United Nations A/RES/57/283 General Assembly Distr.: General 29 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 116 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/57/651)] 57/283. Pattern of conferences The General Assembly, Reaffirming 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, 52/214 of 22 December 1997, 54/248 of 23 December 1999, 55/222 of 23 December 2000, 56/242 of 24 December 2001, 56/254 D of 27 March 2002, 56/262 of 15 February 2002 and 56/287 of 27 June 2002, Having considered the report of the Committee on Conferences1 and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,2 Having also considered the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,3 1. Approves the draft revised calendar of conferences and meetings of the United Nations for 2003, as contained in the annex to the report of the Committee on Conferences;1 2. Authorizes the Committee on Conferences to make any adjustments to the calendar of conferences and meetings for 2003 that may become necessary as a result of actions and decisions taken by the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session; 3. Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that any modification to the calendar of conferences and meetings would be implemented strictly in accordance with the mandate of the Committee on Conferences and other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 4. Decides to continue consideration of the item, as a matter of priority, during the first part of its resumed fifty-seventh session; _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 32 and corrigendum (A/57/32 and Corr.1). 2 A/56/901, A/57/228 and Add.1 and 2, A/57/289 and A/C.5/56/37. 3 A/57/472. 02 56023