Questions relating to information (D.86).
7. Information from Non-Self-Governing
Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the
United Nations (D.87).
8. Economic and other activities which
affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories
(D.88).(29)
9. Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized
agencies and the international institutions associated with the United
Nations (D.89).
10. Report of the Economic and Social Council
[chapter VIII (section D)] (D.12).
11. Offers by Member States of study and
training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (D.90).
12. Implementation of the Declaration on
the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (D.18).(30)
13. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
(D.49).(31)
Second Committee
1. Report of the Economic and Social Council
[chapters I to V, VIII (sections A to C and E to H) and X] (D.12).(32)
2. Macroeconomic policy questions (D.91):
(a) Trade and development;
(b) Financing of development, including
net transfer of resources between developing and developed countries;
(c) Commodities;
(d) External debt crisis and development.
3. Sectoral policy questions (D.92):
(a) Business and development;
(b) Industrial development cooperation.
4. Sustainable development and international
economic cooperation (D.93):
(a) Implementation of and follow-up to
major consensus agreements on development:
(i) Implementation of the commitments and
policies agreed upon in the Declaration on International Economic Cooperation,
in particular the Revitalization of the Economic Growth and Development
of the Developing Countries;
(ii) Implementation of the International
Development Strategy for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade;
(b) Integration of the economies in transition
into the world economy;
(c) Implementation of the outcome of the
United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II);
(d) Renewal of the dialogue on strengthening
international economic cooperation for development through partnership;(33)
(e) Implementation of the Programme of
Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s;
(f) Implementation of the Programme of
Action of the International Conference on Population and Development;
(g) Cultural development.
5. Environment and sustainable development
(D.94):
(a) Implementation of and follow-up to
the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,
including the outcome of the nineteenth special session of the General
Assembly for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of the implementation
of Agenda 21;
(b) Protection of global climate for present
and future generations of mankind;
(c) Implementation of the outcome of the
Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
States;
(d) Convention on Biological Diversity;
(e) Implementation of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious
Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
6. Operational activities for development
(D.95).(34)
7. Training and research (D.96):
(a) United Nations University;
(b) United Nations Institute for Training
and Research.
8. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian
people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural
resources (D.97).
9. Implementation of the first United Nations
Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006) (D.98).
Third Committee
1. Report of the Economic and Social Council
[chapters I, III, V, VI, VIII (sections A, C and I) and X] (D.12).(35)
2. Social development, including questions
relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons
and the family (D.100).
3. Crime prevention and criminal justice
(D.101).
4. International drug control (D.102).
5. Advancement of women (D.103).(36)
6. Implementation of the outcome of the
Fourth World Conference on Women (D.104).
7. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees: questions relating to refugees and displaced persons and
humanitarian questions (D.105).
8. Promotion and protection of the rights
of children (D.106).
9. Programme of activities of the International
Decade of the World's Indigenous People (D.107).
10. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination
(D.108).
11. Right of peoples to self-determination
(D.109).
12. Human rights questions (D.110):
(a) Implementation of human rights instruments;
(b) Human rights questions, including alternative
approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental
freedoms;(37)
(c) Human rights situations and reports
of special rapporteurs and representatives;
(d) Comprehensive implementation of and
follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;
(e) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights.
Fifth Committee
1. Financial reports and audited financial
statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (D.111):
(a) United Nations;
(b) United Nations Development Programme;
(c) United Nations Children's Fund;
(d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;
(e) United Nations Institute for Training
and Research;
(f) Voluntary funds administered by the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
(g) Fund of the United Nations Environment
Programme;
(h) United Nations Population Fund;
(i) United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements
Foundation;
(j) Fund of the United Nations International
Drug Control Programme;
(k) United Nations Office for Project Services.
2. Review of the efficiency of the administrative
and financial functioning of the United Nations (D.112).
3. Programme budget for the biennium 1998-1999
(D.113).
4. Programme planning (D.114).
5. Improving the financial situation of
the United Nations (D.115).
6. Administrative and budgetary coordination
of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (D.116).
7. Pattern of conferences (D.117).
8. Scale of assessments for the apportionment
of the expenses of the United Nations (D.118).
9. Human resources management (D.119).
10. United Nations common system (D.120).
11. United Nations pension system (D.121).
12. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
forces in the Middle East (D.122):
(a) United Nations Disengagement Observer
Force;
(b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
13. Financing of the United Nations Angola
Verification Mission and the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola
(D.123).
14. Financing of the activities arising
from Security Council resolution 687 (1991) (D.124):
(a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation
Mission;
(b) Other activities.
15. Financing of the United Nations Mission
for the Referendum in Western Sahara (D.125).
16. Financing and liquidation of the United
Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (D.126).
17. Financing of the United Nations Protection
Force, the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia,
the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace
Forces headquarters (D.127).
18. Financing of the United Nations Operation
in Somalia II (D.128).
19. Financing of the United Nations Operation
in Mozambique (D.129).
20. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping
Force in Cyprus (D.130).
21. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Georgia (D.131).
22. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in Haiti (D.132).
23. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Liberia (D.133).
24. Financing of the United Nations Assistance
Mission for Rwanda (D.134).
25. Financing of the International Tribunal
for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since
1991 (D.135).
26. Financing of the United Nations Mission
of Observers in Tajikistan (D.136).
27. Financing of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory
of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such
Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1
January and 31 December 1994 (D.137).
28. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in Bosnia and Herzegovina (D.138).
29. Financing of the United Nations Transitional
Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the
Civilian Police Support Group (D.139).
30. Financing of the United Nations Preventive
Deployment Force (D.140).
31. Financing of the United Nations Support
Mission in Haiti, the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti and the
United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (D.141).
32. Financing of the Military Observer
Group of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (D.142).
33. Administrative and budgetary aspects
of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations (D.143):
(a) Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping
operations;
(b) Relocation of Ukraine to the group
of Member States set out in paragraph 3 (c) of General Assembly resolution
43/232.
34. Report of the Secretary-General on
the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (D.144).
35. Review of the implementation of General
Assembly resolution 48/218 B (D.145).
36. Financing of the United Nations Mission
in the Central African Republic (D.161).
37. Financing of the United Nations Observer
Mission in Sierra Leone (D.163).(38)
38. Joint Inspection Unit (D.165).(39)
39. Report of the Economic and Social Council
[chapters I, VIII (sections B and C) and X] (D.12).(40)
40. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary
organs and other appointments (D.17):(41)
(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;
(b) Appointment of members of the Committee
on Contributions;
(c) Appointment of a member of the Board
of Auditors;
(d) Confirmation of the appointment of
members of the Investments Committee;
(e) Appointment of members of the United
Nations Administrative Tribunal;
(f) International Civil Service Commission:
(i) Appointment of members of the Commission;
(ii) Designation of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
of the Commission.
Sixth Committee
1. Status of the Protocols Additional to
the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims
of armed conflicts (D.146).
2. Consideration of effective measures
to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular
missions and representatives (D.147).
3. Convention on jurisdictional immunities
of States and their property (D.148).
4. United Nations Decade of International
Law (D.149):
(a) United Nations Decade of International
Law;
(b) Progress in the action dedicated to
the 1999 centennial of the first International Peace Conference and to
the closing of the United Nations Decade of International Law;
(c) Draft guiding principles for international
negotiations.
5. Report of the International Law Commission
on the work of its fiftieth session (D.150).
6. Report of the United Nations Commission
on International Trade Law on the work of its thirty-first session (D.151).
7. Report of the Committee on Relations
with the Host Country (D.152).
8. Establishment of an international criminal
court (D.153).
9. Report of the Special Committee on the
Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the
Organization (D.154).
10. Measures to eliminate international
terrorism (D.155).
11. Review of the Statute of the Administrative
Tribunal of the United Nations (D.156).
1. 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-first Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/41/49).
2. 2 Abbreviations used in the present document:
(P. ): item on the provisional agenda (A/53/150);
(S. ): item on the supplementary list (A/53/200);
(A. ): additional item (A/53/231).
11. 11 The numbering in parentheses used in the allocation of items (D. ) follows the draft agenda in section IV (para. 58).
13. 13 The chapters of the report listed below would be referred also to the Second, Third and Fifth Committees, as follows:
(a) Chapters I, VIII (section C) and X ................... Second, Third and Fifth Committees
(b) Chapters II and IV ........................................... Second Committee
(c) Chapters III, V and VIII (section A) ................ Second and Third Committees
(d) Chapter VI ...................................................... Third Committee
(e) Chapter VIII (section B) .................................. Second and Fifth Committees
15. 15 For sub-items (a) to (f), see "Fifth Committee", item 40.
17. 17 See para. 60 (a) (iii).
20. 20 See para. 60 (a) (vii).
21. 21 See para. 60 (a) (viii).
32. 32 The chapters of the report listed below would be referred also to plenary meetings and to the Third and Fifth Committees, as follows:
(a) Chapters I, VIII (section C) and X ......... Plenary meetings and Third and Fifth Committees
(b) Chapters II and IV ................................ Plenary meetings
(c) Chapters III, V and VIII (section A) ...... Plenary meetings and Third Committee
(d) Chapter VIII (section B) ....................... Plenary meetings and Fifth Committee
35. 35 The chapters of the report listed below would be referred also to plenary meetings and to the Second and Fifth Committees, as follows:
(a) Chapters I, VIII (section C) and X ...... Plenary meetings and Second and Fifth Committees
(b) Chapters III, V and VIII (section A) ... Plenary meetings and Second Committee
(c) Chapter VI ....................................... Plenary meetings
37. 37 See para. 60 (a) (iii).
40. 40 The chapters of the report listed below would be referred also to plenary meetings and to the Second and Third Committees, as follows:
(a) Chapters I, VIII (section C) and X ......... Plenary meetings, Second and Third Committees
(b) Chapter VIII (section B) ....................... Plenary meetings and Second Committee
41. 41 For sub-items (g) to (j), see "Plenary meetings", item 17.