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Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
Headquarters in New York by delegations, and decides to continue the consideration
of this issue during its seventy-fourth session;
22. Commends the President of the General Assembly and the SecretaryGeneral for their efforts to phase out single-use plastic food containers and disposable
cutlery at United Nations catering venues in New York, and notes the desirability that
these measures would not lead to any additional increase in the prices of goods and
services provided by vendors;
Working methods
23. Stresses the desirability of the General Assembly further streamlining its
agenda and dedicating more time for dialogue as well as the review of the
implementation of the resolutions it adopts;
24. Reaffirms existing relevant mandates related to the improvement of the
working methods of the Main Committees;
25. Requests the Secretariat to brief the Ad Hoc Working Group at the seventyfourth session of the General Assembly on past decisions regarding the streamlining
of the agenda of the Assembly to further address the issue of the increasingly
overloaded agenda of the Assembly;
26. Requests each Main Committee to further discuss its working methods,
and in this regard invites the Chairs of the Main Committees to continue briefing the
Ad Hoc Working Group during the seventy-fourth session on any best practices and
lessons learned with a view to improving working methods, and to coordinate their
briefings through, inter alia, possible identification of commonalities in the working
methods and the lessons learned;
27. Reiterates its request to the President of the General Assembly at its
seventy-fourth session to identify proposals, in a timely manner, through
consultations with all Member States, the President of the Economic and Social
Council and the General Committee, within their respective mandates, aimed at
addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda
of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a
whole, and reaffirms the respective mandates of the Main Committees of the
Assembly, and on that basis, calls upon all of them to continue their consideration of
addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication in their respective agendas as they relate to
the 2030 Agenda as a whole, and in this regard requests them to make proposals
available for discussion during the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly;
28. Takes note with appreciation of the updated mapping assessment of the
Sustainable Development Goals coverage developed during the seventy-third session
of the General Assembly as an evolving reference document for the consideration of
Member States during the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly, and also takes note
of the initial efforts made during the seventy-third session of the Assembly to develop
possible criteria to identify overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist,
with a view to continuing the work on agenda alignment with the aim of focusing the
work of the Assembly more effectively and efficiently on the timely implementation
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
29. Emphasizes that the General Assembly and its Main Committees, at the
seventy-fourth session, in consultation with Member States, should continue their
consideration of and make concrete proposals for the further biennialization,
triennialization, clustering and elimination of items on the agenda of the Assembly,
including through the introduction of a sunset clause, with the clear consent of the
sponsoring State or States, taking into account the relevant recommendations of the
Ad Hoc Working Group, during the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly;
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