A/RES/56/86
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the Repertory of Practice
of United Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security
Council, 2
Recalling its resolution 55/156 of 12 December 2000,
Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the work of its
session held in 2001, 3
1.
Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the
United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization;3
2.
Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next session from 18 to
28 March 2002;
3.
Requests the Special Committee, at its session in 2002, in accordance
with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 50/52 of 11 December 1995:
(a) To continue its consideration of all proposals concerning the question of
the maintenance of international peace and security in all its aspects in order to
strengthen the role of the United Nations and, in this context, to consider other
proposals relating to the maintenance of international peace and security already
submitted or which may be submitted to the Special Committee at its session in
2002;
(b) To continue to consider on a priority basis the question of the
implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to
assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII
of the Charter by commencing a substantive debate on all of the related reports of
the Secretary-General, 4 the proposals submitted on this subject, taking into
consideration the debate on the question held by the Sixth Committee at the fiftysixth session of the General Assembly and the text on the question of sanctions
imposed by the United Nations contained in annex II to Assembly resolution 51/242,
and also the implementation of the provisions of Assembly resolutions 50/51 of
11 December 1995, 51/208 of 17 December 1996, 52/162 of 15 December 1997,
53/107 of 8 December 1998, 54/107 of 9 December 1999 and 55/157 of
12 December 2000;
(c) To continue its work on the question of the peaceful settlement of
disputes between States and, in this context, to continue its consideration of
proposals relating thereto, including the proposal on the establishment of a dispute
settlement service offering or responding with its services early in disputes and
those proposals relating to the enhancement of the role of the International Court of
Justice, with a view to completing, if possible, its consideration of these proposals;
(d) To continue to consider proposals concerning the Trusteeship Council in
the light of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with
General Assembly resolution 50/55 of 11 December 1995, 5 the report of the
Secretary-General entitled “Renewing the United Nations: a programme for
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2
A/56/330.
Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 33 (A/56/33).
4
A/48/573-S/26705, A/49/356, A/50/60-S/1995/1, A/50/361, A/50/423, A/51/317, A/52/308, A/53/312,
A/54/383 and Add.1, A/55/295 and Add.1 and A/56/303.
5
A/50/1011.
3
2
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