text: UNITED NATIONSA General Assembly Distr. GENERAL AJ45J5 (Prog. 39) 16May1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH w 'prr·....·., Forty-fifth session PROPOSED MEDIUM-TERM PLANFORTHEPERIOD 1992-1997* MAJOR PROGRAMME IX.CONFERENCE SERVICES Programme 39.Conference andlibrary services CONTENTS A.Programme 11111111111111 11 11111111111111 11 11 11 11 111111 11 1111 11 11 •11111111•11111111 11 11 11111111... 11.... 1.Editorial andofficial records services ••.••.•.•••..•2.Overall strategy •..•........••..•.•..••••.••..••.•..• 3. Subprogran~e structure andpriorities •••••••••••.•..•Paragraphs Page 39.1-39.18 2 39.1-39.7 2 39.8-39.15 4 39.17 7 39.18-39.59 8 39.18-39.26 8....111111 11 11111111 11 11111111•11 11 11 11 11 11 11 •11 11 11 11 11 11 11 •11 11 11 11 11 11 1111111111 11 Subprogrammes1.General orientation ..................•...........•... B. 2.Meeting, interpretation andverbatim reporting services 11..11 " 11....39.27 -39.39 9 3.Translation services ••..•.•.•.•.••••.•••••••.•.•••••• 39.40-39.45 12 4.Publishing services 39.45-39.55 13 5.Library information services......................... 39.55 39.59 15 *Thepresent document contains programme 39oftheproposed medium-term planfortheperiod 1992-1997. Thecomplete medium-term planwillsubsequently be issuedinfinalprinted formasOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly, Forty-fifth Session, Supplement No.6(AJ45J6JRev.l). 90-12593 1725d (E) /...... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library;:$ PROGRAMME 39.CONFERENCE ANDLIBRARY SERVICES A.Programme 1.General orientation 39.1Thebasicmandate forprogramme 39isderived fromArticles 97and98ofthe Charter oftheUnitedNations, inwhichtheSecretary-General isdesignated asthe chiefadministrative officer oftheOrganization withresponsibility forperforming suchfunctions asareentrusted tohimbytheGeneral Assembly, theSecurity Council, theTrusteeship Council andtheEconomic andSocialCouncil; andfromthe rulesofprocedure ofthoseorgans, whichprovide thattheSecretariat shall receive, translate intotheappropriate official languages, printanddistribute documents, reports andresolutions oftheorgans andtheirsubsidiary bodies, shall interpret speeches madeatmeetings, shallprepare, printandcirculate therecords ofthesessions, shallhavecustody andensureproperpreservation ofthedocuments inthearchives oftheorgans, shalldistribute documents totheMembers ofthe United Nations and,generally, shallperform allotherworkthattheorgans may require. Initsresolution XIV(I)of12February 1946,theGeneral Assembly requested theSecretary-General totakeoverandmaintain theLibrary andArchives oftheLeagueofNations. SincethentheOrganization hasestablished libraries at majorcentres toenablethedelegations, Secretariat andotherofficial groupsof theOrganization toobtain, withthegreatest possible speed,convenience and economy, thelibrary materials neededintheexecution oftheirduties. 39.2Thebasicmandates aresupplemented byGeneral Assembly resolutions concerning thepattern ofconferences and,inparticular, theneedtoensure the mostrational andeffective useofallUnitedNations conference centres and facilities, thetermsofreference oftheCommittee onConferences, thecontrol and limitation ofdocuments andmeeting records, andtheequaltreatment oflanguages attheUnitedNations. Themostrecent andcomprehensive ofthoseresolutions are 37/14of16November 1982,40/243of18December 1985,42/207of11December 1987,
analysis: This text appears to be related to the administrative and organizational aspects of the United Nations, specifically focusing on the conference and library services provided by the organization. It outlines the basic mandate and objectives of Programme 39, which seems to be primarily concerned with the logistics and support services necessary for the functioning of the UN.