A/RES/51/241 Page 6 of the general debate. 32. The number of reports requested shall be rationalized where possible so as to permit more focused consideration of issues. All bodies shall exercise restraint in making proposals containing requests for new reports and should consider integrating, biennializing or triennializing the presentation of reports, bearing in mind paragraphs 6 and 7 of General Assembly resolution 50/206 C of 23 December 1995. XI. THE GENERAL COMMITTEE 33. The General Committee shall use its authority and competence, taking into account rule 43 of the rules of procedure, by allowing Member States that are not represented on the General Committee to participate in its discussions. The process of decision-making will continue to be as at present. 34. The General Committee may, each year, prior to the closure of the session, prepare suggestions based on its experience for the consideration of the incoming General Committee. 35. The General Committee is requested to consider and recommend to the General Assembly methods and procedures for streamlining and rationalizing the Committee’s work. The General Committee shall, in this context, in relation to each agenda item proposed, consider its rejection or its inclusion in the provisional agenda, taking into account previous recommendations of the General Committee and previous relevant decisions of the Assembly. XII. SUBORDINATE MACHINERY 36. The First Committee and the Fourth Committee shall not meet simultaneously and may consider meeting in a sequential manner during the regular session of the General Assembly. This arrangement shall not apply if it affects their respective identities, programmes of work and effective consideration of their agendas. 37. The Disarmament Commission should continue to consider ways to organize its work better, including rationalizing the duration of its sessions. 38. The General Assembly should invite the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organization to consider the functions and role of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and to submit a recommendation to the Assembly at its fifty-third session. Meanwhile, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation should be asked to submit its report to the International Atomic Energy Agency and World Health Organization as well as to the General Assembly. The Assembly would discuss the report along with any International Atomic Energy Agency and World Health Organization evaluation of the report. 39. The Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the General Assembly for the Mid-term Review of the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s shall conduct its final review and appraisal during the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. XIII. THE BUDGET PROCESS AND FULFILMENT OF MANDATES 40. To ensure better transparency and accountability, the medium-term plan shall be the framework for the budget process. /...