Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (Provisional agenda item 85)
- Authority: resolution 79/125
- List of speakers (will be made available upon the closing of the list of speakers)
Documentation
- A/80/33 — Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
The item entitled “Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations” was included in the agenda of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the request of Colombia (A/7659). The item entitled “Strengthening of the role of the United Nations with regard to the maintenance and consolidation of international peace and security, the development of cooperation among all nations and the promotion of the rules of international law in relations between States” was included in the agenda of the twenty-seventh session of the Assembly at the request of Romania (A/8792).
At its twenty-ninth session, under the item entitled “Need to consider suggestions regarding the review of the Charter of the United Nations”, the Assembly decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations to consider any specific proposals that Governments might make with a view to enhancing the ability of the United Nations to achieve its purposes, as well as other suggestions for the more effective functioning of the United Nations that might not require amendments to the Charter. The Assembly also decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirtieth session an item entitled “Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations” (resolution 3349 (XXIX)).
At its thirtieth session, under the items entitled “Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations” and “Strengthening of the role of the United Nations with regard to the maintenance and consolidation of international peace and security, the development of cooperation among all nations and the promotion of the rules of international law in relations between States”, the Assembly decided to reconvene the Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations as the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization. The Assembly also decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-first session an item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization” (resolution 3499 (XXX)).
At its seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth sessions, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its eightieth session a report on both the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions (resolutions 78/111 and 79/125).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly decided that the Special Committee should hold its next session from 18 to 26 February 2025 and requested the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the Assembly at its eightieth session (resolution 79/125).
The Special Committee met at United Nations Headquarters from 18 to 26 February 2025 and adopted its report (A/80/33).
