A/RES/71/262
Pattern of conferences
I
Calendar of conferences and meetings
1.
Welcomes the report of the Committee on Conferences for 2016;1
2.
Approves the draft revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the
United Nations for 2017, 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;
3.
Authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to
the revised calendar of conferences and meetings for 2017 that may become
necessary as a result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly at its
seventy-first session;
4.
Notes with satisfaction that the Secretariat has taken into account the
arrangements referred to in General Assembly resolutions 53/208 A of 18 December
1998, 54/248 of 23 December 1999, 55/222 of 23 December 2000, 56/242 of
24 December 2001, 57/283 B of 15 April 2003, 58/250 of 23 December 2003,
59/265 of 23 December 2004, 60/236 A of 23 December 2005, 61/236 of
22 December 2006, 62/225 of 22 December 2007, 63/248 of 24 December 2008,
64/230 of 22 December 2009, 65/245 of 24 December 2010, 66/233 of 24 December
2011, 67/237 of 24 December 2012 and 68/251 of 27 December 2013 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;
5.
Also notes with satisfaction that the Secretariat has taken into account the
arrangements referred to in relevant resolutions of the General Assembly regarding
the pattern of conferences, including resolution 69/250 of 29 December 2014
concerning Yom Kippur, the Day of Vesak, Diwali, Gurpurab and Orthodox
Christmas, and requests all relevant intergovernmental bodies to continue to observe
the applicable decisions when planning their meetings;
6.
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that any modification to the
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;
7.
Invites Member States to include in new legislative mandates adequate
information on the modalities for the organization of conferences or meetings;
8.
Recalls rule 153 of its rules of procedure, and, for resolutions involving
expenditure, requests the Secretary-General to include the modalities of
conferences, taking into account the trends of similar meetings, with a view to
mobilizing conference services and documentation in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible;
9.
Reaffirms the need to address the issue of duplications and redundancies
in conference servicing, and notes in this regard that the Economic and Social
Council decided, in its resolution 2013/13 of 22 July 2013, to consider at a later date
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See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 32 (A/71/32),
annex II.
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