Committee on Conferences.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (32nd sess. : 1977)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    9 December 1977
UN General Assembly (32nd sess. : 1977), Committee on Conferences., A/RES/32/72, UN General Assembly, 9 December 1977, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1977/en/9655 [accessed 19 September 2024]
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32. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE
72. Committee on Conferences

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3351 (XXIX) of 18 December 1974, Having noted the report of the Committee on Conferences,[1]

1. Decides to retain the Committee on Conferences, composed of twenty-two Member States, subject to review of its terms of reference as required;

2. Requests the President of the General Assembly after consultations with the chairmen of the regional groups, to appoint Member States, on the basis of an equitable geographical balance, to serve on the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term;

3. Decides that the Committee on Conferences shall have the terms of reference set forth below:

(a) To advise the General Assembly on the calendar of conferences;

(b) To act on behalf of the General Assembly in dealing with departures from the approved calendar of conferences that have administrative and financial implications;

(c) To recommend to the General Assembly means to provide the optimum apportionment of conference resources, facilities and services, including documentation, in order to ensure their most efficient and effective use;

(d) To advise the General Assembly on the current and future requirements of the Organization for conference services, facilities and documentation;

(e) To advise the General Assembly on means to ensure improved co-ordination of conferences within the United Nations system, including conference services and facilities, and to conduct the appropriate consultations in that regard;

4. Requests its subsidiary bodies to seek the advice of the Committee on Conferences with regard to the scheduling of their regular meetings and with regard to any proposed changes in their established pattern of sessions.

99th plenary meeting
9 December 1977 The President of the General Assembly subsequently informed the Secretary-General[2] that, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the above resolution, he had appointed the members of the Committee on Conferences. As a result, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following Member States: ALGERIA, AUSTRIA, CANADA, CHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, EGYPT, FRANCE, HONDURAS, INDONESIA, IVORY COAST, JAPAN, KENYA, MEXICO, NEW ZEALAND, NIGERIA, PERU, PHILIPPINES, SRI LANKA, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and YUGOSLAVIA.
[1] Ibid., Supplement No.32 (A/32/32). [2] A/32/497 and Add.1.
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