Biennial programme of work for the 2nd Committee : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

 

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Biennial programme of work for the Second Committee

  The General Assembly, Recalling its decision 38/429 of 19 December 1983, in which it decided to adopt, beginning at its fortieth session, a biennial programme of work for the Second Committee, apart from its general debate, Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 1984/182 of 27 July 1984, in which it recommended to the General Assembly for its consideration a number of suggestions relating to the biennial programme of work for the Second Committee, contained in the annex to that decision,

1. Decides that the Second Committee, in drawing up its biennial programmes of work, should:

(a) Endeavour to adopt a biennial cycle of consideration of reports submitted to it, with the exception of those reports which are specifically mandated to be considered annually, once every three years or more, or on an ad hoc basis;

(b) Consider all reports of standing intergovernmental bodies on a biennial basis, except the reports of the Economic and Social Council, the Trade and Development Board and the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme;

(c) Consider, in principle, all recurrent Secretariat reports on a biennial basis, except the report of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation on operational activities for development;

2. Decides to approve, in principle, annex I to the present resolution as the basis for the formulation of the biennial programme of work for the Second Committee and to review it periodically;

3. Decides that all requests for Secretariat reports to be submitted to the Second Committee should henceforth conform to the biennial programme of work, except where the urgency of the subject-matter requires otherwise;

4. Requests intergovernmental bodies reporting to the Second Committee to adjust their cycle of meetings to conform to the biennial programme of work;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Second Committee for consideration and approval each year a proposed biennial programme of work, taking into account relevant resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly of that year;

6. Requests the Economic and Social Council, in discharging its responsibilities in preparing the work of the General Assembly in the economic, social and related fields, to take fully into account the approved programme of work for the Second Committee of the General Assembly in formulating its own biennial programme of work and in this context:

(a) To concentrate, in its consideration of reports of intergovernmental bodies submitted through it to the General Assembly, on the co-ordination aspect of the work of those bodies in conformity with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations;

(b) To consider undertaking an in-depth review of the reports of intergovernmental bodies which the General Assembly does not consider directly in a given year and to submit substantive recommendations thereon to the Assembly for consideration and action;

(c) To consider reviewing those reports of intergovernmental bodies which the General Assembly considers directly in a given year but not to consider draft proposals on them, except specific recommendations contained in the reports which require action by the Council and proposals that concern matters relating to the co-ordination aspect of the work of those bodies;

(d) To transmit in some cases, as it deems appropriate, certain reports directly to the General Assembly without debate;

7. Decides to approve the biennial programme of work for the Second Committee for 1985-1986 contained in annex II to the present resolution.

ANNEX I Programme of work for the Second Committee A. Annual consideration

1. General debate

2. Development and international economic co-operation

3. Report of the Economic and Social Council

4. Report of the Trade and Development Board

5. Report of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation on operational activities for development of the United Nations system

6. Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

B. Biennial consideration in odd years

1. Environment

2. Human settlements

3. Science and technology for development

4. Economic and technical co-operation among developing countries

5. Implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the

1980s for the Least Developed Countries

6. Effective mobilization and integration of women in development

7. Technical co-operation activities undertaken by the Secretary-General

8. United Nations Capital Development Fund

9. United Nations Volunteers programme

10. Special programmes of economic assistance

C. Biennial consideration in even years

1. Industrialization

2. Food problems

3. New and renewable sources of energy

4. Development of the energy resources of developing countries

5. Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator

6. World Food Programme

7. United Nations Fund for Population Activities

8. United Nations Children's Fund

9. United Nations Institute for Training and Research

10. United Nations University

11. Implementation of the medium-term and long-term recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sahelian region

12. Special programmes of economic assistance

D. Consideration as required or at longer intervals

1. Review and appraisal of the International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade

2. Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

3. Restructuring of the economic and social sectors of the United Nations system

4. United Nations Special Fund

5. United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration

6. United Nations Special Fund for Land-locked Developing Countries

7. Unified approach to development analysis and planning

8. Long-term trends in economic development

9. Role of qualified national personnel in the social and economic development of developing countries

10. Role of the public sector in promoting the economic development of developing countries ANNEX II Biennial programme of work for the Second Committee for 1985-1986

1985 Item 1. Report of the Economic and Social Council

(a) Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories

(b) Assistance to the Palestinian people

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people Report of the Secretary-General on economic development projects in the occupied Palestinian territories

(c) Transport and Communications Decade in Africa

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the Transport and Communications Decade in Africa

(d) Critical situation of food and agriculture in Africa

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the critical situation of food and agriculture in Africa

(e) Industrial Development Decade for Africa

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the Industrial Development Decade for Africa

(f) Countries stricken by desertification and drought

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on countries stricken by desertification and drought

(g) Target for World Food Programme pledges for the period 1987-1988

(h) Code of conduct on transnational corporations

Documentation Report of the Commission on Transnational Corporations on its reconvened special session

(i) World Tourism Organization

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization on the implementation of the Manila Declaration and the Acapulco Document on World Tourism Item 2. Development and international economic co-operation Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on international co-operation in the fields of money, finance, debt and resource flows, including development assistance and trade, with special attention to the interests of developing countries

(a) International Development Strategy for the Third United Nations Development Decade

(b) Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

Documentation Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole to Review the Implementation of the Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

(c) Trade and development

Documentation Report of the Trade and Development Board Report of the Secretary-General on the development aspects of the reverse transfer of technology Report of the Secretary-General on economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries

(d) Science and technology for development

Documentation Report of the Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technology for Development

(e) Economic and technical co-operation among developing countries

Documentation Report of the High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Co-operation among Developing Countries Report of the Secretary-General on activities of the United Nations system in support of economic co-operation among developing countries

(f) Environment

Documentation Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification in the Sudano-Sahelian region Note by the Secretary-General on international conventions and protocols in the field of the environment Report of the Secretary-General on remnants of war

(g) Human settlements

Documentation Report of the Commission on Human Settlements Report of the Secretary-General on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories Report of the Secretary-General on the co-ordination of human settlements programmes within the United Nations system

(h) Effective mobilization and integration of women in development

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the world survey on the role of women in overall development

(i) Implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the

1980s for the Least Developed Countries Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action

(j) New international human order: moral aspects of development

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General in pursuance of General Assembly resolution 38/170

(k) Long-term trends in economic development

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the overall socio-economic perspective of the world economy to the year 2000

(l) Immediate measures in favour of the developing countries

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on immediate measures in favour of developing countries

(m) New and renewable sources of energy

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Nairobi Programme of Action for the Development and Utilization of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

(n) Development of the energy resources of developing countries

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the development of the energy resources of developing countries Item 3. Operational activities for development

(a) Operational activities of the United Nations system

Documentation Report of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation on the operational activities of the United Nations system Report of the Secretary-General on the role of qualified national personnel in the social and economic development of developing countries

(b) United Nations Development Programme

Documentation Relevant chapters of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

(c) United Nations Capital Development Fund

Documentation Relevant chapter of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

(d) United Nations technical co-operation activities

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on United Nations technical co-operation activities Relevant chapter of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

(e) United Nations Volunteers programme

Documentation Relevant chapters of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

(f) Liquidation of the United Nations Emergency Operation Trust Fund and allocation of the remaining balance

Item 4. United Nations Institute for Training and Research Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the future programmes and needs of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Item 5. Special programmes of economic assistance Documentation Reports of the Secretary-General on individual countries Report of the Secretary-General presenting summary reports on countries with no separate individual reports in that year 1986 Item 1. Report of the Economic and Social Council

(a) Population and development

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on action taken on the recommendations of the International Conference on Population for the further implementation of the World Population Plan of Action

(b) Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific,

1985-1994 Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the Transport and Communications Decade for Asia and the Pacific, 1985-1994

(c) Confidence-building in international economic relations

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on confidence-building in international economic relations

(d) Protection against products harmful to health and the environment

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on protection against products harmful to health and the environment Item 2. Development and international economic co-operation

(a) Trade and development

Documentation Report of the Trade and Development Board Report of the Secretary-General on special measures in favour of island developing countries

(b) Industrialization

Documentation Report of the Industrial Development Board Report of the Secretary-General on the Industrial Development Decade for Africa

(c) Food problems

Documentation Report of the World Food Council Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of food and agriculture in Africa

(d) New and renewable sources of energy

Documentation Report of the Committee on the Development and Utilization of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

(e) Development of the energy resources of developing countries

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the development of the energy resources of developing countries Item 3. Operational activities for development

(a) Operational activities of the United Nations system

Documentation Report of the Director-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation on a comprehensive policy review of the operational activities of the United Nations system

(b) United Nations Development Programme

Documentation Relevant chapters of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme

(c) United Nations Fund for Population Activities

Documentation Relevant chapters of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities on the United Nations Population Award and Trust Fund

(d) United Nations Children's Fund

Documentation Relevant chapter of the report of the Economic and Social Council

(e) World Food Programme

Item 4. Training and research

(a) United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Documentation Report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research

(b) United Nations University

Documentation Report of the Council of the United Nations University

(c) Unified approach to development analysis and planning

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on a unified approach to development analysis and planning Item 5. Special economic and disaster relief assistance

(a) Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator

(b) Special programmes of economic assistance

Documentation Reports of the Secretary-General on individual countries Report of the Secretary-General presenting summary reports on countries with no separate individual reports in that year

(c) Implementation of the medium-term and long-term recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sahelian region

Documentation Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the medium-term and long-term recovery and rehabilitation programme in the Sudano-Sahelian region