Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 133 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

49 versions · 1977–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/166

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/166	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,978	87%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/125	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,923	86%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/111	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,951	85%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/109	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,916	85%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/115	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization	1,933	88%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

42 reports · 2000–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2026	A/81/206	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/80/166
2025	A/80/210	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/125
2025	A/80/151	Implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to 3rd States affected by the application of sanctions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/79/125
2024	A/79/188	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/78/111
2023	A/78/296	Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/109

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Charter Review Dispute Settlement Good Offices International Security Manuals Participants Peace Rules of Procedure Work Organization

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter ofthe United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization;

Decides that the Special Committee shall convene 2. its next session from 4 to 29 March 1985;

Requests the Special Committee at its session in 1985:

To accord priority by devoting more time to the question of the maintenance of intemational peace and security in ali its aspects in order to strengthen the role of the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, and to enable it to discharge fully its responsibilities under the Charter in this field; this necessitates the examination, inter afia, of the prevention and removal of threats to the peace and of situations which may lead to intemational friction or give rise to a dispute; the Special Committee will work on ali questions with the aim of submitting its conclusions to the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 5 below, for the adoption of such recommendations as the Assembly deems appropriate; in doing so, the Special Committee should continue its work on the working paper on the prevention and remo val of threats to the peace and of situations which may lead to intemational friction or give rise to a dispute41 or any revision thereof, as well as other proposals which might be made;

To continue its work on the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States and, in this context:

To continue consideration of the proposal contained in the working papers on the establishment of a commission on good offices, mediation and conciliation;42

To examine the report of the Secretary-General on the progress of work on the draft handbook on the peaceful settlement of disputes between States;

Requests the Special Committee to keep the question of the rationalization of the procedures of the United Nations under review and to revert to its work on this topic when it deems appropriate;

Also requests the Special Committee to be mindful 5. of the importance of reaching general agreement whenever that has significance for the outcome of its work;

Urges members ofthe Special Committee to participate fully in its work in fulfilment of the mandate entrusted to it;

Decides that the Special Committee shall accept the participation of observers of Member States, including in the meetings of its working groups;

Invites Governments to submit or to bring up to date, ifthey deem it necessary, their observations and proposals, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 3499 (XXX);

Requests the Secretary-General to render ali assistance to the Special Committee;

Requests the Secretary-General to prepare, on the basis of the outline elaborated by the Special Committee and in the light of the views expressed in the course of the discussions in the Sixth Committee and in the Special Committee, a draft handbook on the peaceful settlement of disputes between States, and to report to the Special Committee at its session in 1985 on the progress of work, before submitting to it the draft handbook in its final form, with a view to its approval at a later stage;

Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fortieth session;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session the item entitled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization".

37 Ojficial Records o/ the General Assembly. Thirty-seventh Session, Sup- 40 Jhid., chap. Ill. sect. B. plement No. / (A/3 711 ).

41 Ihíd., Supplemenr No. 33 (A/39133). para. 20. 38 /bid., Thirty-ninth Session, Supp/ement No. / (A/39/1).

42 A/38/343, annex. -\;C6i39iL2. 39 /bid., Supp/ement No. 33 (A/39/33).

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ANNEX

Concluslons of the Special Commlttee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization concerning the rationallzation of the procedures of the General Assembly l. The agenda of the sessions of the General Assembly should be simplified as muchas possible by grouping or merging related items, after consultation and with the agreement of the delegations concemed.43

43 The view was expressed that the agreement ofthe delegations concemed was not an essential condition.

44 The view was expressed that this recommendation was not intended to have any financia! implications whatsoever and was approved subject to that condition.

Specific items should be referred, where relevant, to other United Nations organs orto specialized agencies. The right ofStates to request that specific items be discussed in the General Assembly should remain unimpaired.

The recommendation in paragraph 28 of annex V to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, according to which the Assembly should ensure, as far as possible, that the same questions, or the same aspects of a question, are not considered by more than one Main Committee, should be more fully implemented, except when it would be helpful for the Sixth Committee to be consulted on the legal aspects of questions under consideration by other Main Committees.

The General Committee should play more fully its role under rule 42 ofthe rules ofprocedure and paragraphs I and 2 ofGeneral Assembly decision 34/401, reviewing periodically the work ofthe Assembly and making the necessary recommendations.

The Chairmen ofthe Main Committees should take the initiative, 10 the light of past experience, to propose the grouping of similar or related items and the holding of a single general debate on them.

The Chairrnen ofthe Main Committees should propose to the Committee the closing of the list of speakers on each ítem at a suitably early stage.

Agreed programmes ofwork should be respected. To this end, meetings should start al the scheduled time and the time allotted for meetings should be fully utilized.

The officers of each Main Committee should review periodically thc progress of work. In case of need, they should propase appropriate measures to ensure that the work remains on schedule.

Negotiation procedures should be carefully selected to suit the particular subject-matter.

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The Secretariat should facilitate informal consultations by providing adequate conference services. 44 11 The mandate of subsidiary organs should be carefully defined in order to avoid overlapping and duplication of work. The General Assembly should also review periodically the usefulness of its subsidiary organs.

Resolutions should be as clear and succinct as possible.

45 A/35/336.

46 A/37/146.

47 A/38/389 and Add.1-3.

48 A/391442 and Add. l.

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