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,
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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