A/RES/71/146 United Nations Distr.: General 20 December 2016 General Assembly Seventy-first session Agenda item 83 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2016 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/71/514)] 71/146. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 3499 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, by which it established the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, and its relevant resolutions adopted at subsequent sessions, Recalling also its resolution 47/233 of 17 August 1993 on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, Recalling further its resolution 47/62 of 11 December 1992 on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council, Taking note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council, 1 Recalling the elements relevant to the work of the Special Committee contained in its resolution 47/120 B of 20 September 1993, Recalling also its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 on the strengthening of the United Nations system and its resolution 51/242 of 15 September 1997, entitled “Supplement to an Agenda for Peace”, by which it adopted the texts on coordination and the question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, which are annexed to that resolution, Concerned about the special economic problems confronting certain States arising from the carrying-out of preventive or enforcement measures taken by the Security Council against other States, and taking into account the obligation of Members of the United Nations under Article 49 of the Charter to join in affording mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Council, _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 47 (A/63/47). 16-21353 (E) *1621353* Please recycle

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