A/RES/48/264
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14.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second
session the item entitled "Revitalization of the work of the General
Assembly".
102nd plenary meeting
29 July 1994
ANNEX I
Guidelines on the Rationalization of the Agenda of the
General Assembly
1.
The plenary meetings of the General Assembly should constitute a forum
for high-level policy statements, as well as for the consideration, inter
alia, of agenda items of special political importance and/or urgency.
2.
Agenda items which are of a nature that relates to more than one Main
Committee or which do not come within the purview of any Main Committee should
be considered by the General Assembly in plenary meeting, taking into account
the recommendations of the General Committee.
3.
Substantive items initially allocated directly to a plenary meeting of
the General Assembly could be reviewed for allocation to a Main Committee in
accordance with the rules of procedure of the Assembly, in particular with
Assembly decision 34/401, which is reproduced in annex VI to the rules of
procedure.
4.
There shall be periodic reviews of the agenda, taking into account the
views of concerned Member States, in order to ascertain whether it is possible
to delete any item on which no resolution or decision has been adopted for a
period of time.
5.
The Main Committees should be encouraged to continue with the review of
their respective agendas, taking into account, inter alia, the following:
(a)
Agenda items concerning issues of closely related substance could
be merged within a single agenda title or be incorporated as sub-items where
this is possible without loss of focus on the items/sub-items concerned;
(b)
Items that cover related matters or issues could be considered in
agreed clusters;
(c)
Biennialization and triennialization of items on the agenda of the
Main Committees could be considered in accordance with the relevant
resolutions of the General Assembly;
The existing broad division of work among the Main Committees
(d)
should be maintained.
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