United Nations A/RES/59/265 General Assembly Distr.: General 9 February 2005 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 112 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2004 [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/59/644)] 59/265. Pattern of conferences The General Assembly, Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 40/243 of 18 December 1985, 41/213 of 19 December 1986, 43/222 A to E of 21 December 1988, 51/211 A to E of 18 December 1996, 52/214 of 22 December 1997, 53/208 A to E of 18 December 1998, 54/248 of 23 December 1999, 55/222 of 23 December 2000, 56/242 of 24 December 2001, 56/254 D of 27 March 2002, 56/262 of 15 February 2002, 56/287 of 27 June 2002, 57/283 A of 20 December 2002, 57/283 B of 15 April 2003 and 58/250 of 23 December 2003, Reaffirming its resolution 42/207 C of 11 December 1987, in which it requested the Secretary-General to ensure the equal treatment of the official languages of the United Nations, Having considered the report of the Committee on Conferences, 1 the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, 2 the report of the Joint Inspection Unit, 3 the comments of the Secretary-General thereon, 4 and the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, 5 Having also considered the reports of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, 6 Reaffirming the provisions relevant to conference services of its resolutions on multilingualism, _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 32 (A/59/32). A/59/159 and Add.1 and A/59/172. 3 See A/58/435. 4 See A/58/435/Add.1. 5 See A/59/133 and Corr.1. 6 A/58/620 and A/59/418. 2 04-49216

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