Organization of the Sixty-fifth Regular Session of the General Assembly, Adoption of the Agenda and Allocation of Items

1. The Secretary-General has the honour to place before the General Committee, for its consideration, the following observations and proposals in connection with the report to be made to the General Assembly by the General Committee regarding the organization of the sixty-fifth regular session and future sessions of the Assembly, the adoption of the agenda and the allocation of items.

2. Over the years, the General Assembly has adopted a number of provisions aimed at rationalizing the procedures and organization of the Assembly. Some of these provisions are reproduced in the annexes to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly (A/520/Rev.17).

3. The Secretary-General wishes to draw the attention of the General Committee to the following resolutions of the General Assembly, the provisions of which are reflected in the present document under the relevant sections:

(a) Annex I (Guidelines on the Rationalization of the Agenda of the General Assembly) to resolution 48/264, entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”;

(b) Annex to resolution 51/241, entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”;

(c) Annex to resolution 55/285, entitled “Revitalization of the General Assembly: improving the efficiency of the General Assembly”;

(d) Resolution 57/301, entitled “Amendment to rule 1 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and opening date and duration of the general debate”;

(e) Resolution 58/126, entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”; (f) Resolution 58/316, entitled “Further measures for the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”;

(g) Resolution 59/313, entitled “A strengthened and revitalized General Assembly”;

(h) Resolution 60/286, entitled “Revitalization of the General Assembly”;

(i) Resolution 63/309, entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”;

(j) Resolution 64/301, entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”.