Report of the Economic and Social Council (chapter 1, section Vl): question of increasing the membership of the Council

XIII. RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE
1300. Report of the Economic and Social Council (chapter 1, section Vl): question of increasing the membership of the Council

1. Recognizes that, in view of the increase in the membership of the United Nations since its establishment, an increase n the membership of the Economic and Social Council is desirable in order to achieved a wider representation and thus to make the Council a more effective organ for carrying out the obligations placed upon it under Chapters IX and X of the Charter of the United Nations, and that such an increase should be so designed as to preserve the expeditious conduct of the work of the Council;

2. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fourteenth session the item entitled "Question of amending the United Nations Charter, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 108 of the Charter, to increase the membership of the Economic and Social Council".