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UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000990 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/UNP EDMONDSON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: UNGA UNGA
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: SIXTH COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION 
ON THE CHARTER AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ROLE OF THE 
ORGANIZATION 
 
¶1. ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the 
Department to join consensus on the Sixth Committee's draft 
resolution on the Charter of the United Nations and on the 
Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (agenda item 
85) contained in para 2, or substantially similar text.  The 
text of all draft resolutions must be tabled before the Sixth 
Committee by November 9.  USUN expects the Sixth Committee to 
take action on draft resolutions shortly thereafter.  USUN 
point of contact for this resolution is Elizabeth Wilcox, 
(212) 415-4220, WilcoxE@state.gov.  END ACTION REQUEST. 
 
¶2. BACKGROUND/COMMENT: As discussed, the text of the 
resolution is largely the same as last year's resolution 
(General Assembly resolution 61/38 of December 4, 2006), on 
which USUN joined consensus.  The resolution includes a new 
paragraph, taken verbatim from a recommendation in the 
Charter Committee's report (A/62/33), that tasks the Charter 
Committee to continue to consider a document submitted by the 
Russian Federation on sanctions.  (Note: The Committee has 
considered this document and earlier drafts of it for ten 
years.  END NOTE.)  The resolution also includes a new phrase 
in OP8 that takes note of the advisory jurisdiction of the 
International Court of Justice, consistent with article 96 of 
the UN Charter.  END BACKGROUND/COMMENT. 
 
¶3. Text of draft resolution on the Charter of the United 
Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the 
Organization: 
 
BEGIN TEXT: 
 
Sixty-second session 
Sixth Committee 
Agenda item 85 
 
Draft Resolution 
Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United 
Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the 
Organization 
 
The General Assembly, 
 
Recalling its resolution 3499 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, by 
which it established the Special Committee on the Charter of 
the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of 
the Organization, and its relevant resolutions adopted at 
subsequent sessions, 
 
Recalling also its resolution 47/233 of 17 August 1993 on the 
revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, 
 
Recalling further its resolution 47/62 of 11 December 1992 on 
the question of equitable representation on and increase in 
the membership of the Security Council, 
 
Taking note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on 
the Question of 
Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of 
the Security Council and Other Matters related to the 
Security Council, 
 
Recalling the elements relevant to the work of the Special 
Committee contained in its resolution 47/120B of 20 September 
1993, 
 
Recalling also its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 on the 
strengthening of the United Nations system and its resolution 
51/242 of 15 September 1997, entitled "Supplement to an 
Agenda for Peace", by which it adopted the texts on 
coordination and the question of sanctions imposed by the 
United Nations, which are annexed to that resolution, 
 
Concerned about the special economic problems confronting 
certain States arising from the carrying out of preventive or 
enforcement measures taken by the Security Council against 
other States, and taking into account the obligation of 
Members of the United Nations under Article 49 of the Charter 
of the United Nations to join in affording mutual assistance 
in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Council, 
 
Recalling the right of third States confronted with special 
economic problems of that nature to consult the Security 
Council with regard to a solution of those problems in 
accordance with Article 50 of the Charter, 
 
Recalling also that the International Court of Justice is the 
principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and 
reaffirming its authority and independence, 
 
Mindful of the adoption of the revised working papers on the 
 
 
 
working methods of the Special Committee, 
 
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the 
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and the 
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, 
 
Taking note also of paragraphs 106 to 110, 176 and 177 of the 
2005 World Summit Outcome, 
 
Mindful of the decision of the Special Committee, in which it 
expressed its readiness to engage, as appropriate in the 
implementation of any decisions that may be taken at the 
High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth session of the 
General Assembly in September 2005 that concern the Charter 
and any amendments thereto, 
 
Recalling the provisions of its resolutions 50/51 of 11 
December 1995, 51/208 of 
17 December 1996, 52/162 of 15 December 1997, 53/107 of 8 
December 1998, 54/107 of 9 December 1999, 55/157 of 12 
December 2000, 56/87 of 12 December 2001, 57/25 of 
19 November 2002, 58/80 of 9 December 2003, 59/45 of 2 
December 2004, 60/23 of 23 November 2005, 
 
Recalling also its resolution 61/38 of 4 December 2006, 
 
Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the 
work of its session held in 2007, 
 
Noting with appreciation the work done by the Special 
Committee to encourage States to focus on the need to prevent 
and to settle peacefully their disputes which are likely to 
endanger the maintenance of international peace and security, 
 
¶1. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the 
Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the 
Role of the Organization; 
 
¶2. Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next 
session from...to...2008; 
 
(NOTE: OP3 Deleted.  END NOTE.) 
 
¶4. Requests the Special Committee at its session in 2008, in 
accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 
50/52 of 11 December 1995; 
 
(a) To continue its consideration of all proposals concerning 
the question of the maintenance of international peace and 
security in all its aspects in order to strengthen the role 
of the United Nations, and, in this context to consider other 
proposals relating to the maintenance of international peace 
and security already submitted or which may be submitted to 
the Special Committee at its session in 2008; 
 
(b) To continue its consideration of the working document 
subtitled by the Russian Federation entitled, "Basic 
Conditions and Standard criteria for introduction and 
implementation of Sanctions", on a priority basis; 
To continue to consider, on a priority basis and in an 
appropriate substantive manner and framework, the question of 
the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the 
United Nations related to assistance to third States affected 
by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the 
Charter based on all of the related reports of the 
Secretary-General and the proposals submitted on the 
 
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question; 
 
(c) To keep on its agenda the question of the peaceful 
settlement of disputes between States; 
 
(d) To consider as appropriate, any proposal referred to it 
by the General Assembly in the implementation of the 
decisions of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixtieth 
session of the Assembly in September 2005 that concern the 
Charter and any amendments thereto; 
 
(e) To continue to consider, on a priority basis, ways and 
means of improving its working methods and enhancing its 
efficiency with a view to identifying widely acceptable 
measures for future implementation; 
 
¶5. Invites the Special Committee at its session in 2008 to 
continue to identify new subjects for consideration in its 
future work with a view to contributing to the revitalization 
of the work of the United Nations; 
 
¶6. Notes the readiness of the Special Committee to provide, 
within its mandate, such assistance as may be sought at the 
request of other subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly in 
 
 
 
relation to any issues before them; 
 
¶7. Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its 
work to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 
 
¶8. Recognizes the important role of the International Court 
of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United 
Nations, in adjudicating disputes among States and the value 
of its work, as well as the importance of having recourse to 
the Court in the peaceful settlement of disputes, takes note 
of the Court's advisory jurisdiction that may be requested by 
the General Assembly, Security Council or, consistent with 
article 96 of the UN Charter, other authorized organs of the 
United Nations and specialized agencies, and requests the 
Secretary-General to distribute, in due course, the advisory 
 
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opinions requested by the principal organs of the United 
Nations as official documents of the United Nations; 
 
¶9. Commends the Secretary-General for the progress made in 
the preparation of studies of the Repertory of Practice of 
United Nations Organs, including the increased use of the 
internship programme of the United Nations and further 
expanded cooperation with academic institutions for this 
purpose, as well as the progress made towards updating the 
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council; 
 
¶10. Notes with appreciation the donations made by Member 
States to the trust fund for updating the Repertoire of the 
Practice of the Security Council, as well as the trust fund 
for the elimination of the backlog in the Repertory of 
Practice of United Nations Organs; 
 
¶11. Reiterates its call for voluntary contributions to the 
trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire of the Practice 
of the Security Council, as well as the trust fund for the 
elimination of the backlog in the Repertory of Practice of 
United Nations Organs, and the sponsoring, on a voluntary 
basis, and with no cost to the United Nations, of associate 
experts to assist in the updating of the two publications; 
 
¶12. Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue his efforts 
towards updating the two publications, and making them 
available electronically in all their respective language 
versions; 
 
¶13. Reiterates the responsibility of the Secretary-General 
for the quality of the Repertory of Practice of United 
Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the 
Security Council and, in particular, with regard to the 
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, and calls 
upon the Secretary-General to continue to follow the 
modalities outlined in paragraphs 102 to 106 of his report of 
18 September 1952; 
 
¶14. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on both 
the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and the 
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council to the 
General Assembly at its sixty-third session; 
 
¶15. Also requests the Secretary-General to brief the Special 
Committee in its next session on the information referred to 
in paragraph 13 of his report on implementation of the 
provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to 
assistance to third States affected by the application of 
sanctions, on modalities, technical procedures and guidelines 
on coordination of technical assistance available to third 
States affected by the implementation of sanctions, as well 
as a possible methodology for assessing the adverse 
consequences actually incurred by third States, in the report 
mentioned in paragraph 16 below; 
 
¶16. Further Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report 
on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the 
United Nations related to assistance to third States affected 
by the application of sanctions to the General Assembly at 
its sixty-third session, under the item entitled "Report of 
the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations 
and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization"; 
 
¶17. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 
sixty-third session the item entitled "Report of the Special 
Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the 
Strengthening of the Role of the Organization". 
 
END TEXT. 
Khalilzad