A/RES/73/270
Pattern of conferences
I
Calendar of conferences and meetings
1.
Welcomes the report of the Committee on Conferences for 2018; 1
2.
Approves the draft revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the
United Nations for 2019, as submitted by the Committee on Conferences, 4 taking into
account the observations of the Committee and subject to the provisions of the present
resolution;
3.
Authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to the
revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 2019 that may
become necessary as a result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly
at its seventy-third session;
4.
Recalls paragraph 40 of its resolution 71/323 of 8 September 2017 and
paragraph 40 of its resolution 72/313 of 17 September 2018 on the revitalization of
the work of the General Assembly;
5.
Notes with satisfaction that the Secretariat has taken into account the
arrangements referred to in General Assembly resolutions on the pattern of
conferences, including resolutions 53/208 A of 18 December 1998, 54/248 of
23 December 1999, 55/222 of 23 December 2000, 56/242 of 24 December 2001,
57/283 B of 15 April 2003, 58/250 of 23 December 2003, 59/265 of 23 December
2004, 60/236 A of 23 December 2005, 61/236 of 22 December 2006, 62/225 of
22 December 2007, 63/248 of 24 December 2008, 64/230 of 22 December 2009,
65/245 of 24 December 2010, 66/233 of 24 December 2011, 67/237 of 24 December
2012, 68/251 of 27 December 2013 and 72/19, concerning Orthodox Good Friday and
the official holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and requests all intergovernmental
bodies to observe those decisions when planning their meetings;
6.
Also notes with satisfaction that the Secretariat has taken into account the
arrangements referred to in relevant resolutions of the General Assembly regarding
the pattern of conferences, including resolution 69/250 of 29 December 2014,
concerning Yom Kippur, the Day of Vesak, Diwali, Gurpurab, Orthodox Christmas
and Nowruz, and requests all relevant intergovernmental bodies to continue to
observe the applicable decisions when planning their meetings;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that any modification
to the calendar of conferences and meetings is implemented strictly in accordance
with the mandate of the Committee on Conferences and other relevant resolutions of
the General Assembly;
8.
Invites Member States to include in new legislative mandates adequate
information on the modalities for the organization of conferences or meetings;
9.
Recalls rule 153 of its rules of procedure, and, for resolutions involving
expenditure, requests the Secretary-General to include the modalities of conferences,
taking into account the trends of similar meetings, with a view to mobilizing
conference services and documentation in the most efficient and cost -effective
manner possible;
10. Reaffirms the need to address the issue of duplications and redundancies
in conference servicing, and notes in this regard that the Economic and Social
Council, in its resolution 2018/30 of 24 July 2018, approved a streamlined list of
bodies whose conferences and meetings should be included in future provisional
calendars of conferences to be considered by the Council starting at its 2019 session;
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 32
(A/73/32), annex II.
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