Subsidiary organs of the General Assembly.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (35th sess. : 1980-1981)
  • Document source:
  • Date:
    20 October 1980

35. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED WITHOUT REFERENCE TO A MAIN COMMITTEE
5. Subsidiary organs of the General Assembly

The General Assembly, Recalling paragraph 35 of its decision 34/401 of 12 December 1979 by which it established the Ad Hoc Committee on Subsidiary Organs, Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee,[1]

1. Declares, as a temporary measure, a one-year moratorium on the establishment of new subsidiary organs of the General Assembly, provided that this measure will not apply to:

(a) Pertinent previous resolutions of the General Assembly or resolutions of the current session of the Assembly which envisage the preparation of documents, such as the drafting of international conventions or declarations, for which the establishment of subsidiary organs may be necessary;

(b) All previous resolutions of the General Assembly which envisaged the establishment of subsidiary organs;

(c) All necessary arrangements for global negotiations relating to international economic co-operation for development;

2. Decides that the preparatory work for special United Nations conferences should be carried out by existing organs;

3. Decides that, in order that the limited resources available may be used in the most efficient manner, the duration of the sessions of subsidiary organs of the General Assembly should be reduced, whenever possible, taking into account the experience of past sessions;

4. Requests subsidiary organs to make a greater effort to schedule their meetings on a biennial basis;

5. Requests the Committee on Conferences to take the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 above duly into account in the preparation of future calendars of conferences and meetings;

6. Decides to review at its thirty-sixth session the implementation of the present resolution.

41st plenary meeting
20 October 1980


[1] Ibid., Thirty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 47 (A/35/47).
Disclaimer:

This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.