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Draft Canadian Text on the Secretary General's Report on NGOs Draft Canadian Text on
the Secretary General's Report on NGOs
December 3, 1998
An informal consultation, organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada, was held for Thursday, 3 December 1998, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Conference Room 6 to follow-up on the report of the Secretary-General on arrangements and practices (A/53/170).
The following is the draft resolution which was discussed.
Draft resolution
Preambular paragraph 1
Recalling the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular Article 71, GA decision 52/435 entitled "Non-governmental organizations", as well as ECOSOC resolution 1995/31 and decision 1996/297, both of 25 July 1996, and the interpretative statement read out by the President of the Council upon adoption of the decision 1996/297,
Operative paragraph 1
Welcomes the report of the Secretary General entitled "Arrangements and practices for the interaction of non-governmental organizations in all activities of the United Nations system" (A/53/170);
Operative paragraph 2
Invites States, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, to submit their comments on the Secretary General's report and the recommendations contained therein;
Operative paragraph 3
Requests the Secretary General to submit a report to the 54th session of the General Assembly, taking into account the submissions received;
Operative paragraph 4
Decides to continue consideration of this question under agenda item "Strengthening the UN system" during the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
