Organization of the Secretariat

UN General Assembly, Organization of the Secretariat, A/RES/886, UN General Assembly, 17 December 1954, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1954/en/10211 [accessed 16 June 2025]
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IX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FIFTH COMMITTEE
886. Organization of the Secretariat

The General Assembly, Considering its resolution 784 (VIII) of 9 December 1953 in which it recommended that the Secretary-General should proceed along the lines of his report to the eighth session on the organization of the Secretariat contained in document A/2554,[1] Having examined the report[2] of the Secretary-General to the ninth session on the organization of the Secretariat and the comments contained in the report[3] of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Taking note of the Secretary-General's intention to bring under detailed review in 1955 those United Nations offices and activities external to Headquarters, as well as the secretariats of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations, Considering the Secretary-General's statements during the discussion of the item in the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly,

1. Notes with appreciation the Secretary-General's report on the reorganization of the Secretariat and further notes his statements in the Fifth Committee and the general approval[4] by the Economic and Social Council of the proposals made by the Secretary-General in document E/2598;[5]

2. Approves generally the measures adopted by the Secretary-General and invites him, in proceeding with the implementation of his proposals, to take into account the comments contained in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and the observations and suggestions made in the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly with reference to the various aspects of reorganization;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to report progress to the General Assembly at its tenth session.

515th plenary meeting,
17 December 1954.
[1] Ibid., Eighth Session, Annexes, agenda item 48. [2] Ibid., Ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 53, document A/2731. [3] Ibid., document A/2745. [4] See Economic and Social Council resolution 557A (XVIII). [5] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Eighteenth Session, Annexes, agenda item 29.
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