A/RES/73/341
Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
regarding the support for the Office of the President of the General Assembly in
previous resolutions, and expresses continued interest in seeking ways to further
support and strengthen the Office in accordance with existing procedures, in
particular rule 153 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly;
58. Requests the Secretary-General to take the measures necessary to preserve
and further strengthen the institutional memory of the Office of the Presi dent of the
General Assembly, through utilizing existing United Nations record-keeping and
archiving facilities;
59. Requests the Secretariat to issue, within existing resources, in coordination
with the Office of the President of the General Assembly, a compendium of best
practices of past Presidents that could serve to contribute to strengthening the
institutional memory of the Office;
60. Emphasizes the importance of a handover report for the institutional
memory of the Office of the President of the General Assembly in accordance with
resolution 69/321 and other relevant mandates contained in resolutions on the
revitalization of the work of the Assembly;
61. Calls upon the President of the General Assembly to organize the informal
interactive dialogue of the Member States with the candidate(s) for the position of
President of the General Assembly pursuant to resolution 71/323 as a question and
answer session with targeted and relevant questions, that serves as a follow-up to the
vision statement of the candidate(s) and draws on the plans and priorities of each
candidate for his or her term, and emphasizes the need to provide enough time so that
all participants would have the opportunity to put forward questions;
62. Encourages the Office of the President of the General Assembly to
expedite the posting of all relevant documents, including the President’s speeches,
letters, travels, activities, decisions and press releases, on the relevant websites of the
United Nations.
106th plenary meeting
12 September 2019
Annex
Oath of office of the Secretary-General
I, [name], solemnly swear to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience
the functions entrusted to me as Secretary-General of the United Nations, to discharge
these functions and regulate my conduct with the interests of the United Nations only
in view and in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, withou t seeking or
accepting any instructions in regard to the performance of my duties from any
Government or other authority external to the Organization.
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