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Provisional agenda of the fifty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly

          
          United Nations .A 1561150
          General Assembly Distr.: General
          13 July 2001
          Original: English
          Fifty- sixth session
          Provisional agenda of the fifty-sixth regular session of the
          General Assembly*
          To convene at United Nations Headquarters, New York, on
          Tuesday, 11 September 2001, at 3 p.m.
          1. Opening of the session by the Chairman of the delegation of Finland (rule 30
          of the rules of procedure).
          2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation (rule 62).
          3. Credentials of representatives to the fifty-sixth session of the General
          Assembly (rule 28):
          (a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee
          (b) Report of the Credentials Committee.
          4. Election of the President of the General Assembly (rule 31).
          5. Election of the officers of the Main Committees (rule 3 1).
          6. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly (rule 31).
          7. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the
          Charter of the United Nations (rule 49).
          8. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work: reports of the General
          Committee (rule 21).
          9. General debate.
          10. Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (rules 13 (a)
          and 48 resolution 47/120 B of 20 September 1993).'
          ii. Report of the Security Council (rule 13 (b)). 2
          * Issued in accordance with rule 12 of the rules of procedure.
          1 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see A /55 /PV 108).
          2 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (decision 55458 of 23 December
          2000).
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          12. Report of tile Economic and Social Council (rule 13 (b) resolution 53/201 of
          15 December 1998 and Economic and Social Council decision 1982/112 of 26
          April 1982).
          13. Report of the International Court of Justice (rule 13 (b)).
          14. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (resolution 55/244 of 16
          March 2001).
          15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs:
          (a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council (rule
          i42 decision 55/305 of 10 October 2000)
          (b) Election of eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council (rule
          i45 decisions 55/306 A of 12 October 2000 and 55/306 B of 14
          November 2000)
          (c) Election of a member of the International Court of Justice (A/56/142).
          16. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections:
          (a) Election of the members of the International Law Commission
          (resolution 174 (II) of 21 November 1947 and decision 51/309 of 11
          November 1996)
          (b) Election of twenty -nine members of the Governing Council of the United
          Nations Environment Programme (resolution 2997 (XX VII) of 15
          December 1972 and decision 54/307 of 25 October i999)
          (c) Election of seven members of the Committee for Programme and
          Coordination (Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14
          May 1976 and General Assembly decision 55/307 of 16 October 2000).
          (d) Election of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
          Programme (decision 52/316 of 3 December 1997).
          17. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments:
          (a) Appointment of members of the Advisor Committee on Administrative
          and Budgetary Questions (rule i55 decision 55/312 of 6 December
          2000)
          (b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions (rule i58
          decisions 55/309 A of 16 October 2000 and 55/309 B of 6 December
          2000)
          (c) Appointment of a member of the Board of Auditors (resolutions 74 (I) of
          7 December 1946 and 55/248 of 12 April 2001 and decision 55/3 13 of 6
          December 2000)
          (d) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments
          Committee (resolution 155 (II) of 15 November 1947 and decision
          55/3 14 of 6 December 2000)
          This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see /PV98).
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          (e) Appointment of members of tile United Nations Administrative Tribunal
          (resolution 351 A (IV) of 24 November 1949 and decision 55/315 of 6
          December 2000)
          (f) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission
          (resolution 3357 (XXIX) of 18 December 1974 and decision 55/316 of 6
          December 2000)
          (g) Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit (resolution 31/192
          of 22 December 1976 and decision 54/321 of 10 May 2000)
          (h) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences (resolution
          43/222 B of 21 December 1988 and decision 55/3 18 of 19 December
          2000)
          (i) Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner
          for Human Rights (decision 55/322 of 31 May 2001).
          18. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
          Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolutions 55/141 to 55/147 and decision
          55/427 of 8 December 2000).
          19. Admission of new Members to the United Nations (rule 136).2
          20. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
          of the United Nations, including special economic assistance (resolutions
          48/162 of 20 December 1993 and 55/175 of 19 December 2000):2
          (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance
          of the United Nations (resolutions 55/163 and 55/164 of 14 December
          2000) 2
          (b) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions
          (resolutions 54/96 C of 8 December 1999, 54/96 E of 15 December 1999,
          54/96 J of 17 December 1999, 55/45 of 27 November 2000, 55/166 and
          55/168 to 55/172 of 14 December 2000, 55/176 of 19 December 2000,
          55/240 of 26 January 2001 and 55/241 of 14 February 2001)
          (c) Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to
          study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster
          (resolution 54/97 of 8 December i999)
          (d) Participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in the activities of the
          United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and
          technical cooperation for development (resolution 54/98 of 8 December
          1999)
          (e) Assistance to the Palestinian people (resolution 55/173 of 14 December
          2000)
          (f) Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and
          reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (resolution 55/174 B of 19
          December 2000).
          This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see /PV91).
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          21. Cooperation between tile United Nations and the Latin American Economic
          System (resolution 54/8 of 25 October 1999).
          22. Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of
          la Francophonie (resolution 54/25 of 15 November 1999).
          23. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe (resolution
          55/3 of 20 October 2000).
          24. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic
          Conference (resolution 55/9 of 30 October 2000).
          25. Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States
          (resolution 55/10 of 30 October 2000).
          26. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentar Union
          (resolution 55/19 of 8 November 2000).2
          27. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of
          Central African States (resolution 55/22 of 10 November 2000).
          28. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation
          Organization (resolution 55/42 of 21 November 2000).
          29. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and
          Cooperation in Europe (resolution 55/179 of 19 December 2000).
          30. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African
          Unity (resolution 55/218 of 21 December 2000).
          3 1. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for
          the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (decision 55/408 of
          27 October 2000).
          32. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the
          Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. 5
          33. Final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New
          Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (resolutions 46/15 1 of 18
          December 1991, 51/32 of 6 December 1996, 53/90 of 7 December 1998,
          54/234 of 22 December 1999 and 55/216 of 21 December2000).
          34. Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal
          (resolution 54/34 of 24 November 1999).
          35. Review of the problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired
          immunodeficiency syndrome in all its aspects (resolutions 55/13 of 3
          November 2000 and S-26/2 of 27 June 2001).6
          36. United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (resolutions 55/23 of 13
          November 2000 and 55/254 of 31 May 2001).
          This item remains on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (decision 55458 of 23 December
          2000). Its inclusion in the provisional agenda of the fifty-sixth session is subject to any action
          that the General Assembly may take on it at its fifty-fifth session.
          6 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see A /55 /PV 104).
          This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see A /55 /PV. 101).
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          37. Follow-up to tile outcome of the special session on children (resolutions 55/26
          of 20 November 2000 and 55/276 of 22 June 2001 and decision 55/459 of 14
          February 2001).
          38. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
          and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (resolution
          55/46 of 29 November 2000).
          39. Culture of peace (resolution 55/47 of 29 November 2000).
          40. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit (resolutions 55/2 of 8
          September 2000 and 55/162 of 14 December 2000).2
          41. Oceans and the law of the sea:
          (a) Oceans and the law of the sea (resolution 55/7 of 30 October 2000)
          (b) Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United
          Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating
          to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and
          Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (resolution 54/32 of 24 November 1999).
          42. University for Peace (resolution 54/29 of 18 November 1999).
          43. Multilingualism (resolution 54/64 of 6 December 1999).
          44. Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin (resolution
          54/190 of 17 December 1999).
          45. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed
          by the United States of America against Cuba (resolution 55/20 of 9 November
          2000).
          46. Support b the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to
          promote and consolidate new or restored democracies (resolution 55/43 of 27
          November 2000).
          47. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic (resolution 55/49 of 29
          November 2000).
          48. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict (resolution 55/56 of 1 December
          2000).2
          49. Assistance in mine action (resolution 55/120 of 6 December 2000).
          50. Towards global partnerships (resolution 55/215 of 21 December2000).
          51. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (resolution 55/24 of 14 November
          2000).2
          52. Question of Palestine (resolutions 55/52 to 55/55 of 1 December 2000).2
          53. The situation in the Middle East (resolutions 55/50 and 55/51 of 1 December
          2000).2
          54. The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and
          security (resolution 55/174 A of 19 December 2000).2
          55. The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of a firm
          and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom,
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          democracy and development (resolutions 55/177 and 55/178 of 19 December
          2000) 2
          56. Question of tile Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (decision 55/411 of 20 November
          2000).
          57. The situation in East Timor during its transition to independence (decision
          55/435 of 19 December 2000).
          58. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti. 8
          59. Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable
          development in Africa (resolution 55/217 of 21 December 2000).2
          60. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the
          Security Council and related matters.
          61. Report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
          for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
          Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (Security Council resolution
          827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 and General Assembly decision 55/413 of 20
          November 2000).
          62. Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
          Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International
          Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan
          Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in
          the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994
          (Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 and General
          Assembly decision 55/412 of 20 November 2000).
          63. Declaration of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the
          Organization of African Unity on the aerial and naval military attack against
          the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya by the present United States
          Administration in April 1986 (decision 55/430 of 14 December 2000).
          64. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave
          consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful
          uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and
          international peace and security (decision 55/431 of 14 December 2000).
          65. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait
          (decision 55/43 2 of 14 December 2000).
          66. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations (decision 55/433 of 14
          December 2000).
          67. Launching of global negotiations on international economic cooperation for
          development (decision 55/434 of 14 December 2000).
          68. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte (decision 55/402 of ii September
          2000).
          S This item, which has not vet been considered by the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session.
          remains on the agenda of that session (decision 55458 of 23 December 2000). Its inclusion in
          the provisional agenda of the fifty-sixth session is subject to any action that the Assembly may
          take on it at its fifty-fifth session.
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          69. United Nations reform: measures and proposals. 8
          70. Strengthening of the United Nations system. 5
          71. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. 8
          72. Restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social
          and related fields. 8
          73. Question of Cyprus. 8
          74. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 8
          75. Reduction of military budgets:
          (a) Reduction of military budgets (resolution 35/142 B of 12 December
          1980);
          (b) Objective information on military matters, including transparency of
          military expenditures (resolution 54/43 of 1 December 1999).
          76. Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the
          field of verification (resolution 54/46 of 1 December 1999).
          77. Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace
          (resolution 54/47 of 1 December 1999).
          78. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (resolution 54/48 of 1 December
          1999).
          79. Maintenance of international security good-neighbourliness, stability and
          development in South-Eastern Europe (resolution 55 /27 of 20 November
          2000).
          80. Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the
          context of international security (resolution 5 5/28 of 20 November 2000).
          81. The role of science and technology in the context of international security and
          disarmament (resolution 55 /29 of 20 November 2000).
          82. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
          (resolution 55 /30 of 20 November 2000).
          83. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-
          weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons (resolution
          55 /31 of 20 November 2000).
          84. Prevention of an arms race in outer space (resolution 55 /32 of 20 November
          2000).
          85. General and complete disarmament: 2
          (a) Notification of nuclear tests (resolution 42/3 8 C of 30 November 1987);
          (b) Further measures in the field of disarmament for the prevention of an
          arms race on the sea-bed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof
          (resolution 44/116 0 of 15 December 1989);
          (c) Prohibition of the dumping of radioactive wastes (resolution 54/54 C of 1
          December 1999);
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          (d) Missiles (resolution 55/33 A of 20 November 2000)
          (e) Preservation of and compliance with tile Treaty on the Limitation of
          Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (resolution 55/33 B of 20 November
          2000)
          (f) Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: the need for a new agenda
          (resolution 55/33 C of 20 November 2000)
          (g) Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and
          collecting them (resolution 55/3 3 F of 20 November 2000)
          (h) Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures
          (resolution 55/3 3 G of 20 November 2000)
          (i) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
          Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and
          on Their Destruction (resolution 55/33 H of 20 November 2000)
          (j) Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas (resolution
          55/331 of 20 November 2000)
          (k) Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation
          of agreements on disarmament and arms control (resolution 55/33 K of
          20 November 2000)
          (1) Relationship between disarmament and development (resolution 55/3 3 L
          of 20 November 2000)
          (m) Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted
          to disarmament (resolution 55/33 M of 20 November 2000)
          (n) Reducing nuclear danger (resolution 55/3 3 N of 20 November 2000)
          (0) Regional disarmament (resolution 55/3 3 0 of 20 November 2000)
          (p) Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels
          (resolution 55/3 3 P of 20 November 2000)
          (q) Illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons (resolution 55/33 Q of 20
          November 2000)
          (r) Nuclear disarmament (resolution 55/3 3 T of 20 November 2000)
          (s) Transparency in armaments (resolution 55/33 U of 20 November 2000)
          (t) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
          Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on
          Their Destruction (resolution 55/3 3 V of 20 November 2000)
          (u) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia (resolution
          55/33W of 20 November 2000)
          (v) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on
          the Legal/tv oft/ic Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (resolution 55/33 X
          of 20 November 2000)
          (w) Small arms (decision 55/415 of 20 November 2000).
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          86. Review and implementation of tile Concluding Document of the Twelfth
          Special Session of the General Assembly:
          (a) Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations
          Standing Advisor Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
          (resolution 55/34 B of 20 November 2000)
          (b) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
          (resolution 55/34 D of 20 November 2000)
          (c) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and
          Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (resolution 55/34 E of
          20 November 2000)
          (d) United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament (resolution
          55/34 F of 20 November 2000)
          (e) Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons (resolution
          55/34 G of 20 November 2000)
          (f) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and
          the Pacific (resolution 55/34 H of 20 November 2000).
          87. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted
          by the General Assembly at its tenth special session:
          (a) Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (resolution 38/183 0 of 20
          December i983)
          (b) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (resolution 55/35 A
          of 20 November 2000)
          (c) Report of the Conference on Disarmament (resolution 55/35 B of 20
          November 2000)
          (d) Report of the Disarmament Commission (resolution 55/35 C of 20
          November 2000).
          88. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East (resolution 55/36 of 20
          November 2000).
          89. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional
          Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have
          Indiscriminate Effects (resolution 55/3 7 of 20 November 2000).
          90. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region
          (resolution 55/38 of 20 November 2000).
          91. Consolidation of the regime established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of
          Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
          (resolution 55/39 of 20 November 2000).
          92. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development. Production and Stockpiling
          of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
          (resolution 55/40 of 20 November 2000).
          93. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (resolution 55/41 of 20 November
          2000).
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          94. Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation
          agreements (decision 54/416 of 1 December 1999).
          95. Review of tile implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of
          International Security (decision 54/419 of 1 December 1999).
          96. Effects of atomic radiation (resolution 55/121 of 8 December 2000).
          97. International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (resolution 55/122
          of 8 December 2000).
          98. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
          East (resolutions 55/126, 55/128 and 55/129 of 8 December 2000).2
          99. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
          Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied
          Territories (resolutions 55/130 to 55/134 of 8 December 2000).
          100. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all
          their aspects.
          101. Questions relating to information (resolutions 55/136 A and B of 8 December
          2000).
          102. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article
          73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (resolution 55/137 of 8 December
          2000).
          103. Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the
          Non-Self-Governing Territories (resolution 55/138 and decision 55/426 of 8
          December 2000).
          104. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
          Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the
          international institutions associated with the United Nations (resolution 55/13 9
          of 8 December 2000).
          105. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of
          Non-Self-Governing Territories (resolution 55/140 of 8 December 2000).
          106. Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and
          Bassas da India (decision 55/402 of ii September 2000).
          107. Macroeconomic policy questions:
          (a) Trade and development (resolutions 1995 (XIX) of 30 December 1964,
          54/199 and 54/200 of 22 December 1999 and 55/182 of 20 December
          2000)
          (b) International financial system and development (resolution 55/186 of 20
          December 2000)
          (c) Science and technology for development (resolution 55/185 of 20
          December 2000)
          (d) External debt crisis and development (resolution 55/184 of 20 December
          2000).
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          108. Sectoral policy questions:
          (a) Business and development (resolutions 54/204 of 22 December 1999 and
          55/188 of 20 December 2000)
          (b) Industrial development cooperation (resolution 54/203 of 22 December
          1999).
          109. Sustainable development and international economic cooperation (resolution
          50/130 of 20 December 1995):2
          (a) Women in development (resolutions 42/178 of ii December 1987 and
          54/2 10 of 22 December 1999)
          (b) Human resources development (resolution 54/211 of 22 December i999)
          (c) High-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation
          for development through partnership (resolutions 54/2 13 of 22 December
          1999 and 55/193 of 20 December 2000 and decisions 54/494 of 5
          September2000 and 55/479 of 31 May 200i)
          (d) Implementation of tile commitments and policies agreed upon in the
          Declaration on International Economic Cooperation. in particular the
          Revitalization of Economic Growth and Development of the Developing
          Countries, and implementation of the International Development Strategy
          for the Fourth United Nations Development Decade (resolution 55/190 of
          20 December 2000).
          110. Environment and sustainable development (resolutions 2997 (XXVII) of 15
          December 1972, 39/229 of 18 December 1984 and 55/196 and 55/197 of 20
          December 2000):
          (a) Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further
          Implementation of Agenda 21 (resolutions 47/19 1 of 22 December 1992
          and 55/199 of 20 December 2000 and Economic and Social Council
          resolution 2000/35 of 18 October 2000)
          (b) International strategy for disaster reduction (resolution 54/2 19 of 22
          December 1999)
          (c) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat
          Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
          Desertification, particularly in Africa (resolution 55/204 of 20 December
          2000)
          (d) Convention on Biological Diversity (resolution 55/201 of 20 December
          2000)
          (e) Further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
          Development of Small Island Developing States (resolution 55/202 of 20
          December 2000)
          (f) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of
          mankind (decision 55/443 of 20 December 2000)
          (g) Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the
          implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 (resolution
          55/205 of 20 December 2000).
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          iii. Operational activities for development (resolution 39/125 of 14 December
          1984):
          (a) Triennial policy review of operational activities for development of tile
          United Nations system (resolutions 35/81 of 5 December 1980 and
          53/192 of 15 December 1998 and Economic and Social Council
          resolutions 2000/19 and 2000/20 of 28 July 2000)
          (b) Economic and technical cooperation among developing countries
          (resolutions 33/134 of 19 December 1978, 50/119 of 20 December 1995,
          52/205 of 18 December 1997 and 54/226 and 54/227 of 22 December
          1999).
          112. International migration and development, including the question of the
          convening of a United Nations conference on international migration and
          development to address migration issues (resolution 54/212 of 22 December
          1999).
          113. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian
          Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied
          Syrian Golan over their natural resources (resolution 55/209 of 20 December
          2000).
          114. Implementation of the Habitat Agenda and outcome of the special session of
          the General Assembly on this topic (resolutions 32/162 of 19 December 1977
          and 55/195 of 20 December 2000).
          115. Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of
          Poverty (1997-2006) (resolution 55/210 of 20 December 2000).
          116. Training and research (resolution 55/208 of 20 December 2000).1
          117. Globalization and interdependence (resolution 55/212 of 20 December 2000).
          118. Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries:
          (a) Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
          (resolution 55/2 14 of 20 December 2000)
          (b) Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed
          Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 (resolution 55/279 of 12 July 2001).
          119. High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for
          development (resolutions 55/213 of 20 December 2000 and 55/245 of 21
          March 2001).
          120. Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation
          and to outh, ageing, disabled persons and the family (resolutions 54/120 to
          54/124 of 17 December 1999 and 55/57 of 4 December 2000 and Economic
          and Social Council decision 2000/268 of 28 July 2000).
          121. Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly
          on Ageing (resolution 55/58 of 4 December 2000).
          122. Crime prevention and criminal justice (resolutions 55/61 to 55/64 of 4
          December 2000).
          This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see A /55 /PV97).
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          123. International drug control (resolutions 47/100 of 16 December 1992 and 55/65
          of 4 December 2000).
          124. Advancement of women (resolutions 34/180 of 18 December 1979, 39/125 of
          14 December 1984 4/133 4/13 and 4/138 of 17 December 1999 /69
          and 55/70 of 4 December 2000 and 55/219 of 23 December 2000).
          125. Implementation of tile outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women
          and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled
          “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first
          century” (resolution 55/71 of 4 December 2000).
          126. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions
          relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian
          questions (resolutions 428 (V) of 14 December 1950, 54/145 of 17 December
          1999 and 55/77 of 4 December 2000).
          127. Promotion and protection of the rights of children (resolution 55/79 of 4
          December 2000).
          128. Programme of activities of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous
          People (resolution 55/80 of 4 December 2000).
          129. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination (resolutions 53/132 of 9
          December 1998 and 55/83 and 55/84 of 4 December 2000).2
          130. Right of peoples to self-determination (resolutions 55/85 and 55/86 of 4
          December 2000).
          131. Human rights questions:
          (a) Implementation of human rights instruments (resolutions 2200 A (XXI)
          of 16 December 1966, 54/157 of 17 December 1999 and 55/88 and 55/89
          of 4 December 2000)
          (b) Human rights questions. including alternative approaches for improving
          the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
          (resolutions 4/162 to 4/164 4/167 4/168 4/173 4/176 and
          4/180 of 17 December 1999 and /91 /92 /94 /9 /97
          55/98, 55/101, 55/102, 55/104 and 55/107 to 55/110 of 4 December
          2000)
          (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and
          representatives (resolutions 55/112 to 55/119 of 4 December 2000) 2
          (d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna
          Declaration and Programme of Action (resolution 48/12 1 of 20 December
          1993)
          (e) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
          (resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993).
          132. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of
          Auditors (resolutions 55/220 A of 23 December 2000 and 55/220 C of 14 June
          200 1): 10
          10 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-fifth session (see A /55 /PV 103).
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          (a) United Nations
          (b) Voluntary funds administered b tile United Nations High Commissioner
          for Refugees.
          133. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the
          United Nations (resolutions 55/220, 55/221, 55/230 and 55/231 of 23
          December 2000 and 55/257 of 14 June 2001 and decisions 55/462 of 12 April
          2001 and 55/461 B and 55/480 to 55/482 of 14 June 2001)1
          134. Programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001 (resolutions 43/217 of 21
          December 1988, 53/214 of 18 December 1998, 55/238 and 55/239 of 23
          December 2000 and 55/257 of 14 June 2001 and decisions 54/473 of 7 April
          2000, 55/456 and 55/457 of 23 December 2000, 55/463 to 55/468 and 55/470
          of 12 April 2001 and 55/483 of 14 June 2001)1
          135. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2002-2003 (resolutions 54/249
          and 54/252 of 23 December 1999 and 55/231 and 55/233 of 23 December 2000
          and 55/257 of 14 June 2001)1
          136. Pattern of conferences (resolution 55/222 of 23 December 2000).2
          137. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United
          Nations (resolutions 55/5 A of 26 October 2000 and 55/5 B to F of 23
          December 2000 and decision 55/473 B of 14 June 2001)1
          138. Human resources management (resolutions 55/221 of 23 December 2000 and
          55/258 of 14 June 2001 and decisions 55/462 of 12 April 2001 and 55/480 to
          55/482 of 14 June 2001)1
          139. United Nations common system (resolutions 53/209 of 18 December 1998 and
          55/223 of 23 December 2000 and decision 55/475 of 12 April 200i).
          140. Joint Inspection Unit (resolutions 54/16 of 29 October 1999 and 55/230 of 23
          December 2000).2
          141. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. 8
          142. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal
          Oversight Services (resolution 55/259 of 14 June 2001)1
          143. Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
          Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law
          Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (resolutions
          55/225 A of 23 December 2000 and 55/225 B, 55/249 and 55/250 of 12 April
          2001).
          144. Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
          Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International
          Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan
          Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in
          the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 3 1 December 1994
          (resolutions 55/220 A and 55/226 of 23 December 2000 and 55/250 of 12 April
          2001).
          145. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations
          peacekeeping operations (resolutions 55/229 of 23 December 2000 and 55/271
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          to 55/274 of 14 June 2001 and decisions 55/452 of 23 December 2000 and
          55/480 of 14 June 2001)1
          146. Financing of tile United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East: 1
          (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (resolution 55/264 of 14
          June 2001)
          (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (resolutions 55/180 A of 19
          December 2000 and 55/180 B of 14 June 2001).
          147. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
          (resolutions 55/227 A of 23 December2000 and 55/227 B of 14 June 2001)1
          148. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
          (resolutions 55/228 A of 23 December 2000 and 55/228 B of 14 June 2001)1
          149. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (resolutions
          55/237 of 23 December 2000, 55/252 A of 12 April 2001 and 55/252 B of 14
          June 2001)1
          150. Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United
          Nations Observer Mission in Angola (resolution 55/260 of 14 June 2001)1
          151. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687
          (1991): 10
          (a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (resolution 55/261 of
          14 June 2001)
          (b) Other activities.
          152. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor. 8
          153. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (resolution 55/251 B
          of 14 June 2001)1
          154. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
          Sahara (resolution 55/262 of 14 June 2001)1
          155. Financing of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (resolution
          55/263 of 14 June 2001)1
          156. Financing of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (decision
          55/484 of 14 June 2001)1
          157. Financing and liquidation of the United Nations Transitional Authority in
          Cambodia. 8
          158. Financing of the United Nations Protection Force, the United Nations
          Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, the United Nations Preventive
          Deployment Force and the United Nations Peace Forces headquarters
          (resolution 55/265 of 14 June 2001)1
          159. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Somalia JJ•8
          160. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique. 8
          161. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (resolution
          55/266 of 14 June 2001)1
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          162. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (resolution
          55/267 of 14 June 2001)10
          163. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Haiti. 8
          164. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia. 8
          165. Financing of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. 8
          166. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
          (resolution 5 5/268 of 14 June 2001)10
          167. Financing of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern
          Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium and the Civilian Police Support
          Group. 8
          168. Financing of the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti, the United Nations
          Transition Mission in Haiti and the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in
          Haiti (resolution 55 /269 of 14 June 2001)10
          169. Financing of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic
          (resolution 55 /270 of 14 June 2001)10
          170. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic
          Republic of the Congo (resolution 55 /275 of 14 June 2001)10
          171. United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study,
          Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law (resolution 54/102
          of 9 December 1999).
          172. Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property
          (resolution 5 5 /150 of 12 December 2000).
          173. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the
          work of its thirty-fourth session (resolution 55 /151 of 12 December 2000).
          174. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-third
          session (resolution 55 /152 of 12 December 2000).
          175. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country (resolution
          55 /154 of 12 December 2000).
          176. Establishment of the International Criminal Court (resolution 55 /155 of 12
          December 2000).
          177. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on
          the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (resolutions 55 /156 and
          55 /157 of 12 December 2000).
          178. Measures to eliminate international terrorism (resolution 55 /158 of 12
          December 2000).2
          179. Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United
          Nations and Associated Personnel (resolution 5 5/175 of 19 December 2000).
          180. Observer status for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral
          Assistance in the General Assembly (decision 55/429 of 12 December 2000).
          181. Administration of justice at the United Nations (resolution 55 /258 of 14 June
          2001).
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          182. Observer staftis for tile International Development Law Instiftite in the General
          Assembly (A/56/141).
          183. Observance of the International Da for Preventing the Exploitation of the
          Environment in War and Armed Conflict (A/56/143).
          184. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum
          (A/56/144).
          185. Observer staftis for the International Hydrographic Organization in the General
          Assembly (A/56/145).
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