PRESIDENT of the 63rd Session
United Nations General Assembly

Main Issues

• Security Council Reform
• System Wide Coherence
• Revitalization of the General Assembly
• MDGs 2010 Review Summit
• South-South Cooperation Conference

Revitalization of the General Assembly

On revitalization of the General Assembly, the 2005 Outcome Document reaffirmed the central position of the General Assembly as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations, as well as the role of the Assembly in the process of standard-setting and the codification of international law. Over the course of the last 16 years, measures have been adopted by the General Assembly with a view to strengthening its role and authority and the role and leadership of the President of the Assembly. An ad hoc working group on the revitalization of the General Assembly is to be established during the 62nd session to evaluate and assess the status of implementation of relevant resolutions, to identify ways to further enhance the role, authority, effectiveness and efficiency of the Assembly, inter alia, by building on previous resolutions, and to submit a report thereon to the Assembly.

AD HOC WORKING GROUP

• Letter from the Co-Chairs regarding the draft programme of the work on Revitalization of the General Assembly. (29 May 2009)

• Letter from the Co-Chairs regarding the first meeting of the ad-hoc working group on the revitalization of the General Assembly will be held on 15 April 2009. (9 April 2009)

• Letter from the Co-Chairs transmitting a document entitled "GA paper ballots voting proposal". (18 June 2008)

• Letter from the Co-Chairs including the explanatory note and the chart. (9 May 2008)

• Letter from the Co-Chairs regarding the next meeting of the ad-hoc working group on the revitalization of the General Assembly. (12 June 2008)

LETTERS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

• Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the appointment of Co-chairpersons on revitalization of the General Assembly. (20 March 2009)

RESOLUTIONS

• Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly: Resolution / Adopted by the General Assembly A/RES/62/276

• Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly A/62/952/ADD.1 

• Revitalizing the role and the authority of the General Assembly and strengthening its performance A/RES/61/292

• The 2005 World Summit Outcome A/RES/60/1

• Revitalization of the General Assembly A/RES/60/286

• A strengthened and revitalized General Assembly A/RES/59/313

• Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly A/RES/58/126

• Further measures for the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly A/RES/58/316

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPORT

• Report of the Secretary-General A/62/608
• Revitalization of the work of General Assembly A/61/483