A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/52/163 28 January 1998 Fifty-second session Agenda item 151 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/52/652)] 52/163. Amendment to rule 103 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 2837 (XXVI) of 17 December 1971, in particular paragraph 42 of annex II thereto, entitled "Conclusions of the Special Committee on the Rationalization of the Procedures and Organization of the General Assembly", which has been reproduced as annex V to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, Taking into account the increasing workload of the Main Committees of the General Assembly, Considering that all regional groups should be represented in the Bureau of each of the Main Committees, 1. Decides to amend the first sentence of rule 103 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly to read: "Each Main Committee shall elect a Chairman, three Vice-Chairmen and a Rapporteur"; 2. Also decides that this amendment shall take effect as from the fifty-third session of the General Assembly. 72nd plenary meeting 15 December 1997 98-76255