United Nations A/RES/56/242 General Assembly Distr.: General 18 January 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 124 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/56/737)] 56/242. Pattern of conferences The General Assembly, Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 40/243 of 18 December 1985, 41/213 of 19 December 1986, 43/222 A to E of 21 December 1988, 50/11 of 2 November 1995, 54/248 of 23 December 1999 and 55/222 of 23 December 2000, Having considered the report of the Committee on Conferences1 and the reports of the Secretary-General,2 Having also considered the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 Reiterates the provisions of its resolutions 51/211 A to E of 18 December 1996, 52/214 of 22 December 1997, 53/208 A to E of 18 December 1998, 54/248 and 55/222; I Calendar of conferences and meetings 1. Notes with appreciation the work of the Committee on Conferences, and endorses the recommendations contained in its report,1 subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 2. Approves the draft biennial calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 2002–2003, as submitted by the Committee on Conferences,4 taking into account the observations of the Committee,5 and subject to the provisions of the present resolution; 3. Authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to the calendar of conferences and meetings for 2002–2003 that may become necessary as a result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 32 (A/56/32). A/56/120/Rev.1, A/56/133 and Corr.1, A/56/188, A/56/213 and Corr.1, A/56/277, A/56/293, A/56/299, A/56/300, A/56/339 and A/AC.198/2001/8. 3 A/56/475. 4 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 32 (A/56/32), annex. 5 Ibid., paras. 22 and 23. 2 01 49639