A/RES/73/341
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 September 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 123
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 12 September 2019
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/956)]
73/341.
Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the role and authority of the General Assembly as a principal
organ of the United Nations and the importance of its effectiveness and efficiency in
fulfilling its functions under the Charter of the United Nations,
Acknowledging that all resolutions of the General Assembly relating to the
revitalization of its work constitute an equally important contribution to the
strengthening of the role, authority, effectiveness and efficiency of the Assembly as
established by the Charter,
Reiterating that the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly is a
critical component of the overall reform of the United Nations,
Welcoming the calls to increase the efficiency of the work of the General
Assembly through streamlining its agenda, including by elimination of duplication
and overlap of agenda items,
Welcoming also the efforts of the President of the General Assembly to provide
impetus to and promote the process of revitalization of the work of the Assembly
during its seventy-third session in favour of strengthening multilateralism,
Recalling that the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations will be
commemorated in 2020 under the theme “The future we want, the United Nations we
need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”,
Underlining the need to further enhance the role, authority, effectiveness and
efficiency of the General Assembly to address the evolving global challenges,
1.
Reaffirms its resolution 72/313 of 17 September 2018 and all other
previous resolutions adopted by consensus relating to the revitalization of the work
of the General Assembly;
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