Resolution A36r12311 December 1981
Updating of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 602 (VI) of 1 February 1952 and 686 (VII) of 5 December 1952 concerning the preparation and publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council,
Recalling its resolutions 796 (VIII) of 27 November 1953 and 992 (X) of 21 November 1955 concerning the preparation and publication of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs,
Recalling also its resolution 2482 (XXIII) of 21 December 1968 on the budget for the financial year 1969 which provided new posts for the continuing work on the repertories relating to the Charter of the United Nations, the practice of United Nations organs and the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, to be undertaken by the General Legal Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat,
Recalling further its resolution 35/164 of 15 December 1980 concerning the preparation and publication of the supplements to the Repertoire and the Repertory,
Taking note of paragraph 13 of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization on the work of the session it held in 1981,
Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the preparation and publication of the Repertoire and the Repertory,
Recognizing the importance and usefulness of the Repertoire and the Repertory as the principal sources of records for the analytical studies of the application and interpretation of the provisions of the Charter and of the rules of procedure made thereunder,
Requests the Secretary-General to give high priority to the preparation and publication of the supplements to the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs in order to bring those publications up to date as quickly as possible and to submit a progress report on the matter to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.
