A/RES/74/267 GA

United Nations A/RES/74/267 General Assembly Distr.: General 17 January 2020 20-00744 (E) 200120 200120 *2000744* Seventy-fourth session Agenda item 123 Strengthening of the United Nations system Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 January 2020 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/74/L.5)] 74/267. Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: amendment to rule 155 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 14 (I) of 13 February 1946 on the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions and its resolutions 1659 (XVI) of 28 November 1961, 2798 (XXVI) of 13 December 1971 and 32/103 of 14 December 1977 on the enlargement of the Advisory Committee, Acknowledging that the membership of the United Nations has increased substantially since the adoption of the last resolution enlarging the Advisory Committee, Mindful of rules 156 and 157 of its rules of procedure, and desiring, accordingly, to increase the participation of members from developing countries in the Advisory Committee in order to ensure broad geographical representation in the Committee, 1. Decides to increase the membership of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions from sixteen to twenty-one members, beginning from 1 January 2021; 2. Also decides that seats shall be distributed as follows among regional groups: Group of African States, five; Group of Asian and Pacific States, five; Group of Eastern European States, three; Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, four; and Group of Western European and other States, four; 3. Further decides to amend, with effect from 1 January 2021, rule 155 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly to read: “The General Assembly shall A/RES/74/267 Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: amendment to rule 155 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly 20-00744 2/2 appoint an Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions consisting of twenty-one members, including at least three financial experts of recognized standing”. 53rd plenary meeting 14 January 2020

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