A/RES/67/237
Pattern of conferences
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Recalls its resolution 14 (I) of 13 February 1946 and the role of the
Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions as a subsidiary
body of the General Assembly;
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Calendar of conferences and meetings
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Welcomes the report of the Committee on Conferences for 2012;1
Approves the draft revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the
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United Nations for 2013, as submitted by the Committee on Conferences, 4 taking
into account the observations of the Committee and subject to the provisions of the
present resolution;
Authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to
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the calendar of conferences and meetings for 2013 that may become necessary as a
result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh
session;
Notes with satisfaction that the Secretariat has taken into account the
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arrangements referred to in General Assembly resolutions 53/208 A, 54/248, 55/222,
56/242, 57/283 B, 58/250, 59/265, 60/236 A, 61/236, 62/225, 63/248, 64/230,
65/245 and 66/233 concerning Orthodox Good Friday and the official holidays of
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and requests all intergovernmental bodies to observe
those decisions when planning their meetings;
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that any modification to the
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calendar of conferences and meetings is implemented strictly in accordance with the
mandate of the Committee on Conferences and other relevant resolutions of the
General Assembly;
Invites Member States to include in new legislative mandates adequate
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information on the modalities for the organization of conferences or meetings;
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Recalls rule 153 of its rules of procedure, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to include the modalities of conferences in resolutions involving
expenditure, taking into account the trends of similar meetings, with a view to
mobilizing conference services and documentation in the most efficient and costeffective manner possible;
Also recalls section II.A, paragraph 16, of its resolution 66/233, and in
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this respect concurs with the observations in paragraph 13 of the report of the
Secretary-General on the pattern of conferences regarding the biennial calendar of
meetings of the Economic and Social Council;2
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Utilization of conference-servicing resources
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Reaffirms the practice that, in the use of conference rooms, priority must
be given to meetings of Member States;
Calls upon the Secretary-General and Member States to adhere to the
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guidelines and procedures contained in the administrative instruction for the
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