Review and reappraisal of the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council

UN General Assembly, Review and reappraisal of the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council, A/RES/2097, UN General Assembly, 20 December 1965, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1965/en/7163 [accessed 16 February 2025]
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XX. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE
2097. Review and reappraisal of the role and functions of the Economic and Social Council

The General Assembly, Having considered Economic and Social Council resolution 1091 (XXXIX) of 31 July 1965, which pointed to the necessity for a thorough review and reappraisal of the Council's role and functions as a result of the great increase in the activities of the United Nations and its related agencies in the economic, social and human rights fields, Welcoming the enlargement of the membership of the Economic and Social Council so as to reflect better the total membership of the United Nations, Bearing in mind the responsibilities entrusted to the Economic and Social Council in Chapters IX and X of the Charter of the United Nations, Taking into account also the particular responsibilities of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as described in section IT of General Assembly resolution 1995 (XIX) of 30 December 1964, Noting with appreciation the comments of Member States on the role -and functions of the Economic and Social Council,[1] Noting further the Secretary-General's report in response to Economic and Social Council resolution 1091 (XXXIX) [2] containing his views, conclusions and recommendations on this question,

1. Requests the Secretary-General to submit detailed proposals to the Economic and Social Council at its forty-first session and to the General Assembly at its twenty-first session on the ways in which the Council might adapt its procedures and working methods so as to enable it effectively to fulfil its role, taking into account the comments of Member States and the suggestions made during the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth sessions of the Council and the twentieth session of the Assembly;

2. Requests Governments of Member States which have not yet done so to inform the Secretary-General of their views on this subject.

1404th plenary meeting,
20 December 1965.
[1] E/4052 and Add.1-16. [2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Twentieth Session, Annexes, agenda item 96, document A/6109.
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