United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/59/313
Distr.: General
21 September 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 52
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 September 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/59/L.69/Rev.1)]
59/313. A strengthened and revitalized General Assembly
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the central position of the General Assembly as the chief
deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations,
Recalling its previous resolutions relating to the revitalization of its work, 1
Recognizing that the current interdependent international environment requires
the strengthening of the multilateral system in accordance with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international
law,
Recognizing also that the General Assembly is the universal and representative
forum comprising all Members of the United Nations,
Recognizing further that, in order to be fully utilized, the General Assembly
must fully play its role as set out in the Charter,
Stressing the need to strengthen the role and authority of the General
Assembly,
Reaffirming the role and authority of the General Assembly on global matters
of concern to the international community, as set out in the Charter,
Reaffirming also the role and authority of the General Assembly in
encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification in
accordance with Article 13 of the Charter,
Stressing the need fully to respect and maintain the balance between the
principal organs of the United Nations within their respective purviews and
mandates, in accordance with the Charter,
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1
Resolutions 46/77 of 12 December 1991, 47/233 of 17 August 1993, 48/264 of 29 July 1994, 51/193 of
17 December 1996, 51/241 of 31 July 1997, 52/163 of 15 December 1997, 55/14 of 3 November 2000,
55/285 of 7 September 2001, 56/509 of 8 July 2002, 57/300 of 20 December 2002, 57/301 of 13 March
2003, 58/126 of 19 December 2003, 58/316 of 1 July 2004 and 59/95 of 3 December 2004.
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