Resolution A/RES/73/286 establishing the International Delegate’s Day.

 

The General Assembly, Mindful of the celebration, in 2020, of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the San Francisco Conference, in which 850 delegates took part, and which resulted in the creation of the United Nations, an organization that now comprises 193 Member States and serves as the main international venue for collective dialogue between the delegates of its Member States, Recognizing the role of the representatives of the Governments assembled in San Francisco who agreed to the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its resolution 168 (II) of 31 October 1947, by which it declared 24 October United Nations Day, devoted to making known to the peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for the work of the United Nations, Welcoming the initiatives of States Members of the United Nations on the establishment and celebration of a diplomatic workers’ or service day, where such exist, Recalling its resolution 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and Resolution 61/185 of 20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years, and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and anniversaries, 

1. Decides to designate 25 April as International Delegate’s Day, 1 to be observed every year, beginning in 2020; 

2. Invites all Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations and individuals, to observe International Delegate’s Day, in an appropriate manner and in accordance with national priorities, in order to highlight the role of the delegates of the States Members of the United Nations in fulfilling the main goals of the United Nations, in particular in maintaining international peace and security and employing international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations, as well as in promoting effective multilateralism, and notes that the cost of all activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met from voluntary contributions; 

3. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all States Members and observers of the United Nations and the organizations of the United Nations system.

 73rd plenary meeting 2 April 2019

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.78 and A/73/L.78/Add.1)]