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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1970.

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3 versions · 1967–1971

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Appeals to all United Nations organs, bodies and committees to consider ways of reducing documentation, and in particular the possibility of adopting a form of records less voluminous and less costly than that currently being used;

Takes note of the recommendations and suggestions for reductions in the volume of documentation contained in the reports of the Secretary-General, 22 in reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,23 in chapter VII, section B, of the report of the Committee on the Reorganization of the Secretariat,24 in the report of the Joint Inspection Unit25 and in the working paper prepared by the Secretariat for the Economic and Social Council,26 notes that many of thcm have been or are being implemented already, and requests the Secretary-General, in the light of bis own comments and those of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on them, to implement as quickly as possible those recommendations and suggestions that fall within his competence and authority and to continue his efforts to reduce documentation;

Notes that the Economic and Social Council has already achieved a certain measure of success in reducing documentation, as described in paragraphs 615 to 631 of its report for the period from 3 August 1968 to 8 August 1969,27 and that the Trade and Development Board has examined proposals for improving the machinery of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,28 and urges both bodies to continue their efforts t0 reduce the volume of documentation, without impairing effective positive action on worth-while programmes;

Requests the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Trade and Development Board and the Industrial Development Board to consider, when establishing a new subsidiary body, conference or committee, whether or not it sbould have summary records of its proceedings;

Requests tbe Secretary-General to submit to tbe General Assembly at its twenty-fifth session a list of tbe resolutions of the Assembly and its subsidiary organs that call for periodic reports, with an indication of the number of pages of each of these documents, and invites the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to submit any recommendations. it might wish to offer for shortening discontinuing or issuing less frequently such reports;

22 /bid., Twenty-second Session, Annexes, agenda ítem 81 document A/6675; ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexes' agenda item 82, documents A/7579, A/C.5/1247 and AÍ C.5/1257.

2s /bid., Twenty-third Session, Annexes, agenda item 75 document A/7400; ibid., Twenty-fourth Session, Annexe; agenda item 82, document A/7789.

' 24 fbid., Twenty-third Session, Annexes, addendum to agenda itero 74 (A/7359), annex.

211 A/7576 and Corr.l, annex.

26 E/L. 1249 and Add. l and 2.

27 Offecial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/7603 and Corr.1 ).

28 lbid., Supplement No. 16 (A/7616), part three, chapter VI.

Requests the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, the Committee for ~rogra~me and Co-ordination and the Joint Inspection Umt to watch out for activities that give rise to documentation which in their opinion is excessive or of doubtful value, and to include in their reports recommendations for shortcning, discontinuing or issuing less frcquently such documcntation;

Approves the decision of the Special Committee on thc Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to <;olonial _Countries and Peoples that the proceedings o_f 1ts meetmgs should be verbatim records in provis1<?nal for~ only, to which addenda and/or corrigenda m1ght be 1ssued, ami to dispense with summary records;

Rea[(irms paragraph l (a) ( ii) of its resolution

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