A/RES/71/323. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2017

• Year: 2017
• Resolution Number: A/RES/71/323
• Session: 71st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

A/RES/71/323

General Assembly

Distr.: General

20 September 2017

Seventy-first session

Agenda item 121

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 September 2017

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/1007)]

71/323. Revitaliz ation of the work of th e Gene ral Assem bly

The General Assembl y,

Reaf firm ing its r esolutio n 70/3 05 of 13 Septemb er 201 6 and all o ther pr evious

resol utions r elating to the r evitali zation o f the wo rk of th e Gener al Assembl y,

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Ackn owle dgin g tha t r esolutio n 70/305 con stitutes a n i mportan t l andmark fo r

the streng thening of the role, author ity, eff ectivene ss an d eff iciency of the General

Asse mbly as est ablished by t he C harter of t he U nited Nat ions, in par ticular

rega rding t he stre ngtheni ng of the a ccounta bility, t ranspare ncy an d insti tutional

memo ry of th e Office of the Preside nt of t he Gener al Assemb ly,

Mind ful of t he mil estone achieve ments in the cours e of 2015, in pa rticular the

adop tion by the G eneral As sembly o f t he 2030 Ag enda for S ustaina ble

Deve lop ment

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and the Add is Aba ba Ac tion A genda of t he Th ird In ternatio nal

Conf erence on Fina ncing for Dev elopmen t,

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as well as the P aris A greement adopt ed

unde r the Un ited Nat ions Fr amework Conven tion on Climat e Chang e,

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Unde rlin ing the n eed t o fu rther enhanc e the role , aut hority, effecti veness and

effic iency o f the Ge neral Asse mbly,

Reit erat ing tha t t he revitali zation of the wo rk of the General As sembly is a

criti cal comp onent o f the ov erall r eform o f the U nited Na tions,

Emph asi zing the ne ed to align t he agenda of the Gene ral Assem bly in ful l

supp ort of t he imple mentati on of th e 2030 Ag enda for Sustai nable De velopme nt,

Reco gniz ing the role of the Gen eral Assemb ly in a ddressi ng issues of peac e

and secu rity, i n acc ordance wit h the Cha rter, and ackno wledging its role and

auth ority, e stablish ed in Artic le 10 of t he Cha rter, to ma ke rec ommenda tions to th e

Memb ers o f the Unite d Nat ions or to the Securit y Cou ncil or to both, on questio ns

or ma tters wi thin th e scope of the Charter, except a s prov ided in Ar ticle 12 thereo f,

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Resolutions 46/77, 47/233, 48/264, 51/241, 52/163, 55/14, 55/285, 56/509, 57/300, 57/301, 58/126,

58/316, 59/313, 60/286, 61/292, 62/276, 63/309, 64/301, 65/315, 66/294, 67/297, 68/307 and 69/321.

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Resolution 70/1.

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Resolution 69/313, annex.

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See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.